Return to Childhood - In University
Our current project in University involves the construction of a Lego Robot using Lego Mindstorms. The purpose of the robot is to play golf.
At least to play golf to the extent that a Lego robot can.
So far our progress has been limited, but good. At this point, the robot blindly searches an area in a random pattern, for a ball, and when a sensor detects the ball using pressure, the robot proceeds to throw the ball off the table.
In an area of 1x2m the ball is found within about 1 minute.
We hope to attach a camera to it and use a more sophisticated method of detection during this coming week. Next week we have to already show the robot to the entire school.
The people on the pictures are the great guys in my group. We're the crew of 4 who shall usher a new era in Robotics. Or not.
Comments
An update, at last. Good to see that you are enjoying yourself, my friend. Your old friends, John John and myself have been eagerly awaiting this update, and wondered if you had been totally absorbed by your schoolwork. By the looks of it, you have and I guess that it is a good thing. Personally, things are going good. I'm still in New York, living in an old factory with an enormous roof in the middle of the ghetto. I work sometimes at a coffeeshop, but I need to start looking for another job, because when the money runs out (in a month or two, depending on my lifestyle) I will have to come back to Sweden, which is not part of my agenda, or at least not so soon. I wish I had a digital camera here so that I could send you some pics, but in the meanwhile just check my homepage from time to time, as I nowadays update quite often. Anyway, take care and I hope that you are feeling allright! Also, please get back to me on that import/export thingie that I e-mailed you about. Peace, M.
Posted by: Markus Bowie | October 5, 2004 11:35 AM