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Constructing full size mazes that are robust, transportable and scaleable is always a challenge. This months meeting will focus on agreeing how we will build the next generation UKMARS maze components so that we can continue with our programme of competitions and provide a basis for robot builders to have…
Following Peter's recent really informative presentation on setting up motor controllers and understanding Feed Forward, Peter will explore how to come up with starting values for the proprtional and differential constants for the ubiquitous PD c ontroller.
To give nthe best opportunity for members to attend, our AGM will be held online as a video conference. This meeting will take place as our November virtual robotics club. Members will be sent papers and an invitation to the video call by email. If you have any items that…
Our Autumn Competition will take place in Hazlemere with opportunities to run robots in our contests: Line following Wall following Maze solving Drag racing Enter your robots using this online form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdusG21uvzZYZWXEt0Fp94k-LNIFT4w2KVEb8Ek201pWr8gsQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Please note that we will not be holding the AGM for members immediately after the contests. The AGM…
September's video robots club will include a presentation from Peter on The Care and Feeding of Robot Motors. Improve performance by characterising the drivetrain. Careful feeding of the motors helps give optimum results without endless control loop tuning. Altternative title: "What do those numbers mean?" Before the focus topic we…
The August meeting will focus on agreeing the forward programme of UKMARS events. Members are asked to come prepared with suggestions and ideas for the type of events, location and venues including considering: Combining the annual competition with the MInos conference and using a city centre loaction Secondary events in…
As this will be straight after the summer competition there will be no video robots club meeting in July
Updated 17:05 on 23/06/2022 This year's summer contest is being held at STEAMhouse, Belmont Works, 4 Belmont Row, Birmingham B4 7RQ starting at 10:00. Doors open at 09:30 It will be great to see the robots running again, here is an indicative timetable of events Programme and the availability of…
Rob Probin will bring us up to date on his developments using Bluetooth LE. This is a virtual event, members will be sent a link to the club meeting by email.
Peter Harrision will be discussing the construction of maze walls and share the results of different approaches. This is a virtual event, members will recieve a link to the event by email.