Archive for January 13, 2010
Penguin controlled robots
Jan 13th
TI BeagleBoard
Of course, lets not forget that I’m a Linux Architect… I need to get a small linux system embedded into all of my robot designs. There are a mess of tiny single board computers out there, and Linux is the operating system of choice for both hobbyist and professional.
The smallest one I’ve seen was actually embedded in a small penguin but for some reason I can’t find a reference to it. But it would look so kewl at the controls of a nxt contraption.
Nxt Up, Flying Robots
Jan 13th
Hobbico NexSTAR
Chris Anderson has posted instructions for a NXT autopilot with ideas to have a flying challenge similar to the FLL (grade school) or FTC (high school) competitions that happen on the ground (mostly).
I have a lot of work already lined up to support FRC and FLL here in the Greenbelt community. But, with NASA Goddard 3 miles up the road, we also have a lot of local interest in anything that flies. And I am an ex-pilot…
Maybe this summer…