On Wednesday, I attended the first meeting of MARS (MAssey Robotics Society), and it was AWESOME!!! We caught the train in to Wellington, and then had to basically run to Massey, but it was worth it. The first half-hour to hour was spent on Health and Safety (oh, great.) We then watched a video about how Silicon chips are made, and then got given FREE food! Awesome!
After break, we learnt about transistors and diodes, and made a light following robot. It is pretty awesome, if you ask me. It has two modes, one where it sits there waiting for light, then follows it if you shine light at it, and the other mode is where is spins around until is sees light, and then follows it. Awesome!
Next week, we will be looking at robot computer systems, e.g. Single-board computers and microcontrollers
P.S. The BMW 7-series uses 53 microcontrollers.
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