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Solarbotics at PDXBot04
Dave Hrynkiw
June 24, 2004
Grant and I have been back from PDXBot a few weeks now, and I put together a wee movie showing off some of the (limited) video I shot.
You get to see Grant winning 2nd place in Mini-sumo, me NOT using a camera correctly (I got record on/off reversed during a Grant/me match), and some other highlights of the event.
There's two formats to see, so if the 20meg doesn't work, try the 29 meg version. Check them out here
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Circuit: L293D Mini-Sumo
This circuit is used to create a simple "edgebot" sumo robot. Being an edgebot refers that it will repeat the same backup/turn/go forward action when it's single edge sensor detects the edge of the ring. This version of the circuit is quite simple, and always turns the same way.
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