It's really nice to receive pics of projects people have built out of our book "Junkbots". Here's one of the latest: the Pendulum by Christopher Pepe. Nice magnetic suspension mechanism! Read More...
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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