March 2001 Meeting Pictures
- mvc-266s.jpg (24414 bytes) - CORSA Instruments from the front. Not very pretty 'till ya get inside.
- mvc-267s.jpg (18319 bytes) - CORSA Instruments front door.
- mvc-268s.jpg (38002 bytes) - Inside the shop of CORSA Instruments. We meet around the big yellow table.
- mvc-269s.jpg (37412 bytes) - CORSA keeps a good supply of parts.
- mvc-271s.jpg (40871 bytes) - Some of CORSA's main product.
- mvc-270s.jpg (23807 bytes) - Paul Haas brought this LegoBot driven by a ??? controller. It has bump detectors on the front bumber that cause it to change course to avoid obsticles (obviously, only AFTER it has HIT them!). A light sensor is seen on the front left corner. It displayed light levels on a scale on 1-100 on the controllers LCD.
- mvc-272s.jpg (25190 bytes) - Keith McClary brought this 'bot. His son built it a few years ago and it's still running strong. It is teathered and run from a handheld control box.
- mvc-273s.jpg (29379 bytes) - Keith's 'bot was quite strong and was climbing over things and even pushing magazines and catalogs (and the occassional Coke can) around the workbench.
- mvc-274s.jpg (27454 bytes) - Paul Haas had this little teathered 'bot. It's controlled by the same ??? controller his other 'bot uses. It was quite nimble but with these wheels it would slip when trying to climb. He later performed a pit stop to change tires and it did MUCH better!
- mvc-276s.jpg (20200 bytes) - Erik Kauppi cheated and brought out this little beast. It is radio controlled and VERY fast... as you will see in the next picture...
- mvc-275s.jpg (21096 bytes) - Erik's RC 'bot came up the ramp a WEEE bit too fast and became airborn!
- mvc-277s.jpg (26667 bytes) - Ray Kelm brought this scalled down model of the proposed frame for his next USFirst.Org competition robot. He did a GREAT job at construction!
- mvc-278s.jpg (44714 bytes) - The "Gang". L-R: Erik Kauppi, Keith McCleary, Ray Kelm, Paul Haas, ??? (in blue), Neil, and Neil's son. Jay Nugent is behind the camera.
- mvc-279s.jpg (21594 bytes) - Paul Haas, always tinkering, modified one of his 'bots while the rest of us were blathering. He added treaded wheels for traction, slowed down the motors for better control, and added bump detection (little red thing sticking out in front - if that IS the front?) and controlled it all with a ??? programable controller.
