RE: [TANKS] Two new tanks under construction part 1.

[Doug Conn]

That looks great, Neil ! I wish my school had projects like that.

 

I have a story you may want to share with your students. I guess you can
call it "How R/C Tanks Changed My Life". Or maybe, "Life is Funny Like
That".

 

Anyway, about seven years ago I built my first R/C Tank vehicle. I wanted
something computer controlled, so I studied up on R/C technology,
electronics and robotics and built one. It was so much fun that I built my
second vehicle, 'Bad Kitty', that I still have.

 

I learned so much that I was able to compete in some robotics competitions.
I ended up in Barcelona at the World Championships.

 

>From that experience, I learned enough to enter a simulated autonomous
driving competition sponsored by KIA. I finished third.

 

A few months ago, a project manager for the DARPA Robotics Challenge
contacted me to work on their team. Part of that challenge is autonomous
driving, and he had seen my contact information in the KIA challenge. The
team I'm on, WPI, ended up doing very well
(http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/06/27.aspx). The team won
funding ($750k I think) and the use of ATLAS robot from Boston Dynamics to
continue with next phase of the competition.

 

Now, they've hired me part-time to work on the project. I'm a (semi)
professional roboticist which is like THE GREATEST THING EVER.

 

I never planned any of this. It never felt much like work. I started out
doing something I loved - building a crazy R/C tank - and just went with it.
There's probably a moral to this story or a lesson for your students, here.
I'm not sure what it is. Just let them know what happened to me because of
this hobby.

 

-  Doug

 

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Subject: Re: [TANKS] Two new tanks under construction part 1.

 

Nicely done Neil. What a great school project.

On Monday, July 1, 2013 7:18:16 PM UTC-4, Neil Rochford wrote:

Where were at at the end of June - 

 

http://s224.photobucket.com/user/neroc1/media/SchooltanksJune13_zps8a494d60.
mp4.html

 

This tank will be completed soon. 

 

Neil R 

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Re: [TANKS] Two new tanks under construction part 1.

[jvragu47]

Nicely done Neil. What a great school project.

On Monday, July 1, 2013 7:18:16 PM UTC-4, Neil Rochford wrote:
>
> Where were at at the end of June - 
>
>
> http://s224.photobucket.com/user/neroc1/media/SchooltanksJune13_zps8a494d60.mp4.html
>
> This tank will be completed soon. 
>
> Neil R 
>

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Re: [TANKS] Two new tanks under construction part 1.

[Neil Rochford]

Where were at at the end of June - 

http://s224.photobucket.com/user/neroc1/media/SchooltanksJune13_zps8a494d60.mp4.html

This tank will be completed soon. 

Neil R 

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