Trossen Robotics Blog http://blog.trossenrobotics.com The Trossen Robotics Blog is the place to keep up to date on all the latest product releases and news in robotics. Thu, 16 May 2013 03:22:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 41.851257-87.883514http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://blog.trossenrobotics.com/http://trossenrobotics.com/images/Logos/logo125.jpgTrossen Robotics LogoTrossenRoboticsBloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with inclue!Subscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIX Come See Us At the Chicago Mini Maker Faire! http://feeds.trossenrobotics.com/~r/TrossenRoboticsBlog/~3/STBcQexsEW0/ http://blog.trossenrobotics.com/2013/05/15/come-see-us-at-the-chicago-mini-maker-faire/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 03:22:10 +0000 Kyle http://blog.trossenrobotics.com/?p=3129

This Saturday, May 18th we’ll be at the Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire! The faire runs from 10am-4pm and will be filled with amazing and creative projects from the Chicagoland area, and beyond!

We’ll be demoing some of our crawlers like the PhantomX Quadruped and Hexapod. As well as some of our other robots. So whether you want to try out our crawlers or just chat about robotics, stop on by for a great time.

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While we were at RoboGames 2013, Don Miller from Mad Lab Industries came and asked us to help him with a special project – to deliver up some hot tacos using a modified version of their Grasshoper Hexacopter. A short time later we had successfully delivered taco after taco, just like the mythical Taco Copter. But how do you top delivering tacos with a quadcopter? Why, you deliver them to Grant Imahara himself.

Check out the video below to see the taco drop in all its robot-y goodness.

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When the Mythbuster’s team needs a creative eye-tracking solution for one of their myths, who do they turn to? Our friends over at EyeTech of course! Over the the last two years Jamie Hyneman has been working with EyeTech on a cool project that uses eye-tracking technology and one of our PhantomX Robot Turrets. The eye tracking solution is being used as part of the 10 year anniversary project – a rocket powered car! So keep your eyes peeled when you tune in Wednesday May 1st at 9pm EST/PST to see the project in action!

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This year’s Robogames and Mech Warfare was an absolute blast! We watched Com-Bots battle it out, Kung-Fu bots compete, and of course the Mech-Warfare contestants fight for supremacy. Check out this gallery for a taste of the Robogames experience.

Stay tuned for more photos, videos, and news from Robogames/Mech Warfare 2013

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It’s finally that time of the year – Robogames 2013! The Trossen Robotics team will be on hand for the weekend’s events, especially for Mech Warfare!

Whether you’re there to see the robot rumble or you just want to talk about or latest products, we’ll be at the mech warfare arena from 3-7 Friday through Sunday. Or you can drop is a note on Twitter or Facebook to figure out what we’re up to.

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MIT senior Nancy Ouyang is hosting the world’s first Hexapod conference next month! Saturday, May 4th, 2013 Hexacon will bring together Hexapod lovers from all over the community.

Highlights include a keynote speech by Prof. Sangbae Kim of the MIT Biomimetic Robotics Lab, a hexapod dance off (humans allowed if they are dressed as hexapods), and presentations by people from Stompy and Hexy! Prizes will be awarded and travel scholarships of up to $100 are available.

Need more info? Check out the following links

Hexacon Website
Registration
Hexacon Flyer
Hexacon e-mail

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