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The Cap Kart is coming...
The team of high school students and MIT undergraduates that ...
The team of high school students and MIT undergraduates that created a DIY self-balancing scooter during the summer of 2007 is back at work. This summer's project has four wheels and a capacitor measured in the triple digits. Enough said? Track the progress:http://web.mit.edu/first/kart
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One way to drive a stepper motor...
An interesting way of demonstrating the operation of a stepper ...
An interesting way of demonstrating the operation of a stepper motor. The rotating wire makes contact with the stepper coils in a specific sequence that causes the motor to "step."
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2008 Summer Project Hint #2: The Switch
The team that created a DIY self-balancing scooter in 2007 ...
The team that created a DIY self-balancing scooter in 2007 is gearing up for another summer project. Shown here is a high-current transistor switch that will be used somewhere on the project. The items in the foreground are steel allen wrenches, one of which is cut by the switch.
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2008 Summer Project Hint
The team that created a DIY self-balancing scooter in 2007 ...
The team that created a DIY self-balancing scooter in 2007 is gearing up for another summer project. Besides being useful for creating a project hint, the laser cutter/engraver is a really fun machine to watch. It uses a 150W CO2 laser to cut through plastics and can scan at low power to engrave.
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2.007 Final Round - 2008
The final match of the 2008 2.007: Design and Manufacturing ...
The final match of the 2008 2.007: Design and Manufacturing I robotics conest, between Ethan Huwe and Greg Tao. Ethan's machine had previously achieved the two highest scores in the competition, but Greg's awesome strategy of scoring quickly and defending paid off in the end. Both will have the opportunity to go to Brazil for the International Design Comeptition in July, 2008.The competition web page and an archive of the webcast can be found here:http://pergatory.mit.edu/2.007
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Close Encounters of the Self-Balancing Kind II
The DIY self-balancing scooter created by a group of high ...
The DIY self-balancing scooter created by a group of high school students and MIT undergraduates during the summer of 2007 makes an appearance at the 2008 Boston FIRST regional. Location: BU Agganis Arena More information about the project:http://web.mit.edu/first/segway
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MIT Electric Vehicle Team - 4/2 Test Drive
I got to see the MIT Electric Vehicle Team test ...
I got to see the MIT Electric Vehicle Team test driving a converted Porsche 914. Very cool! More information here:http://web.mit.edu/evt/
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FIRST Robot - Ready to Ship
It's sadly the end of the build season and the ...
It's sadly the end of the build season and the robot will be shipped off to competition tomorrow. Team 97 made some final adjustments and said good-bye to it on Monday. Be sure to check out the robot (and others) at the Boston Regional, March 27-29 at the Agganis Arena at BU.More info about the competition: www.usfirst.orgMore info about the team: http://web.mit.edu/first/www
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FIRST Robot - Practice Match
Here's some footage from a FIRST practice session hosted by ...
Here's some footage from a FIRST practice session hosted by Team 69: Hyper from Quincy, MA. It is a great chance to test robots on a full-size playing field a few days before the shipping deadline (Tuesday).MIT-hosted Team 97: The Cow shows off its Mecanum drive train, plus the semi-finished ball lifting mechanism.More information about the competion: http://www.usfirst.orgMore information about the team: http://web.mit.edu/first/www
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FIRST Robot - Week 6 (2)
Some on-board video of Team 97's FIRST robot driving around ...
Some on-board video of Team 97's FIRST robot driving around and lifting a track ball. There was a minor camera issue toward the end...More info about the competition: http://www.usfirst.orgMore info about the team: http://web.mit.edu/first/www
