Daily Archives: 3/27/2005

Brainwagon Radio: Robogames 2005 and the ATI X700 Pro

3/27/2005 – 10:08 pm

I haven’t gotten a lot done this afternoon, but I did record a podcast which described some of the fun we had at Robogames 2005 (check yesterdays blog entry for pictures) and a brief description of my new graphics card: an ATI X700 Pro which replaces the old X300 SE card in my Windows Media [...]

By Mark VandeWettering | Posted in Brainwagon Radio, General | Comments (0)

M-Tran self-reconfigurable modular robot

3/27/2005 – 12:42 am

Keeping with today’s theme of robotics, here is a cool reconfigurable robot that I found courtesy of Engadget. It’s a cool bot, constructed from a large number of identical modules which can connect to one another and provide a wide varity of mobility options.

By Mark VandeWettering | Posted in Robotics | Comments (0)

Robogames 2005

3/27/2005 – 12:10 am

Well, just got back from a day of watching robot combat at the Robogames competition in at San Francisco State. It continues tomorrow. You can look at my gallery of photos, and maybe even watch a Quicktime of a poor Robosapien competing in an event.
More coverage on Slashdot.
Even more photos, courtesy of Thomas [...]

By Mark VandeWettering | Posted in My Photos, Robotics | Comments (2)