[Blackpool] Loom band launchers

[Arthur Garlick]

Love it. I see you didn't actually edit me waffling out of that video!  Good stuff!
The goal is to get the Pic in the robot with a icsp interface so I can start playing with it for Saturday... we'll see.  Both my sons are totally inspired by the robot, so some kind of scratch or similar programable robot would be good.
Going to look at Scratch for Arduino s4a and an off the shelf robot like the zumo.  Be prepared for questions on Saturday... :)


Regards
Arthur

> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:05:13 +0100
> From: lespounder at gmail.com
> To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Loom band launchers
> 
> Hi Arthur
> 
> No problem, thanks for coming along
> 
> I've written a short blog post
> http://blackpoolraspberryjam.co.uk/our-first-jam-was-a-massive-success/
> 
> Your robot rocket launcher looks great, well done. I'd love to see it in
> action at the next meeting.
> 
> Well done!
> 
> Best
> Les
> 
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,Thanks again to Mike H and Les for their efforts on Saturday.  Jack and
> > I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Jack has been programming in python on the
> > raspi today, working from the book you kindly lent us Les.
> > Heres a video of the loom band rocket launchers in action, my Bob robot
> > doesn't have a brain yet so I hooked the launchers up to the Arduino.
> > Eventually I want to be able to control how many missiles launch each time
> > but here the Arduino fires them off in one salvo if you hold the button
> > down.  The launchers are set parallel to each other and the plan is the
> > robot will pivot on its hip servos to engage targets nearby.  It's a bit
> > ambitious but it should be possible!
> > http://youtu.be/8AXPHU5pEO8
> >
> > See you on Saturday
> > Arthur
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