[Blackpool] Loom band launchers

[Mike Hull]

Excelent work Arthur, glad you enjoyed Saturday.

I also would like to thank Les for the Raspberry Jam. Very useful for Richard and I to see what a Pi can do.

I will be unable to attend any meeting this Saturday as we are having a family gathering over the weekend.

Best regards

Mike Hull

> From: arthur_garlick at hotmail.com
> To: lespounder at gmail.com; blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:01:44 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Loom band launchers
> 
> 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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