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[DPRG] Teen groups and sonar question

Subject: [DPRG] Teen groups and sonar question
From: Richard McClellan richard.mcclellan at gmail.com
Date: Tue Oct 24 20:13:25 CDT 2006

For high school students, the best way to get involved with robotics is
through the BEST competition (just ended for this year)  or the FIRST
competition (starts in January).  Check to see if your school has a robotics
team for either of these competitions.   If not, you could try and start
your own.

www.bestinc.org
www.usfirst.org



On 10/24/06, Mohammad El-Abid <elabidster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, I was wandering if anyone knew of any teen robotics group in/near
> Austin, also I had a question I've heard that sometimes a sonar won't
> pickup
> a small or low item, if it's low then I guess that the robot should be
> able
> to go over it, but what about if it's a narrow sharp blade? If it does
> have
> problems with picking up narrow objects should I install emergency
> whiskers?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mohammad
>
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