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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds like a good start Doug, I hope your students
will do well. If using the BOEbots you are planning to order, they should be
ready for some competition in November as a part of a fall semester. After the
initial assembly and programming, simple functions detailed in some of the
manuals might be incorporated in simple contests at your classroom, witha
specific task in mind. One might be as has been done at the meetings, having
each student program the device to drive a distance, perhaps to a point, or
drive and come back as a next step. BOEbots can do fairly well in line
following events, with the appropriate sensors. Many suggestions can be had by
posting the questions to the DPRG list, by making sure that <A
href="mailto:dprglist@dprg.org">dprglist@dprg.org</A> is either in the To: or
CC: field. Replies typically go only back to sender, so a Reply To All should
get all email addresses where they need to be. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-robodave</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=douglas.benton@tulsatech.org
href="mailto:douglas.benton@tulsatech.org">Benton, Douglas</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=robodave1@tx.rr.com
href="mailto:robodave1@tx.rr.com">David Peterson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 11, 2007 11:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DPRG] Feedback on Fall
Robotic Contest</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=781403116-11062007>Dave, thanks for the reply....this is
helpful.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=781403116-11062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=781403116-11062007>This past year, our school made their first showing
at FIRST. I would have joined in that effort, but I won a free
trip to Iraq for the winter....call me lucky, if you will. In
getting ready for this fall's classes, I submitted purchase requests for 10
BOE-Bot kits. I would like to join a competition with the kits in early
May (ideally)....this would be a good motivator for the kids. At this
point, since I have very little knowledge of robotics myself, I'm looking for
"outside" structure that would shore up my lack of
experience.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=781403116-11062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=781403116-11062007>Any help to be found naturally (conveniently) within
the DPRG environment would be most appreciative.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781403116-11062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Again, Dave, thanks for your time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781403116-11062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781403116-11062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Doug</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781403116-11062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781403116-11062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>PS--<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=781403116-11062007>I do not know how to post this email to the
forum</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT color=#000000
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<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><STRONG>Doug
Benton</STRONG></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM>Pre-Engineering
Instructor</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM>Tulsa Technology
Center,</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM> Riverside
Campus</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>918-828-4154
(Office)</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM>918-828-4090
(Admin)</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>918-828-4219
(Fax)</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><A
href="mailto:Douglas.Benton@tulsatech.org">Douglas.Benton@tulsatech.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> David Peterson
[mailto:robodave1@tx.rr.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 11, 2007 11:31
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Benton, Douglas<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DPRG] Feedback on
Fall Robotic Contest<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Doug,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It appears a schedule has not been made this
year. What has been done so far is small competitions occuring at each meeting
time ( usually posted in email messages ) consisting of simple tasks for
a robot ( traveling to a point, traveling 10 feet, traveling 10 feet and
returning ). I know this does not allow for easy planning for your
students, but perhaps a more formal contest will be put together for
later on that can be more easily scheduled for. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The calender linked on the DPRG website, <A
href="http://www.dprg.org/calendar.html">http://www.dprg.org/calendar.html</A><A
href="http://www.dprg.org"></A> usually has the dates for meetings and
any events that have been scheduled. There was a posting a few
weeks ago of the summer BBQ get-together at a members house on July 14th
( which usually has a few robot demos ) but other major events had not been
scheduled as of yet. Hopefully there will be some sort of
Roborama finalized for this fall, and it will allow you time to
prepare your students. The club officers linked from the DPRG page <A
href="http://www.dprg.org/officers.html">http://www.dprg.org/officers.html</A> would
be more likely to know what they are estimating for a contest time and
type. David Ellis is an officer who had posed the inquiry for contest
interest, so perhaps he and the other officers would be more helpful about
specifics. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many types of robots have competed successfully
in contests, from quickly put together kits like Lego Mindstorms/NXT, Parallax
BOEbots, even OWI kits, to elegantly crafted home built robots. Some previous
information can be seen from the competition link from the DPRG website,
regarding previous contest rules and results. There are a number of pictures
available of the contests too, in the gallery link from the DPRG website.
These could give a better idea of what types of contests can be done, and the
robots that run in them. I'd even seen recently of a Belgium competition
that made use of the DPRG contest rules information on the website, to
put together a pretty good contest of their own :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://wiki.robotmc.org/index.php?title=05/05/2007_Roborama_Belgi%C3%AB_Videos">http://wiki.robotmc.org/index.php?title=05/05/2007_Roborama_Belgi%C3%AB_Videos</A><BR>Hope
this helps, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-robodave</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS: Please feel free to copy this back to the
email list <A href="mailto:dprglist@dprg.org">dprglist@dprg.org</A> if you'd
like more replies. I had not copied it back as your reply appeared only
addressed to me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=douglas.benton@tulsatech.org
href="mailto:douglas.benton@tulsatech.org">Benton, Douglas</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=robodave1@tx.rr.com
href="mailto:robodave1@tx.rr.com">David Peterson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 11, 2007 8:01
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DPRG] Feedback on Fall
Robotic Contest</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007>David, I'm a teacher in Tulsa and I've been
following (loosely) the discussions.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007>I am interested in getting more robotics
incorporated into my classroom activities and I feel the need for outside
competition to motivate my students.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007>On the DPRG website, I failed to notice an annual
schedule of competitions. As a teacher, I need some type of annual
schedule so I can set some goals. Do you have a schedule or summary of
your yearly competitions that I could use as a guide?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007>Thanks for any help you can
give.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007>Doug</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=497315712-11062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=497315712-11062007>
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face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT color=#000000
size=2></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT color=#000000
size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><STRONG>Doug
Benton</STRONG></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM>Pre-Engineering
Instructor</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM>Tulsa Technology
Center,</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM> Riverside
Campus</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>918-828-4154
(Office)</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><EM>918-828-4090
(Admin)</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>918-828-4219
(Fax)</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><A
href="mailto:Douglas.Benton@tulsatech.org">Douglas.Benton@tulsatech.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> dprglist-bounces@dprg.org
[mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>David
Peterson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ellis76016<BR><B>Cc:</B> DPRG<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DPRG] Feedback on Fall
Robotic Contest<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi David,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My thoughts are that it would be good to
have some of the standard Roborama contests, Line Following,
T-Time, and Can-Can. Quick Trip I'd like to see turned into a head to head
event, 2 robots racing to the end and back. I'd also love to have a
Minisumo tournament included, perhaps based on double elimination. In
addition, it would be great to see a RoboDemo, or Show-n-Tell, or what have
you, simply a 5-10 minute demo of whatever your robot can do with award
determined by applause or some such. The timing of the
event seems ok, though can't recall what the weather may be
like in November, perhaps October would be better? Either month
might allow for some student robots if any high schools or
university teams would like to enter. That's about it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-robodave</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=ellis76016@tx.rr.com
href="mailto:ellis76016@tx.rr.com">ellis76016</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=dprglist@dprg.org
href="mailto:dprglist@dprg.org">dprglist@dprg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 09, 2007 6:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [DPRG] Feedback on Fall
Robotic Contest</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>DPRG,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>One of the main topics in today’s meeting was a contest
this fall. The main issue was to get the contest advertised. To do
so the contest date, type and location need to be set in the next two
weeks. It was decided to put the following idea out on the
list for a couple of weeks and get some feedback. It was suggested
that the contest could be in place of the November DPRG meeting on
the 10<SUP>th</SUP> at the Museum of Nature & Science (formerly
the Science Place) and the contest would be a standard
Roborama. Of course this is all contingent on getting a
contest coordinator.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thoughts?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>David Ellis </P></DIV>
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