QUT Robotics Club is looking to field teams in the MathWorks Mission On Mars Robot Challenge 2015. See the project page for more information and to express your interest.
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NQRoS Project Update #4
Team Supremos finished putting their robot together today, and tested with some example code. Here are some photos:
Calendar Added
A calendar of events has now been added to the website, so everyone can see exactly what we’re going to be doing, when and where. If you want to join a project, or come to an event, just check the calendar to see what’s on!
NQRoS Project Update #3
NQRoS meeting and working on robots from 11am Monday 20 April in the new mechatronics lab S901. The competition will be a month away at that point, so we need to get to work! We have received the first order of robot kits and parts, and will be putting through the next one early this …
Workshop 6: Recap and Projects
This workshop will introduce the new executive team, recap what’s been done and how we want to move ahead. It will be important because we’ll be discussing the sumo bots project and potential for drop-in sessions on the usual Thursday evenings and maybe one other timeslot if there’s enough interest. There will also be mention …
AGM Results
The QUT Robotics Club annual general meeting was held successfully this past Friday, 10/4/2015, and the election results were as follows: President: David Hedger Vice President: Ben Graham Treasurer: Lachlan Robinson Secretary: Chris Dirkis Events Manager: Georgina Hine
Workshop Resources Added!
See the Resources page to see a whole lot of brand new workshop resources, including the presentation slides, example code, datasheets and required software links from last nights microcontroller programming workshop. Some photos from this workshop have been added too!
NQRoS Project Update #2
Some new information has been added to the project page about an extra optional part of the competition: The main competition day will be on Friday May 22nd, but there will also be a “sprint day” on Saturday May 23rd. It is not a requirement that participants stay the extra day for this event, but …
Workshop 5: C Programming
Thursday 2nd of April at 17:00–19:00, GP-S519 A C workshop! Programming is a very important part of robotics, and now we’re going to show you the basics of it. The class will focus on basic microcontroller skills like manipulating registers and using interrupts. We’ll just blink some LED’s and push some buttons, but the idea …
Annual General Meeting
We’re holding our AGM in a couple of weeks (April 10 from 2-4pm at S408 to be specific). We have a range of positions open, which are listed below. If you are a QUT student, have been a member for at least 6 months, and you feel you are suited to the role(s), send your …