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<DIV>A friend and I made this in 1978 when we were 14, so the age works, and it
seemed like a good making platform at the time, with need for various
tools...course R2D2 was big then:</DIV>
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<DIV>David</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=olabau@gmail.com
href="mailto:olabau@gmail.com">Olaf Baumann</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 02, 2015 5:16 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=lab@artengine.ca href="mailto:lab@artengine.ca">lab</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Lab] seeking suggestions for robotics
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">Hello
lab,</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">I'm looking
for suggestions for a robotics project that my 13 year old son and I can take on
this summer.</DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)"> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">My goals are
to have him:</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">- keep his
brain in gear over the summer break</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">- develop a
maker mentality</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">- hit the
ground running when joins Glebe's First Robotics team in grade 9</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">- spend
quality father-son time with me</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">I've got a
bunch of Arduino and pi hardware but not much for the mechanical aspect.
(chassis, motors, sensors). He's learning python and has already done some
Arduino programming.</DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)"> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">I'm hoping
for a kit and book or online resource that will take us through the whole build
process that ends with a robot that can be enhanced later with more interesting
capabilities. I've seen some impressive kits that sell for $1000 but I'd
like to keep the budget to around $200.</DIV>
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