<html><head></head><body dir="ltr" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Check out Bot Brawl . It would probably have to be a team project, but great experience for all... build either a 30 or 150 pound sumo bot. </div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>David</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, July 2, 2015 18:27</div><div><b>To: </b>Olaf Baumann; lab</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Lab] seeking suggestions for robotics project</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style="">
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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><a title="http://projectworkshop.com/Projects/BotZero/BotZero.pdf" href="http://projectworkshop.com/Projects/BotZero/BotZero.pdf">http://projectworkshop.com/Projects/BotZero/BotZero.pdf</a></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
project</div></div></div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'courier new',monospace; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)">Hello
lab,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" 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 looking
for suggestions for a robotics project that my 13 year old son and I can take on
this summer.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" 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>
<div class="gmail_default" 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'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>
<div class="gmail_default" 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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<div class="gmail_default" 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)">Olaf</div>
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