On Saturday, October 20th, iRobotics hosted its first Robot Day in collaboration with the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum to inspire, engage, and educate children of all ages through the exploration of the sciences. Robot Day involved multiple engineering societies from the university as well as a local FIRST FRC team. We were […]
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This code can likely be optimized but it functions to the performance needed, so there is not a great need to optimize every part. The code for the robot is written in Arduino C++, and is compiled and uploaded to the ESP8266-12e that acts as the ‘brain’ of the robot. […]
In order to reduce the overall cost and allow for a fully ready to go electronics package, Eric Layne designed a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that allows all the components to be soldered together and only require a battery connector and the motors to be attached in order to allow […]
In order to allow more interaction with the robots during outreach events, we are creating small, phone controlled demo robots that are inexpensive and easy to repair. This will allow us to let anyone interested drive around the robots and not just watch us drive them around. We hopefully will […]
The Pix team had a great time showing off our work so far at EOH this past weekend and are already gearing up to make the next batch of improvements! Pix’s sleek black frame glistening in the sunlight Our Booth at EOH
With EOH 2018 just over a week a way, our build is slowly drawing to a close (pun intended)! It has been a long road leading from hours designing to a tangible product and the Pix team is excited to showcase our progress on March 9th and 10th. Watch out […]