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 […]
iRobotics volunteered at the FIRST Lego League Qualifier held at Loomis Laboratory on December 3, 2016. iRobotics had members as referees and volunteers. There were 13 different teams that participated from across Central Illinois. All the kids had a great time and showed creativity, innovation, and a friendly competitive spirit. […]
On November 17th, 2016, iRobotics was able to present to a group of ~100 elementary school students about robotics at their Science Fair! This is the first time iRobotics has been to Carrie Busey and the first time we have done a presentation style outreach visit. Students were able to […]