Prusa Mendel Rolls Along

Slowly but surely, the Prusa Mendel is forming. After a misguided attempt at using imperial washers where metric was called for, this past Monday we completed the static frame. Next, we’ll cut plates for the print platform and assemble the axes. As always, if you want to be involved, come hang out at Microcontroller Mondays, and for the behind-the-scenes scoop, head over to the wiki page.

Byzantium Sprint 5 Reminder

This is a reminder that we will be meeting at HacDC on Friday the 24th of June at 8:00pm for pizza and last minute planning for Byzantium sprint 5. Saturday the 25th at noon we will be doing either intermesh connection testing or gathering metrics on our mesh network depending on how many people show up, and on Sunday at noon we will be continuing the same project we started on Saturday.

HACDC Robotics Class 2011

Come to the space, Saturday, June 4th, 2011, from 10:30am to 12:30pm for the first of six classes covering topics in contemporary robotics using the Robot Operating System and a robot custom designed for this course. For course costs, prerequisites, and a syllabus, see the course wiki page:

https://wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/Robotics_Class_2011