Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw: OT: FYI: WANTED: LEGO Mindstorms Educators

[Steven Mills <cirtemoeg@juno.com>]

steve B. [ and all ]


"Prowler 3"

www.auvsi.org/competitions/2002/papers/URI.pdf

"Prowler 4"

http://www.auvsi.org/competitions/2003/RhodeIsland.pdf


cheers, --Steve




On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:02:02 +0100 "steve"
<steve@kobol.worldonline.co.uk> writes:
> Hi All
> 
> In direct relation to Steve's message, i came across the MBARI link 
> sometime
> last year.  A Lego ROV, brilliant! and it has some good information 
> in the
> PDF.
> the other link is from the google page i used to re-search for the 
> document.
> I thought it deserved a quick look.
> 
> http://www.mbari.org/education/internship/01interns/01papers/winter.pdf
> 
> and
> 
>
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=LEGO+ROV+MindStorms+RCX&num=10&hl=en&ie
=IS
>
O-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype
=&a
> s_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Steve Bosworth
> UK
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Mills" <cirtemoeg@juno.com>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:07 PM
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw: OT: FYI: WANTED: LEGO Mindstorms 
> Educators
> 
> 
> >
> > Not exactly TI or Labview, but maybe a way to get some of your
> > kids, nephews, nieces, scouts...etc., started in 
> designing/building subs
> > and practical programming.
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > WANTED: Lego Mindstorms Educators
> > >
> > > Are you an educator using Lego Mindstorms Robotics?  Would you 
> like to
> > > participate in a global online pilot project using Lego 
> Mindstorms?
> > >
> > > Wichita State University's (WSU) College of Education Robotics 
> Team is
> > looking
> > > for a small group of educators who are interested in piloting a 
> global
> > > collaborative project using the Internet and Lego Mindstorms 
> Robotics.
> > This
> > > pilot project will involve K-20 educators, but is designed to be
> > replicated with
> > > students in a 4th grade or higher classroom setting.
> > >
> > > Participants must have an Internet connection and Lego 
> Mindstorms
> > Robotics
> > > equipment.
> > >
> > > To read about WSU's Robotics Project visit our website:
> > > http://education.wichita.edu/mindstorms
> > >
> > > To apply to participate in this pilot project, go to:
> > > http://education.wichita.edu/mindstorms/global
> > > --
> >
> > Here's an example:
> >
> >
> > http://www.weeklyscientist.com/articles/studentsubs.htm
> >
> > ..................... snip-quote.....................
> >
> > "Those computer brains range from top line Intel Pentium 
> processors to
> > last year's winner, "two Lego Mindstorm bricks," said 
> Northrop-Grumman
> > business development director Bill McGuinness. Lego's Mindstorm 
> products
> > include small microprocessors Lego lovers use to build toy robots.
> >
> > The University of Rhode Island team "proved that simplicity often 
> wins"
> > when they used the microprocessor brick in the Prowler 1, 
> McGuinness
> > said. With most entries costing just under $10,000 and requiring 
> endless
> > hours of student labor from teams 8-20 members in size, "the AUV
> > competition is designed to bring attention to a little-known 
> industry
> > that is growing at a phenomenal rate -- the unmanned vehicle 
> industry,"
> > said Daryl Davidson, the executive director of the 2,000 member
> > Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, or AUVSI. 
> "
> >
> > 
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> >
> >
> > --Steve
> >
> >
> >
> 
>