[Robotgroup] Welcome to the "Robotgroup" mailing list

[Paul Atkinson]

Welcome aboard Andre'

A few of us have started dabbling with the propeller and we used it
(way overkill) in a halloween prop. I'm looking forward to learning
more about it and possibly picking your brain. I've been reading some
of the recent posts about CNC and propellers, lots of room for
experimentation and development.

Welcome to Austin!
I look forward to meeting you!
Paul Atkinson

On Nov 16, 2007 5:52 PM, Andre Lamothe <ceo at nurve.net> wrote:
> Hi there. Well, my background is in game development and writing books about
> it, used to do FPS games in the 90's rex blade series, then started doing
> casual games since they made better ROI, but in the gaming crash of
> 1999-2000 the value market dried up, so I went back to my dream of
> developing gaming hardware since I felt the time right was and people would
> really like to learn how to generate NTSC video, VGA, and use a
> microcontroller to develop a game console. So I designed a couple systems,
> my latest is the HYDRA:
>
> http://www.xgamestation.com/view_product.php?id=33
>
> Which is based on the Parallax propeller chip. Which I highly recommend if
> you're interested in robotics since it is an 8-core multiprocessor perfect
> for asynchronous high performance processing, 32-bit, 20 mips per core, very
> cool little processor. Comes in a 40-pin dip as well. My other systems are
> based on SX52/28 processors. So my goal has been to engage people and
> students learning EE and robotics with a fun way to present the material,
> via video games and graphics since game dev pulls from all areas of science.
> I would love to build toys that have video game aspects to them, like robots
> that fight that transmit information to a little server that displays stuff
> on the nearby TV, but that takes a lot of money for manufacturing. However,
> I do have 3 manufacturers in china now that do my builds, so I am getting
> closer to trying a pure consumer product rather than edutainment products
> targets toward guys like us, that are "ok" with bare PCBs :) Right now I am
> doing a 6502 game system and one based on the AVR as well.
>
> Andre'
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Lundquist" <eric.g.lundquist at gmail.com>
> To: "The Robot Group Mailing List" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Welcome to the "Robotgroup" mailing list
>
>
> Hi Andre,
> Welcome to the group.  I like the idea of combining gaming and robotics.  A
> good example that comes to mind are the Sony Aibo's playing Robo Soccer of
> which UT Austin has a very active team.
> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~AustinVilla/
>
> Which embedded system(s) are you working on?  We have a diverse group of
> people in the group who work on a variety of different processors depending
> on their preferences and experience.
>
> - Eric
>
>
> On 11/16/07, Andre Lamothe <ceo at nurve.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Just added to the group. I am very interested in robotics, but haven't had
> > much time to build any robots since I have been working on embedded
> > systems
> > themselves (which can control robots :) primarily gaming consoles.
> >
> > Just wanted to say hi to everyone.
> >
> > Andre'
> >
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