vishots's videos

Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Team 1717

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:38:01 GMT

This video is the first in a series of videos I will be releasing over the next couple of months related to my trip to Atlanta for the 2008 FIRST Robotic Championship. I took a lot of video there and I don't want it to sit on my hard drive. Instead, I want to make sure the enthusiasm, excitement and craziness of the competition is shown so that new mentors can be motivated to help the next generation of engineers and scientists waiting in the wings.

By vishots

Tags : atlanta, championship, engineering, first, high, robot, school, teen

Powercast Wireless Power System

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:46:02 GMT

In this video from robobusiness 2008, we interview Steven from Powercast who shows off some cool wireless power technology. From the Powercast website: Founded in 2003, Powercast developed a receiver module with breakthrough efficiency levels. Coupled with a transmitter that sends RF energy using algorithms developed by Powercast, the Powercast Wireless Power Platform™ was born. While the concept of sending power “through the air” has been discussed for more than 100 years, Powercast is the first company to make it commercially viable. Powercast is now leading the cross-industry initiative to bring wireless power to a hundreds of low power devices.

By vishots

Tags : 2008, interview, power, robobusiness, wireless

Dean Kamen Introduces the new FRC Control System

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:39:02 GMT

Dean Kamen introduces the new FRC Control System.

By vishots

Tags : dean, first, frc, instruments, kamen, national, ni

New Controller for 2009 FIRST competition

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:27:05 GMT

This video highlights the new Compact RIO hardware that will be used as the controller for the 2009 FIRST robotics competition in the FRC category. National Instruments had a booth close to the pits at the 2008 FRC final championship in Atlanta. They built several robots demonstrating the capabilities of the new controller. One of the robots is shown here and the various components of the control hardware are explained.

By vishots

Tags : atlanta, championship, controller, crio, first, frc, instuments, labview, national, robot