Previous Meeting: ParcMeeting20100808

Next Meeting:ParcMeeting20100905

Schedule 

August 22nd, 2010 -- 3PM to 4:30PM

Prerequisites 

None.  Feel free to bring a mobile base, and we may study attachments to it.

Agenda 

The primary agenda will be...  "Field Set".  See ParcMeeting20100808 for details

Details -- Field Set 

• Building
• Break into pairs or triplets
• Build a part of the field set based on the diagrams
• Make sure the field item 'makes sense' and can be located on the mat. 
• Interacting (after field is built)
• Study the field and pick an obstacle
• Think about what it might be for
• Create an apparatus (arm, pusher, etc.) that would work with the obstacle

Resources

• [Check] Meeting Location -- Mark's house [location by email]
• Kids -- How many to attend [Maya, ...]
• Computers -- How many that are NXT-G setup [Mark = 2, ...]
• NXT Robots -- How many [Mark = 2]
• Cameras [Mark = 1+, ...] 
• [Check] Floor space for running courses
• [Check] Projector
• Food, Drinks, Utensils -- 

Results

The whole field set is built and everything seems to have found its place.  There were very few extra pieces (something like 6 maybe... likely spares for tiny pieces).

See:

• http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=202841&id=523858195&l=638c5130ed

for the mostly complete and placed set (a bone and ball have gone missing?).