There's an NXT in there somewhere....

The Black Dog Robofest team competed last night. Tied for third in a field of 14 Senior teams, but only the top two teams advanced to the Michigan state championships so the season came to an earlier end than we'd hoped. It's too bad Robofest eliminated the Technical award that could advance you as well, I think we would have won any technical award hands down.

quick, locate the NXT on this robot

"Benson the Otter-bot" summary:

• Lego NXT control
• 1 Lego NXT light sensor
• 3 Lego NXT motors with rotation counters
• Black Dog designed I2C sensor interface controlling
• 3 Sharp short range IR distance sensors, converted to digital signals through a BDR designed and built comparator circuit
• 1 Maxbotix Ultrasonic distance sensor
• RCX motor through an H bridge built into the I2C expansion board

More details later (Eagle files for I2C board, RobotC code, etc).

Brian
The Black Dog