cGO Competitive robotics based learning platform.© 2013 Jason Berry

cGO
Competitive robotics based learning platform.
© 2013 Jason Berry

WIT undergraduate flagship project.
jberry@wit.ie

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Blog is Back

Hello All,

June 2014....Blog is back, spent some time around possible commercial issues..now we are going to move forward again.

First up just finished a great set of cGO workshops, see cool poster below and big thanks to all involved.



Also new additions to team Calvin and Alvaro..Welcome :-)

So here we go again..Keep you eyes out for cool cGO stuff.
Including new ardunio version, new game design, tshirts...etc

Monday, 8 July 2013

cGO Primary School Summer Camp at WIT



After 2 days of workshops with two groups of 20 kids aged 7-11, the cGo platform has advanced to a satisfactory level. The video below is a short preview of the 2 days.

We started out with some demonstrations and then a programming workshop.


The childrens programs were then tested on the cGO's

 
Future improvments:
  • Demonstrate more robots (Bengie, rubix solver etc.)
  • More cGO's
  • No more than 3 children per group
  • Improve master algorithms
  • More props for games (scoreboard, timer, buzzer)
  • More space for testing


PJ & Paddy

Friday, 28 June 2013

Mindstorm speed

Heres a video to demonstrate the power of the Lego NXT. I know theres four NXT's being used and a samsung galaxy SII phone, but its still very impressive.


Thursday, 27 June 2013

cGO testing using the Lego NXT-G programming interface

cGO following the line using the NXT and the light sensor.
 
Image of the NXT-G Block code.
 
Demo of cGO following the line and celebrating  at the finish.
 


Wednesday, 26 June 2013

cGO Build v1.3

Some new hardware improvements for cGO (v1.3)
 
Testing new cGO build

New Parallax motor controllers with the lego servo controller.

 New positioning for the light sensor (top view)

New positioning for the light sensor (Bottom view)

New positioning for the light sensor (Bottom view)

Top view showing battery, servo controller, two motor controllers and NXT block.



Tuesday, 25 June 2013