» Starcraft 2 Social Event
» September 22nd, 2010

The club will be hosting our second social event Saturday, October 16th in 314 Hammond. This event will be a Starcraft 2 Casual Competition where any and all members of the public are welcomed to come in and play to win and for fun!

The competition will be on-campus and will require individuals to register and bring their own computer. If an individual cannot bring a computer or is unable to physically access the main campus, please contact the host of the event (Jeremy Bridon) to work out access details.

Please register and learn more on the RoboWiki Starcraft 2 Casual Competition page.

All levels of play are welcomed!

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» First official fall 2010 meeting September 8th
» September 5th, 2010

Attention all members: the Penn State Robotics Club will be having our first official meeting this Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at 7:30 in Hammond 312.

In this meeting, we will start the first of three tutorial sessions that will introduce members to our basic tutorial-chassis and show everything you need to know to get your robot doing some basic movements. This tutorial will last at most 30 minutes, but club doors will stay open as long as people are working on their robots.

Also note, during this time, returning members may choose instantly dive into their own robots or choose to join the legacy-robot support group which will focus on a walking robot!

See you there!

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» Fall 2010 Open House
» August 28th, 2010

It’s that time of year again! The Penn State Robotics Club will be hosting our semester Open House event, where anyone and everyone is invited to come and visit us, and see what the club can do for you!

There will be free pizza and drinks; everyone is invited. Feel free to bring friends and get ready for a fun and intense semester. We will introduce our new in-house competition, as well as talk about the international competitions we are involved with.

The Open House will be this Wednesday, September 1st, 7pm in 312 Hammond.

Edit: Jon, our 2010-2011 club president, has his presentation online!

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» Trinity Fire Fighting challenge & semester conclusion
» April 12th, 2010

The Penn State Robotics Club would like to thank all four teams that have represented Penn State at this year’s Trinity Fire Fighting competition. All four of these teams have competed with varying degrees success, as well as have all well represented the Penn State name! Special congratulations are in order for team “Twitcher 2.0“, who were the only team to completely put out a flame. Team “Zephyrus” did a great job navigating the maze as the fastest robot of all four of our submissions. We hope to bring these teams to the Abington Fire Fighting challenge, to continue their success.

You can see our event photos and videos on our media page.

The semester is coming to an end, and new positions are available! Any and all club members are highly encouraged to come to next weeks meeting to vote for new club officers. Your voice and vote counts! Interested in becoming an officer? Talk to any of the current officers and we will help answer any questions you may have. Don’t forget to come to our end-of-semester club Barbecue after the elections to enjoy some time with the club out and about at a local park. Stay tuned for more information.

The RoboWiki has had security permissions removed, so you may now edit or add any existing or new content without having to sign-in!

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» PSU Teams to be Participating in the Trinity Compitition
» March 31st, 2010

The Penn State Robotics club will have multiple teams vying for the prize in the Trinity Firefighting Competition, a maze and object finding competition set as a way to test designs for fire prevention robots. The tabletop-sized competition is held each spring by Trinity College in Connecticut, where multiple colleges and robotics teams gather to see whose design can most efficiently navigate a maze in order to find a burning candle and extinguish it, optionally returning to their starting point afterward. This year, Penn State will have four teams competing:

Team Jazzy, a two person team consisting of Drew Schmitt and Richard Lichkus.
Team Plexo, made up of Jon Checkan, Jillian Newhall, Spenser Bauman, and Mohammed Alburaiki.
Team Zephyrus, run by Tom McCauley and Jon Frisch.
Team Twitcher 2.0, involving the duo Daniel Grandy and Joseph Gensel.

Good luck to our teams!

In other club news, we have published our 2010 Sponsorship Letter and 2010 Sponsorship Packet. The club is actively searching for sponsorship to help us pay for the costs associated with robotic competitions and upkeep of our club materials.

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