Monthly Archives: September, 2010
Boise Bot Competition 2010
Presented by Reuseum, Obtainium Technology Recyclers, and hosted by The Discovery Center of Idaho.
We hope that by creating an event singular to the community in our hometown, that inspiration will thrive and we will all be able to share in something that matters most to those who live here. In 2009, David from the Reuseum founded the Bot Comp as a serious response to a joke made about having a local junkyard war. He saw that even though there were many creative outlets, clubs, and teams surrounding robotics and technology that one could participate with in the Treasure Valley, they all either left town to compete or didn’t have an existing forum to be able to show the public their achievements. To fix this the very first Bot Competition was held at the Visual Arts Collective on September 12th, 2009. Needless to say, it was a blast and so this year we want to make it even more of what an event like this can entail.
Sumo-Bot Workshop 9.25.10
Since we like to cook from scratch as well, the kits you will receive will be resourced from unused excess components, and some nice torquey (it is so a word) geared motors that Dave picked up from a DIY robotics community, letsmakerobots.com a while back. We also designed and etched a favored competition design, so this generation of bots from the Reuseum is locally produced from the ground up. It’s our hope that we can illustrate the potential in our hometown for creativity and community truly unique and important for all of us who like a bit of geek in their life. With all of the kits you can by, this is guaranteed to be a little bit more punk rock.
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