Portland Area Robotics Society

Regular Meeting Minutes

June 7, 2008, 10:30AM 

Agenda:

1. Welcome

2. Presentation

Ken Friberg -Robots in Space

3. Review Highlights from Botfest ’08 and Outdoor Fest ‘08 

4. Parts Direction

5. Show and Tell

Presentation

Robots in Space – Kenneth H. Friberg

Experience: NASA/JPL - 15 Years

Hughes/Boeing Space Systems - 5 Years

Friberg Autonomy – Started 2008

Authors E-mail - Friberg.Autonomy@gmail.com

Authors Website – http://fribergautonomy.com

· What is a Robot – How satellites fit the definition and characteristics of a robot.

· History of US satellites

· Project Galileo

Link: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/

· TDRS H,I,J – Tracking and Data Relay Satellite

Link: http://msp.gsfc.nasa.gov/tdrss/oview.html

https://www.spacecomm.nasa.gov/spacecomm/programs/tdrss/default.cfm

· NASA/Dawn – Mission to Asteroid Vesta and Dwarf Planet Ceres

Link: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/

· Cassini Orbiter

Link: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm

o Mission details

o Design Details

o Design Challenges

· How do you build a satellite?

o General list of activities for the entire project

o A Day in the life of a satellite designer

· Pictures from Cassini

Link: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.cfm

· Want to Help? – Join the Planetary Society

o http://www.planetary.org

Highlights from BotFest ’08 and Outdoor Challenge ‘08

Topic was postponed for a future meeting.

In the meantime, please visit www.portlandrobotics.org for details

Show and Tell

Daryl Sandberg – Sphere Balancing Robot

Robert F. Scheer – Printed Bootstrap Robot – Stay Tuned…….

Dale Weber – W.A.L.T.E.R. – Deployment Platform for smaller robots

Donald Delmar Davis - Bare Bones Arduino / Atmel USB / MAC Camera Application