Regular Meeting Minutes
June 7, 2008, 10:30AM
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
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 –
Link: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/
· Cassini Orbiter
Link: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
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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
Topic was postponed for a future meeting.
In the meantime, please visit www.portlandrobotics.org
for details
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