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Project14 | Winners Announcement:  Unexpected Gift to Gives, Heart Trophies, and Presenter Badges!

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Please Be Sure to Thank the Members for their Gift to Gives and to also Congratulate the Winners in the Comments Below!

 

“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others." - Booker T. Washington

 

gift to gives his $200 shopping cart!  Congratulations to for BeagleBone Devastator Robot Introduction and  for Walter the Coil Winding Robot Arm .  You each win a $100 shopping cart.  gift to gives his $200 shopping cart to his Father.  You all receive Heart Trophy badges.   

 

Congratulations to ,  , , , , and .    You all receive Presenter badges for being the first community members to present on the community during our two-part livestream!

 

"I like what Donald and Trent did so they would be my choices to pass the shopping cart to.  I liked the direction they were headed and the effort they put into it." - 

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Heart Trophies are no longer just for Valentine's Day!

 

For the past two years, how long Project14 has been around, we've held a holiday special in which the winners got to choose other members projects to gift a $100 shopping cart to.  Then, on Valentine's Day we've had a winners announcement where we announce the gift to gives and we awarded a special Heart Trophy to both those who gifted the shopping cart and those who received a shopping cart.  But, random acts of kindness are not something that only happen on Valentine's Day and Christmas.  In a way, some of the best gifts are the one's you receive unexpectedly.  While working on winner fulfillment for the Month of Robots competition a couple of things happened quite unexpectedly.    decided to gift his shopping cart to his father.  Then, decided to gift his $200 shopping cart to a couple of members whose projects he liked, and whose effort he appreciated.

 

This got us to thinking.  We've got a project competition every month.  Wouldn't it be special if this kind of thing happened all the time?  Following the birthday special we added a $200 shopping cart as a grand prize, in addition to the 3 first place shopping cart.  It's a small change, but there are times you want something a little more than $100, and a way to keep a good thing going without changing too much.  From now on, when a Grand Prize winners receives a $200 shopping cart, they are free to gift a $100 shopping cart to a member whose project they thought was deserving but didn't win.  Or, they can gift the shopping cart to another member as a way to show their appreciation for their effort, and as a way to offer encouragement for participation.  Or, you can donate it to a STEM or a STEAM workshop of your choice.  Should you win the Grand Prize and choose to donate a $100 to another member or to a STEM or STEAM workshop you will receive a Heart Trophy badge.  You can also keep your Grand Prize winnings to buy yourself something that is a little more expensive than the usual $100 prize winnings.

 

Without further adieu here are your winners of the gift to gives....

 

The Winners

 

BeagleBone Devastator Robot Introduction by :

 

BeagleBone Devastator Robot
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"This project shows the mix of skills needed for robotics. Nice project." - Community Member Judge

 

 

"Beaglebone Devastaor Robot by ninjatrent: Well built robot" - Community Member Judge

 

Walter the Coil Winding Robot Arm  by :

 

Walter the Coil Winding Robot Arm
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"Walter coil bot,  again a good build log and something that although it didn't quite work, was beautiful overkill when just a motor would have done!" - Community Member Judge

 

 

"A great example of a general-purpose robot arm being used to perform a task."  - Community Member Judge

"Coil Winding Robot, another interesting use for a robot arm." - Community Member Judge

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The First Members to be Presenters on the Community Receive Presenter Badges!

 

The Presenters

 

The Month of Robots Competition was bookended by a couple of experimental live streams where Community Members got to present.  No word yet, on whether we will be doing more of these live streams or if these are the only one's that we're doing.  We didn't want it to be just another live stream,  we wanted it to be different.  Because Project14 is a monthly competitions about you, we wanted you to be the presenters.  I was present during these live streams, but my main role was to simply produce.  Although they were a lot of work, they were also a lot of fun.  If you haven't checked out the live streams by now please do so, as we'll need the support if we are given the green light to do more of these.

 

 

Check out the on demand two part series to help support more live streams in the future:

 

Part 1: Project14 | Live Stream & Giveaway: Learn About Using the MATRIX Creator in Home Automation Projects!

 

Part 2: Project14 | Recorded Live Stream: Robotics: Tribute to Gordon McComb: Community Presenters with Special Guest MATRIX Labs!

 

 

 

Please Be Sure to Thank the Members for their Gift to Gives and to also Congratulate the Winners in the Comments Below!

  • It has been a great honor to participate in competition with so many brilliant minds, and it is truly a great honor to have been selected as a winner by . I really enjoyed Jon's Nano JetBot  for it's exceptional demonstration of Robotics. It was really fun to be a part of such an awesome project theme. Thanks to Jon and all the other participatants and thanks to the community for making Project 14 possible.

     

    Trent

  • in reply to dubbie

    Hi Dubbie

     

    Thanks very much. I'm really glad that you enjoyed the robot. It's still a work in progress.

     

    The skid-steer type chassis is a favorite and has been something that I've wanted to do for a long time.

    Trent

  • in reply to dubbie

    I thought you were coding a happy dance!  lol

  • A very pleasant surprise indeed.

     

    Many thanks to for your generosity and congratulations to and the element14 presenters. I did not get to watch the live stream due to other commitments and the timing in this country, but I shall be sure to check it out when I get the chance.

     

    ahh Hawker Siddeley, a name I know very well, but from another aspect of their empire expanding into HV switchgear and transformers. The site where I am currently based was built by Hawker Siddeley in conjunction with the local network operator and owned by them for a while.

     

    Kind regards.

  • in reply to Workshopshed

    Oops! The code wasn't supposed to be there. I was trying to copy in the members tags and somehow copied in my HoloPiBot programme. Who would have thought that possible? Not me, unti I'd done it.

     

    Dubbie

     

    PS I have looked at colour coding of programmes, but it doesn't really work for me as I am partially colour blind so I end up not being able to see the statements!

     

    PPS In case anyone is interested, you cannot be an Avionics Engineer if you're partially colour blind. I'm over it now and I had a great career as a lecturer, but when you're 18 and all you want to be is an Avionics Engineer, it's a bit crushing to find out at the interview. Thanks Hawker Siddeley, which is now part of British Aerospace.

  • in reply to dubbie

    great job. Note, If you hightlght your code and format it using >> Syntax Highlighting then it will colour code it and make it more readable.

  • I really liked the Devastator Robot by : it is a great robot. I have a smaller tank chassis that I plan to add a controller to at some time so this is an inspiration for me. I also liked the coil winding robot. In my younger days I always wanted a coil winding machine - not entirely sure why now, plus I have a little knowledge of the difficulties of getting this type of robot arm to work in a flat plane (and I have a similar robot arm - an xArm - as well) so well done to : 

     

    I was pleased to be asked to be a presenter on the Live Stream Part 2, I'm not sure what people make of my robots but every-time I see the SuperRobot video it makes me laugh, I was there so I know how loud it was! I was pleased to have won a badge as well. After a number of  badges can you convert them into a bar of chocolate?

     

    Dubbie

     

     

    void setup() {
      // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
      pinMode(PhaseA, OUTPUT);
      pinMode(PhaseB, OUTPUT);
      pinMode(PhaseC, OUTPUT);
      pinMode(PhaseD, OUTPUT);
      digitalWrite(PhaseA, LOW);
      digitalWrite(PhaseB, LOW);
      digitalWrite(PhaseC, LOW);
      digitalWrite(PhaseD, LOW);
      pinMode(Phase2A, OUTPUT);
      pinMode(Phase2B, OUTPUT);
      pinMode(Phase2C, OUTPUT);
      pinMode(Phase2D, OUTPUT);
      digitalWrite(Phase2A, LOW);
      digitalWrite(Phase2B, LOW);
      digitalWrite(Phase2C, LOW);
      digitalWrite(Phase2D, LOW);
    }
    // the loop function runs over and over again forever
    void loop()
    {
    int count;
    count = 0;
    allstop1();
    allstop2();
    while(1)
      {
        forwardstep1(2000);
        allstop1();
        delay(2000);
        leftturnstep(50);
        delay(2000);
        backwardstep1(200);
        delay(2000);
        rightturnstep(50);
        delay(2000);
       
    //    if (count < 50)
    //      {
    //        leftturnstep();
    //      }
    //    else
    //      {
    //        rightturnstep();
    //      } /* if */
    //    count++;
    //    if (count > 100)
    //      count = 0;
        } /* while */
    } /* loop */
    void forwardstep1(int steps)
    {
      while (steps > 0)
      {
      digitalWrite(PhaseA, HIGH);   // turn the Phase on (HIGH is the voltage level)
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(PhaseA, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(PhaseB, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(PhaseB, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(PhaseC, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(PhaseC, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(PhaseD, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(PhaseD, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      steps = steps - 1;
      } /* while */
    } /* forwardstep1 */
    void backwardstep1(int steps)
    {
      while (steps > 0)
      {
      digitalWrite(PhaseD, HIGH);   // turn the Phase on (HIGH is the voltage level)
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(PhaseD, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(PhaseC, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(PhaseC, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(PhaseB, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(PhaseB, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(PhaseA, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(PhaseA, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      steps = steps - 1;
      } /* while */
    } /* backwardstep1 */
    void forwardstep2(void)
    {
      digitalWrite(Phase2A, HIGH);   // turn the Phase on (HIGH is the voltage level)
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(Phase2A, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2B, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(Phase2B, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2C, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(Phase2C, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2D, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(Phase2D, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
    } /* forwardstep2 */

    void leftturnstep(int steps)
    {
      while (steps > 0)
      {
      digitalWrite(Phase2A, HIGH);   // turn the Phase on (HIGH is the voltage level)
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(Phase2A, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2B, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(Phase2B, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2C, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(Phase2C, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2D, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(Phase2D, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      steps = steps - 1;
      } /* while */
    } /* leftturnstep */
    void rightturnstep(int steps)
    {
      while (steps > 0)
      {
      digitalWrite(Phase2D, HIGH);   // turn the Phase on (HIGH is the voltage level)
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(Phase2D, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2C, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay);                       // wait for a bit
      digitalWrite(Phase2C, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2B, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(Phase2B, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      digitalWrite(Phase2A, HIGH);
      delay(stepdelay); 
      digitalWrite(Phase2A, LOW);    // turn the phase off and the next one on
      steps = steps - 1;
      } /* while */
    } /* rightturnstep */
    void allstop1(void)
    {
      digitalWrite(PhaseA, LOW);   // turn off all phases
      digitalWrite(PhaseB, LOW);    
      digitalWrite(PhaseC, LOW);
      digitalWrite(PhaseD, LOW);    
      delay(stepdelay); 
    } /* allstop1 */
    void allstop2(void)
    {
      digitalWrite(Phase2A, LOW);   // turn off all phases
      digitalWrite(Phase2B, LOW);    
      digitalWrite(Phase2C, LOW);
      digitalWrite(Phase2D, LOW);    
      delay(stepdelay); 
    } /* allstop2 */

  • This is what makes this community so special. Kudos to the givers and congratulations to the winners and the presenters (by the way, great live show!).

     

    Fabio