UCLA Robotics

Spring 2007 Shop Hours: April 24, 2007; by Marianne So; Come work on DracUCLA, BruCLAW, and UBRuined! We're getting ready for COMBOTS and ROBOGAMES! Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am - 4pm Student Machine Shop Engineering I First Floor Remember to wear long pants and closed-toe shoes!

UCLA Engineering Sunset Spectacular 2007!: March 6, 2007; by Marianne So; To: UCLA Engineering Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Bring your family and friends to the UCLA Engineering Sunset Spectacular 2007! Saturday, April 14, 2007 12 noon – 4pm Sunset Canyon Recreation Center at UCLA RSVP your name and number of attendees to: by April 1, 2007. Join us for: Lunch Volleyball and swimming in the Family pool Balloon Toss Jump Rope Contest Wisdom vs. Youth Tug-of-War Human Pyramid Race Ultimate Obstacle Course (details: www.asme.seas.ucla.edu) This year we'll crown a Sunset Spectacular Champion! Hosted by: AIAA, ASME, IEEE, SWE, EWB, ESUC, PSR Note: 1. Party starts at 12 noon 2. Sunset Canyon Recreation Center: All non-UCLA students must sign a waiver upon entry. Sincerely, Marianne So Senior Advisor UCLA ASME

Shop Hours: Jan. 21, 2007; by Jeff O'Donohue; Hey everybody. We are going to have shop hours this week on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am to 4 pm. Shop hours are held in the student shop (bottom floor of Eng. IV buildings). We will be working on the building of our two biggest robots, DracUCLA and UBRuined. If you've never come to shop hours before don't be shy, it's for everybody.

Mars Rover Enters Design Phase: Jan. 17, 2007; by Andrew Boggeri; The ASME's newest project, the Rover Challenge Team, has finally gotten off the ground. Interest was high at the first information meeting, and we hope to keep our momentum as we begin designing our vehicle. Our fist design meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 6PM in EIV 38-138. We also have a secondary design meeting on Friday at the same time in the same room. We hope to decide on the chassis and mobility systems, as well as decide on what advanced systems to incorporate. We only have three months to get our systems to work together, so it'll be a challenge. We're currently in the market for EE's and CS majors, hopefully we'll be able to convince some to work in our group. That ends this news broadcast, good night, and good luck.

New Project: Mars Rover!: Jan. 7, 2007; by Marianne So; "!! ATTENTION ALL MAJORS !! ANYONE INTERESTED IN SPACE SCIENCE OR ROBOTICS !! THERE IS A NEW PROJECT !! GROUP ON CAMPUS · Are you interested in space or planetary exploration? · Do you want to gain hands on experience in designing and building a remotely operated vehicle? · Have you ever wondered what it’s like to design and build a mars rover? · Are you looking for a unique and challenging competition to showcase your talents? Then you might just be extremely interested to find out more about UCLA ASME’s new MARS ROVER CHALLENGE Project Team. Here are some brief details of the project: Objective: Design and build a remotely operated rover to compete in a series of scientific and engineering tasks designed to simulate conditions on Mars. · Students of ANY major are wanted. Come check us out! This competition is being sponsored by the Mars Society, a private organization dedicated to furthering human presence in space. The competition website (http://www.marssociety.org/urc) gives more details on the project. DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF INFORMATIONAL MEETING TO BE ANNOUNCED, CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES!! For more information on this group, please contact Andrew. Thanks, and I look forward to working with you." -Andrew

Happy Winter 2007!!!

Jan. 4, 2007

by Marianne So

Winter Quarter is finally here! (And now I finally understand how to join in updating our website.) So look for up to date posts from our ASME officers!

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has a lot planned for Winter 2007: [Check out the events section for details]

1. Combots February 9-10 at The Crucible in Oakland. Our first Battlebots competition of the year. We're pretty sure DracUCLA will be greatly improved this time around and can't wait to see how UBRuined will do if we have it ready in time.

2. ASME General Meeting: stop by to mingle and get a run-down of events.

3. Check us out at the South Campus Activities Fair

New 30 Pounder!: Jan. 4, 2007; by Marianne So; We've got a new Battlebot in the making with head builder Chris Coffman and lead designer Tom Wiltse. We know it'll weigh 30 pounds and the rest is being thought out right now! So join in with your ideas for the name, weapon, etc.!

Students Win Tug of War Round 5!: Jan. 4, 2007; by Marianne So; In a sweeping show of brute strength and youthful vitality the students of UCLA engineering showed the faculty, staff, and alumni the other side of the line! With a brand new rope ASME President, David Meisenholder, courageously led the student team to a decisive victory.

Website finally up: Oct. 26, 2006; by Leon Hong; The majority of the website is finally up. I still need to add the members and the media page (once I find time), but everything looks to be working. If anybody finds any odd behavior while using the site, let Leon know.

Website almost up: Oct. 23, 2006; by Leon Hong; The website is almost completed. We have the domain aasme.seas.ucla.edu and content will be served very soon.