Minos 2012 Micromouse ConferenceMinos 2012 is just two weeks away. There is still time to arrange to attend. So that you can see what you are missing, here is a first draft of the schedule:

This is a rough draft and is quite flexible.

Saturday

10:30    Registration and Coffee
11:00    Welcome and Administrivia – Adrian Johnstone
11:10    FAT CAT’s DIY wheel encoders – Tim Foden
11:40    Surface Mount Technology for Schools – Bernard Grabowski
12:00    Rapid Prototyping of Robot Parts – Martyn Pittuck

12:30    Lunch

13:00    Laser Cutting Techniques for Robot Parts – Tony Wilcox
13:30    Laser Cut Schools Robots – David Hannaford
14:00    Raspberry Pi – Ken Hewitt
14:20    Open Source Tools for the STM32F4 Discovery – Garry Bulmer

15:00    Afternoon Coffee

15:30    APEC Contest Report – Derek Hall
15:50    Asia contest Report – Peter Harrison
16:30    An unusual Wall follower Sensor system – Duncan Louttit
16:50    Sleepless in Seattle – Harjit Singh
17:20    Close

19:00    Dinner at the Village bar

Sunday

Breakfast in hall
10:00    Practice and heats
11:00    Competition
12.00    Prize ceremony

If you are on the list and need your time or title changing, or if you spot errors contact me and I will sort it out.

If you have not yet registered, or would just like to turn up on the day:

REGISTRATION
To book your place, please complete and return the registration form with payment. There will be three options:

  • residential £80 for the two day event including overnight stay  on Saturday in College accommodation (Reid Hall of Residence, single en suite rooms, full English breakfast included)
  • residential £125 for the two day event including overnight stay on Friday and Saturday in College accommodation (Reid Hall of Residence, single en suite rooms, full English breakfast included)
  • non-residential £25 for those who don’t need overnight accommodation but will attend the day events.

On-line booking now available via the Royal Holloway website

CATERING
Registration includes tea/coffee breaks, but not lunches, on Saturday and Sunday. Lunch can be bought on campus. We plan to go out for a dinner on Saturday evening, all pay their own way.

Looking forward to seeing you all.

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