Re: MINOS 2010

[David Otten <otten@mit.edu>]

I plan to be there and will be happy to give a talk.  I also would like to 
stay overnight on Saturday.

At 08:26 PM 12/9/2009 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>It is time to think about one of the most important weekends of the year. 
>No, I mean MINOS.
>
>For 2010, the intended dates are April 10th and 11th. That is the Saturday 
>and Sunday after Easter.
>
>So that we can ensure there will be sufficient uptake and can go ahead and 
>book facilities, can you please send me an expression of interest at your 
>earliest convenience.
>
>For those that have never been, MINOS is an annual opportunity for a get 
>together over a whole weekend. While originally aimed almost exclusively 
>at the micromouse community, there is plenty of scope to extend the range 
>of interest to other small robots. So, if you are interested in 
>micromouse, wall-follower, drag race, line follower, sumo, biped or other 
>small robot activities you might find something of interest at MINOS.
>
>Actually, since this is a user-generated event, turning up and 
>contributing a presentation, talk, demo or just examples of your work, it 
>is entirely up to you how interesting the weekend is.
>
>MINOS is held at Royal Holloway, University of London in Egham, Surrey. It 
>is within easy reach of the M25 to the west of London. Find out more here:
>
>http://www.rhul.ac.uk/
>
>We generally meet up at around 10am on the Saturday and enjoy a day of 
>various presentations related to robotics on the small scale. There is 
>always an opportunity to learn something new, find out more about some 
>event or technique or type of robot. There may be lectures, 
>demonstrations, discussions, show and tell or seminars. It is up to you.
>
>In the evening, many attendees make their way into town for a meal at one 
>of the local restaurants so the event is as much social as technical. 
>Overnight accommodation is available in the University residences on site. 
>For those travelling from further afield, there is also accommodation 
>available of the Friday.
>
>On the Sunday, there is the chance to put your mouse or other robot to the 
>test as we hold semi-formal contests. We are generally finished at around 
>lunchtime on the Sunday.
>
>You can see what we got up to last year here:
>
>http://www.micromouseonline.com/blog/2009/04/26/minos-2009
>
>Costs are yet to be finalised. I will post cost information here as soon 
>as I know more.
>
>If you are interested in coming along, please let me know by email. Please 
>indicate whether you might be interested in booking overnight 
>accommodation. I would also like to hear from anyone who is interested in 
>doing a slot, however big or small, during Saturday.
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter Harrison<<
>
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