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Re: MINOS 2010

I going to try to make it.


>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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