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RE: MINOS 2010

I'll be there !

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk
[mailto:owner-micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Peter Harrison
Sent: 09 December 2009 20:26
To: micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk
Subject: MINOS 2010


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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