Re: Minos 2011 Dates and epression of interest

[Wayne Allen <wayne@fused.org>]

I will try to make it, but not having made any mice related things for a while it would be good to catch up with old friends. 

Wayne


On 15 Dec 2010, at 09:28, "Duncan Louttit" <duncan@swallow.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
> 
>    Include me in please. I'll try and think of something to talk about.
> 
>    Regards,
> 
>    Duncan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk [mailto:owner-micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk]
> On Behalf Of Peter Harrison
> Sent: 14 December 2010 21:02
> To: micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk
> Subject: Minos 2011 Dates and epression of interest
> 
> Hi
> 
> Just take a short pause in your Christmas preparations and spare a thought
> for next spring when we will have our annual micromouse and small robot
> international conference - MINOS 11
> 
> For 2011, the intended dates are April 9th and 10th. It is the Saturday and
> Sunday two weeks before Easter what with Easter being late and all.
> 
> 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 for those wishing to stay over on the Saturday night will be £70 and
> just £20 for day visitors. These costs have not increased from 2008!
> 
> 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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