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==Sugar Digest==
==Sugar Digest==
1. I work up this morning to an email from Andres Aguirre. Andres is part of a team in Montevideo working on a robotics interface to the OLPC XO. I saw an early version when I was in Montevideo in June.
1. I work up yesterday morning to an email from Andres Aguirre. Andres is part of a team in Montevideo working on a robotics interface to the OLPC XO. I saw an early version when I was in Montevideo in June.
:Hi Walter, how are you?
:Hi Walter, how are you?
:I'm part of the Butiá team, maybe you remember us, in your last visit to Montevideo/Uruguay we show you an early prototype of the Butiá robot (a robot that integrates with the XO). We have released the 1.0 versión of the sources, which it has fully integration with tortugarte (http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/publicaciones.html). Last month we gave near of 30 Butiá robots in a robotic event organized by the University. This robots were given to secondary schools of all the country, in this event we gave some tutorials and exercises to do with our help. One of the schools did a great line follower in tortugarte ;) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szp0LWLyPIg Then in the second day we give some tutorials and some childrens really enjoy the experience, like Pedro a 10 years old children who really has programming skills ! http://www.flickr.com/photos/butiarobot/5059177334/ http://www.youtube.com/aguirrea#p/u/7/p0y11iyhFko
:I'm part of the Butiá team, maybe you remember us, in your last visit to Montevideo/Uruguay we show you an early prototype of the Butiá robot (a robot that integrates with the XO). We have released the 1.0 versión of the sources, which it has fully integration with tortugarte (http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/publicaciones.html). Last month we gave near of 30 Butiá robots in a robotic event organized by the University. This robots were given to secondary schools of all the country, in this event we gave some tutorials and exercises to do with our help. One of the schools did a great line follower in tortugarte ;) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szp0LWLyPIg Then in the second day we give some tutorials and some childrens really enjoy the experience, like Pedro a 10 years old children who really has programming skills ! http://www.flickr.com/photos/butiarobot/5059177334/ http://www.youtube.com/aguirrea#p/u/7/p0y11iyhFko
:In future months we will go to the schools which we give the robot to continue teaching and giving new challenges. If you like to see more about butiá, we have a flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/butiarobot/ and also a web page: http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia
:In future months we will go to the schools which we give the robot to continue teaching and giving new challenges. If you like to see more about Butiá, we have a flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/butiarobot/ and also a web page: http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia
:See you in Clei2010!
:See you in Clei2010!
:Best regards
:Best regards
It is a great project and also great example of the Sugar community at its best: a local team working to solve a local problem by building upon community resources and enhancing those resources for everyone. This is a model for growth in the spirit of Free Software.
It is a great project and also great example of the Sugar community at its best: a local team working to solve a local problem by building upon community resources and enhancing those resources for everyone. This is a model for growth in the spirit of Free Software.
2. My seemingly non-stop travel continues. I am at the airport once again, on the way to Asunción. I'm giving a talk at CLEI (Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática) on Monday. It wil be an opportunity to catch up with Educa Paraguay and visit Caacupé again -- I was really inspired by the teachers and children on my last visit.
2. My seemingly non-stop travel continues. I just arrived in Asunción. I'm giving a talk at CLEI (Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática) on Monday. It will be an opportunity to catch up with Educa Paraguay and visit Caacupé again -- I was really inspired by the teachers and children on my last visit.
Coming up in the next 6 weeks are trips to Miami, Lima, New York, Albany, Mexico DF, Montevideo, and Brussels.
Coming up in the next 6 weeks are trips to Miami, Lima, New York, Albany, Mexico DF, Montevideo, and Brussels.