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By Chuck - Posted on 07 August 2006

Welcome, this page is meant to give just a bit of information about me, Chuck Hays.

The Story So Far...
I was born in Iowa, moved to Minnesota around 1988, the summer before I started 2nd grade. I eventually went to Maple Grove High School, and then on to the University of Minnesota.

At the U of M, I earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science in 2003. I then continued on into the graduate program at the U of M, doing research under Nikos Papanikolopoulos in the Distributed Robotics Lab. I worked with various robots, including the MegaScout, COTS Scout, COTS-m Scout, and the eROSI robots. I earned a M.S. degree in Computer Science in 2005. I then completed the written examination for the PhD program, and am slowly working toward a thesis.

I am a founder/owner in a robotics company named Recon Robotics. Recon Robotics was formed to commercialized technology we developed at the U of M. We specialize in miniature robots designed for surveillance.

I currently work for Microsoft on a product called Expression Blend. The feature I work on is a new feature called SketchFlow.

On a personal level, I was married to Andrea Hays in 2004 in Satellite Beach, FL.

My interests include:

  • Fishing/boating/water sports
  • Camping/hiking
  • Wood/metal working
  • Working on cars
  • Home improvement/carpentry
  • Electronics/robots (combat robots as well)
  • Technology/programming/research
  • Photography

There are probably many more, but those come to mind at the moment.

I help support/maintain the following websites (the contents belong to each site):

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