| Arduino For the Parallax Boe-Bot |
| The Arduino controller has been the hottest item in the world of embedded controllers for hobbyists over the last few years. This article is a review of Parallax’s new Arduino Board of Education (BOE) Shield for their Boe-Bot robot. With this shield you can now control the Boe-Bot with an Arduino! Note: “Shield” is the name given to daughter cards that plug into an Arduino controller board. [ Read Full Article ]
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| The World Models RoboPhilo |
| Humanoids! No matter what your personal area of interest within the robotics hobby is, there is something about humanoids that really grabs your attention. Maybe it comes from our infatuation with the famous Robinson’s robot in Lost in Space, or perhaps you imagined Rosie helping around your house as she did on The Jetsons. No matter where your infatuation with these lifelike robots comes from,... [ Read Full Article ]
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| KumoTek KT-X Family of Humanoids |
| KumoTek Robotics entered the humanoid robotics market in the spring of 2007 with the introduction of the 17 degree of freedom and multi-purpose KT-X Superbot, developed in collaboration with Vstone Corporation of Japan. Vstone is well known for their leading role as the brains and muscle behind Team Osaka, the 5 time consecutive champions of the International RoboCup. [ Read Full Article ]
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| ROBOT FILM FESTIVAL 2011 - Full Story |
| It is always quite embarrassing, but
these past several months, perhaps he has
had good reason. Data started questioning
his relationship with me, his programmer,
because he was getting jealous of all the
other robot videos that were flowing into
my inbox for the Robot Film Festival. We
announced the festival in early April
(leaked via Bre Pettis on the Makerbot
blog), and over the next... [ Read Full Article ]
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| DaVinci Minds, Partners, Adds VEX Robotics To Academic Classrooms |
| It was our pleasure, this issue, to catch up to Cliff Zintgraff, CEO of DaVinci Minds, Inc., to learn how his San Antonio, Texas based company is using VEX Robotics in core classroom curriculum to prepare students to become tomorrow’s innovators. DaVinci Minds offers products and services for middle schools, high schools, community colleges and universities in a broad array of programs that... [ Read Full Article ]
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| 2011 InnoRobo |
| Innorobo, the first European summit for service robots took place last March in Lyon, France. Visitors could enjoy seeing and playing with over 100 robots and new concepts. 30 of them were presented for the first time in Europe. Navigation and transportation, domestic, telepresence, education, edutainment and assistive robots made the show before an audience of 10,000 visitors. [ Read Full Article ]
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| MINDS-i Lunar Rover 3-in-1 Kit |
| If you are looking for a mobile, outdoor platform for your next robot project, or perhaps a chassis for use in a RoboMagellan or similar robotics competition, you need to check this platform out. The MINDS-i Rover is all new and we find it to be of significant value. [ Read Full Article ]
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| Parallax's Red Hot Scribbler 2 Robot |
| Parallax’s new, bright red, S2 is designed to be a worthy successor to their original blue Scribbler Robot. Powered by Parallax’s Propeller chip, a multicore processor ideal for robotics, the opensource and user hackable S2 should have everyone from beginners to experienced users excited and experimenting right out of the box. [ Read Full Article ]
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| Achieve Commercial Success in Robotics at RoboBusiness Leadership Summit |
| Achieve Commercial Success in Robotics at RoboBusiness Leadership Summit, the executive-level conference dedicated to the commercial development and advancement of robotics. This limited-seating event is imperative for professionals and companies serious about the business of robotics taking place Nov 2-3, 2011. [ Read Full Article ]
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| Universities For Robotics |
| You want to study robotics. They want the brightest minds. Now what? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. [ Read Full Article ]
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| Humanoid Buyers Guide |
| Welcome to our humanoid buyers guide! If you are a newcomer to the fascinating world of tabletop humanoid robots and are curious about the variety of products available in this category, we’ve got you covered. This guide is based on web research and product reviews published in Robot and is not exhaustive. However, it is a representative sampling of many of the most popular humanoids available in... [ Read Full Article ]
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| Robot Magazine Bonus Content: CES 2011 Gallery and Article |
| If you are into High Tech and Robotics than the International Consumer Electronics Show is the place to “Get Your Geek On”. The CES is the largest gathering of it’s kind in the U.S. It attracts celebrities, business people, politicians, movers, shakers and this year Robots. This year’s attendance was up for the third straight year with over 140,000 people in attendance and over 2700 vendors... [ Read Full Article ]
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| Balloon Bot |
| As I have learned from my own projects, the major challenge in creating a successful robotic arm is the gripper. A robotic arm’s capability and usefulness is directly related to its ability to manipulate its environment. So when I read about a new gripper invented at Cornell University based on something as simple as a balloon filled with coffee grounds I was, to say the least, intrigued. After... [ Read Full Article ]
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| A Dream Of Robot Rights |
| Capri foresees the programming of thoughts and feelings into robots as the next big step in robotic evolution and he is concerned humans won’t recognize a robot’s feelings. In the next 20 years, Capri envisions that robots will be sentient and that they’ll need protection. “This is where I would draw the line and call for a Bill of Rights for Robots.” He added, “We, as humans, need to exercise... [ Read Full Article ]
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| FIRE Unveils Robot Virtual World Games |
| Computing and computer science (CS) have changed the world. Try to think of an industry that has not been impacted by CS… sports, entertainment, manufacturing, health care, automotive, energy – you name the industry and it has been affected by computer science in the past 10 years. According to the department of labor, by 2018 computing related occupations will account for nearly 60% of all new... [ Read Full Article ]
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| Robotis DARwIn-OP Raises The Bar |
| We caught up with Professor Dennis Hong, director of RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory) at Virginia Tech and asked him to describe the latest iteration of this awesome humanoid. As always, Dennis spoke quickly and articulately, delivering a massive amount of information in a short amount of time with the greatest of ease, something his students love him for, and his enthusiasm is... [ Read Full Article ]
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| Robot Remote Control Console |
| It is imperative that we incorporate a robust remote control capability into each of our robots or else, as history has shown, they will become our robotic overlords! If the engineers of Skynet, Colossus and HAL had considered remote control in their design these evil machines would never have been able to take over the local ship or the world. What a minute, those were just movies! (“Never mind... [ Read Full Article ]
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| Georgia Tech's Shimon Can Jam! |
| When most of think of robots, we think of task-orientated machines, not grooving hep-cats laying down the sound with their bandmates while bobbing their head to the beat. However, that is what the team at Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology created when they designed Shimon, a marimba-playing robot that can improvise jazz solos and backup human musicians based upon their playing—not based... [ Read Full Article ]
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| Low Buck 3D Stereo-Vision |
| Recently the cost of tools for making and displaying your own 3D videos has become surprisingly affordable. In this article we will walk you through the steps to make your own 3D movie on a very low budget. Our example 3D camcorder is small enough to attach to your RC car, plane, boat, heli or robot! [ Read Full Article ]
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| The Meaning Of Artificial Life |
| A fascinating discussion has taken hold among Robot readers, writers, and editors. Beginning in the July/August issue, continuing with emails and the article “Intelligent Machines – Plausible or Fantasy?” in the November/December issue, a significant and growing train of thought emerges. Where does software end and biology begin? What is the difference between a “grown” machine and a “natural”... [ Read Full Article ]
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| Repto The Servo Robot |
| Repto the Servo Robot In the January/February 2009 issue of Robot there was an article by a man named I-Wei Huang, who had created small organic robots he dubbed Swashbots. I read the article and then later viewed Huang's YouTube videos, blog and website, www.crabfu.com. I found myself truly inspired. Here was someone with a similar skill set to my own and who had created simple and engaging... [ Read Full Article ]
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| VEX ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP |
| The 4th annual VEX Robotics World Championship, held at Walt Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, April 14 - 16, was a phenomenal event of enormous proportions, exceeding all previous records in size for VEX Competitions. This year, almost 600 out of the nearly 4,000 VEX Robotics Competition teams worldwide, representing 16 countries, earned the right to... [ Read Full Article ]
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| Behind the scenes at TheRobotReport.com |
| Frank Tobe has done an outstanding job analyzing the business of robotics and our national standing in the growth of this technology. Please read this interview and consider sharing it with others who care about this important subject. The article will be posted online when the magazine is off-sale. [ Read Full Article ]
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| LATEST UPDATE: Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE) |
| Robot magazine interviewed key associates working at the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy to get an update on FIRE programs now in development. Here’s a snapshot of work that is proceeding with respect to MultiRobots (collaborative swarmbots), RobotC expansion to include the Arduino controller and simulator software, Cognitive Tutor technology and what is coming in FIRE Virtual Worlds that... [ Read Full Article ]
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| THE NEXT BIG THING! Service Oriented Architectures - Two leading systems, MRDS and ROS, point to the future of robotics |
| A revolution is coming, and it is time to choose sides. Microsoft + .NET or Linux + Python. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MRDS) and Robot Operating System (ROS) are the major contenders for service-based robotics libraries. The lines have been drawn, and whichever side you choose, you should be prepared for a new paradigm: distributed computing. [ Read Full Article ]
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