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| New Arduino Shield for the Parallax Boe-Bot | |
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Submitted on 5 April, 2012 Comments 
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The Arduino controller has been the hottest item in the world of embedded controllers for hobbyists over the last few years. With this shield you can now control the Boe-Bot with an Arduino! If you haven't seen it... click here to see the review! |
| ALL NEW INNOV8TIVE DESIGNS QUADROTOR ROBOTS | |
| Submitted on 7 December, 2011 Comments
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We are pleased to offer this worldwide scoop on the latest quadrotor introductions in the hobby and professional (industrial/commercial/ government) UAV category. Innov8tive Designs is introducing a new line of quadrotors scheduled to debut on December 15. Innov8tive plans hexcopters and other... |
| New USB PicoScope 2205 MSO Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope | |
| Submitted on 28 November, 2011 Comments
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Equipment for the mad scientist’s home lab continues to become more affordable and more powerful. Saelig Company, Inc. announced a new, entry-level mixed-signal oscilloscope - the PicoScope 2205 MSO. This lightweight scope adapter provides a two-channel oscilloscope combined with a synchronous... |
| Cyberdyne Exoskeleton | |
| Submitted on 16 November, 2011 Comments
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Scientific American has recently reported that Cyberdyne Exoskeletons will be assisting in the clean-up at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Interestingly, the Sci-Am news announcement confirms that there are three brands of exoskeletons coming to market, and these are remarkable developments... |
| Free Online VEX and LEGO Robotics Course for Boy Scouts of America | |
| Submitted on 9 November, 2011 Comments
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The Robotics Academy has set up an online course for Boy Scouts and Boy Scout Leaders interested in learning how to program LEGO and VEX robots, and about the free resources that are available for Scouts to use to earn their Robotics Merit Badge. |
| DSPRobotics Announce FlowStone Version 2 | |
| Submitted on 9 November, 2011 Comments
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DSPRobotics manufacturers of the FlowStone graphical programming language announce the soon to be released FlowStone Version 2. This marks a milestone in development as now FlowStone has the full Ruby programming language built inside! |
| Horizon Helps Schools & Universities Install the Right Solar and Wind Power Solutions with new Educational Kit | |
| Submitted on 9 November, 2011 Comments
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Schools and universities everywhere are going green and installing solar and wind power systems. However, not all locations are right for certain solar or certain wind energy installations. With the Power Predictor Education Edition, we can help make the analysis process part of the science... |
| THE ADVANCE OF MILITARY THROWBOTS | |
| Submitted on 6 October, 2011 Comments
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The Army, Marine Corps and the Pentagon's Joint IED Defeat Organization are working to procure and deliver thousands of small, easily transportable "throwable" robots equipped with surveillance cameras designed to beam back video from confined spaces, buildings, tunnels and other... |
Articles
| Arduino For the Parallax Boe-Bot | |
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| Submitted on 5 April, 2012 Comments |
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| 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. |  |
| The World Models RoboPhilo | |
| Submitted on 16 November, 2011 Comments |
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| 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,... |  |
| KumoTek KT-X Family of Humanoids | |
| Submitted on 16 November, 2011 Comments |
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| 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. |  |
| ROBOT FILM FESTIVAL 2011 - Full Story | |
| Submitted on 21 September, 2011 Comments |
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| 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... |  |
| DaVinci Minds, Partners, Adds VEX Robotics To Academic Classrooms | |
| Submitted on 8 September, 2011 Comments |
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| 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... |  |
