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Robotics Competition Seeks to Mentor High Schoolers
2008-01-25 04:03:00 MANHASSET, N.Y. ? Segway inventor Dean Kamen is looking to tap the next generation of students to help develop the “next big thing.” Kamen is organizing his 17th annual First (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition that will culminate at the 2008 First Championship April 17-19 at the Georgia Dome in ... More About: Robotics , Competition , Mentor , High
Robotics Education Spreads Among HBCUs
2008-01-14 06:57:00 When Dr. Andrew Williams began teaching at Spelman College three years ago, he had a hunch that science and engineering students at the all-female and private historically Black college would flock to the study of robotics not unlike the science and engineering students who gravitate to the growing field at the top research institutions. Not ... More About: Education , Robotics , Spreads
Robots seek role in automation drive
2008-01-14 06:36:00 From effortlessly lifting your car that weighs over 1,000 kg to painting it, inspecting it and even sending a text message in case of an emergency - you name the task and they will perform it with ease. In case you haven?t guessed it yet - it robots - and some ... More About: Robotics , Robot , Robots , Drive , Role
The Atmel AVR and its Development Hardware Up Close
2008-01-14 05:58:00 The AVR series consists of a fairly broad range of hybrid-bit-width microcontrollers (nominally 16-bit code word, 8-bit data bus and ALU) sharing a common instruction set and differing primarily in the on-chip peripherals and package options. These devices don?t show a clear genealogical relationship to any other microcontroller core I?m aware of, but some variants ... More About: Hardware , Development , Close
Build Stepper Motor Controller
2008-01-09 01:05:00 If you?re interested in robotics, motion control, or just want to learn about stepper motors, then you should try building this versatile stepper motor controller. This project allows you to control the speed, direction, and step size of a unipolar four-phase stepper motor. The controller is capable of handling motor winding currents of up to 1.25 ... More About: Motor , Build , Controller
FIRST Unveils New Game at 2008 - FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff
2008-01-07 04:32:00 Over 37,500 High-school Students to Compete in 41 Regional Events MANCHESTER, N.H.–(Business Wire)–FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) launched its seventeenth FIRST Robotics Competition season today with a Kickoff at outhern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH, hometown and headquarters of FIRST. The FIRST Robotics Competition is an annual competition that helps ... More About: Game , 2008
WowWee?s New Line Ups the Robotics Ante
2008-01-07 04:16:00 LAS VEGAS ? Looks like it’s time for WowWee to graduate from making robotic toys to making full-fledged consumer robotics. The maker of Robosapien and Roboraptor dipped its toe in the water last year with the release of Robopanda, its first remote-control-less robot. However, with its 2008 lineup, the company is setting its sights on ... More About: Robotics , Line
4 Legs Walking Robot
2008-01-05 01:16:00 Another robot project you can find here: ====================================== Introduction Once I made this robot to get some study points while I was studying at the Technical High school in Rijswijk, the Netherlands. I made this in my limited free time, that is why it took me about a year to finish the project. A lot of the used ... More About: Robot , Walking , Legs
Mio Pup Robot Toy
2007-12-30 02:17:00 If Mio Pup is making eyes at you, it?s because that?s how he communicates. This robotic Rover can walk, talk, play music, and more. And he lets you know exactly what he wants with his more than 100 “eye-cons”–images that light up in his eyes to express moods like happiness, hunger, love, and surprise. Standing ... More About: Robot
FIRST Robotics Competition
2007-12-30 01:57:00 The FIRST Robotics Competition is a high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. As of early 2007, 1,303 high school teams of 32,500 students from Brazil, Canada, The Netherlands, Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and others compete to build 100 to 120 pound robots that can complete a task that changes every ...
LEGO Mindstorms NXT
2007-12-28 02:17:00 Sure, Mindstorms NXT is a toy, but it is an important toy, like a piano or a chemistry set. It’s one of those items that engages an imagination and possibly opens doors to new interests. Since our future is surely to be shared with robots–it’s already started happening, just look at Roomba–those robots will need, ... More About: Lego , Lego Mindstorms
RoboGames - The Best Robot Competition
2007-12-28 01:50:00 RoboGames (previously ROBOlympics) is an annual robot contest held in San Francisco, California. The next RoboGames will be held in June 12-15, 2008. RoboGames is the world’s largest open robot competition (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) They invite the best minds from around the world to compete in over 70 different events: Combat ... More About: Robot , Competition
Students Hone Skills With Robotics
2007-12-28 01:39:00 PALMER - Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School had great success in its first robotics competition last spring and during this academic year the school will not only compete but also host the Massachusetts regional tournament. It means a lot of work for electronics technology teacher Eric A. Duda, but he is up for it. “The educational ... More About: Technology , Robotics , Students , Article , Skills
ABB Robotics/AFC Stamping and Production, Inc.
2007-12-28 01:26:00 AFC Stamping and Production , Inc. produces finished components used in power sports and automotive applications, and automotive stampings that have welded components. The Dayton, Ohio, company was established in 1989, and employs 100 people. It is a subsidiary of FC Industries, whose family of companies includes Barsplice Products Inc., AFC Tool Inc., Dayton Precision Punch ... More About: Robotics
Politics and Robotics Choices
2007-12-27 23:26:00 Without strong public interest, Legislature could hold upper hand on project?s location MONTGOMERY ? If Alabama?s rumored tight finances let Gov. Bob Riley move forward with his dream robotics campus in 2008, an economist says a campus closest to Huntsville makes financial sense. But political experts say you can?t leave the Legislature out of the equation if ... More About: Politics , Robotics , Article , Choices
International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC)
2007-12-22 01:50:00 The International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) began in 1991 on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Since 1991 collegiate teams, with the backing of industry and government have fielded autonomous flying robots in an attempt to perform missions that required robotic behaviors never before exhibited in a flying machine. In 1990, the term ...
The Difference Between Stepper Motors, Servos, and RC Servos
2007-11-26 03:16:00 Stepper motors: A stepper motor’s shaft has permanet magnets attached to it. Around the body of the motor is a series of coils that create a magnetic field that interacts with the permanet magnets. When these coils are turned on and off the magnetic field causes the rotor to move. As the coils ... More About: Electronics , Motors , Mechanics , Difference , Diff
Photo Detectors
2007-11-24 05:19:00 Photosensors or photodetectors are sensors of light or other electromagnetic energy. There are several varieties: Most optical detectors are quantum devices in which an individual photon produces a discrete effect. * Chemical detectors, such as photographic plates, in which a silver halide molecule is split into an atom of metallic silver and a halogen atom. The photographic ... More About: Photo , Electronics , Sensor
WowWee Robosapien Version 2 Humanoid Robot
2007-11-23 04:05:00 Robosapien Version 2 is the next generation of Robosapien technology and personality from Wowwee. This new member of the robotic family comes with more advanced dynamic motion, interactive sensors, new program functions, speech capability, and a personality all his own. It’s clear from the start that he enjoys bowling, dancing, and having conversations. Movement RobosapienV2 is able ... More About: Robot
Voltage Comparator
2007-11-22 05:19:00 In electronics, a comparator is a device which compares two voltages or currents and switches its output to indicate which is larger. More generally, the term is also used to refer to a device that compares two items of data. Output voltage will “switch” whenever the input voltage (at the inverting input) reaches the reference ... More About: Voltage , Volta
Line Follower Robot
2007-11-22 04:39:00 Line Follower ROBOT Plermjai Inchuay, plermjai@loxinfo.co.th Award winner from VingPeaw Competition 2543, the robot built with 2051, L293D, and four IR sensors. Simple circuit and platform, quick tracking and easy-understand program using C language. I designed my Robot , which use two motors control rear wheels and the single front wheel is free. It has 4-infrared sensors ... More About: Electronics , Mechanics , Line , Sensor
Hitec 77003 Robonova I Humanoid Robot Kit
2007-11-22 04:05:00 The Robonova I offers educators, students and robotic hobbyists a complete robot package. The advanced and stable Robonova I can walk, run, do flips, cartwheels, dance moves and once programmed, is ready to compete in any Robo One Class “J” competition. This kit version of the Robonova I allows you to enjoy building your new ... More About: Robot
Whole New Ball Game As A Robot Makes I-Contact
2007-11-22 03:50:00 ASIMO, the world’s most advanced humanoid robot, can’t drive his own car yet, but he is helping manufacturers make vehicles safer. Twenty-one years of technology have allowed the all-seeing, all-hearing and sometimes-dancing Asimo to evolve from a disembodied set of legs that took up to 20 seconds to pace a single step into a robot that ... More About: Robotics , Robot , Contact , Game , Ball
WowWee Roboreptile Robotic Reptile
2007-11-22 03:43:00 Wowwee’s Roboreptile is an often startling robotic toy that, once you get the hang of its wonky controls, is actually pretty fun. Like other Wowwee robots, there’s a preprogrammed animation that goes off when it is first powered up. It’s impressive: growling, snapping jaws and a whipping tail. In short, Roboreptile looks like something out ... More About: Robotic , Reptile
Future Of Consumer Robotics May Rest On Toy Dinosaur
2007-11-22 03:37:00 SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) — A small green and tan dinosaur slowly wandered across the table in an airy Emeryville, Calif., office space. As it plodded to the end of the table, one plastic hoof started to step off the ledge and instead it felt thin air. It slowly backed up and murmured a little ... More About: Robotics , Future , Article , Consumer , Rest
Parallax Boe-Bot Robot Kit (Serial Version)
2007-11-22 03:33:00 Build and program a high-quality, complex robot with a BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller runnig on a Board of Education project platform. With the Boe-Bot Robot kit you can do over 40 hands-on activities! Program your Boe-Bot Robot to navigate on its own with touch, light and infrared sensors. Easy to build and program and easily ... More About: Version , Serial , Alla
FANUC Robotics and Flexicell Host Intelligent Robotic Applications Forum
2007-11-20 04:58:00 FANUC Robotic s America, Inc. and Flexicell will demonstrate the latest intelligent robotic solutions for assembly, machine tending, picking, packing and palletizing at Flexicell?s facility in Ashland, VA, Nov. 28-29, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will feature robot system demonstrations, interactive presentations, and breakout seminars on FANUC Robotics? new LR Mate 200iC LEAN (light, ... More About: Applications , Intelligent , Forum
Robots - the Future of Eldercare
2007-11-20 04:33:00 Advances in technology have been astounding over the last decade. Electronics are starting to be built into everything from vacuums to toothbrushes and slowly, but surely, computers will become an invaluable part of every aspect of daily living. Someday, you?ll be able to take a shower and the bathroom will not only detect you, it ... More About: Robotics , Robot , Robots , Future , Article
Waiakea High?s Robotics Team Captures First Place
2007-11-20 01:47:00 Waiakea High School’s robotics team this month took a first-place award in the 16th annual International Microbot competition held in Japan. Facing off against several college teams from across Asia, students representing the Hilo school won the Fully Autonomous Micro Robot Maze Competition with a robot named Teeny Humuhumu. The team took third place in the Micro ... More About: Robotics , Team , Place
Kabuto Mushi Robot
More articles from this author:2007-11-14 03:38:00 Get hands-on experience with gears, batteries, motors, and electronic circuits as you build your own robotic beetle. Build this robotic “Kabuto Mushi” (Rhinoceros Beetle) from the ground up Learn valuable insights into gear structure, battery wiring, motor principles, electronic circuits and circuit block diagrams Easy-to-build kit ? perfect for students, teachers and hobbyists 4 motors control robotic movements Full-function ... More About: Robot , I Robot 1, 2, 3 |
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