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Bobak the Rugged Rescuer Robot

Bobak is made predominately of aluminum, weighs between 150 and 200 pounds, is narrow enough to fit through a standard door, and compact enough to fit in the back of an average sedan. It can be controlled by almost any computer and if the robot loses network connectivity, it drives in reverse until it regains its connection. If he is made speedier, Bobak can be depended on in any hard situation!

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Interview With Mark Tilden, a True Robotics Lover

Mark Tilden is truly a robotics lover, having built thousands of robots of all shapes and sizes in the last few decades. During the first part of his career he pioneered BEAM robotics, a philosophy of building robots based on analog circuits and control instead of highly-complex systems, leading to efficient systems. Here are his present and future plans in creating low-cost robots.

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Robot Makes Abstract Art

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/22/3372412/city-paint-machine-abstract-art-robot

What does it take to automate art? Artist Krzysztof Golinski has been interviewed about the robotic City, Paint, Machine exhibit, which carefully balances rules and randomness to make abstract paintings. A robot observes cars and pedestrians turning that data into a predetermined pattern, but its pressure-based paint system adds unpredictability.Machines have their own interpretation of the world.

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High Schoolers Learn Robot Communication

For four years, the STEM Academy has allowed local high school students the opportunity to experiment with hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects. Twenty-four ninth and tenth graders from Tombstone, Buena and St. David high schools assembled, programmed, and synchronized movements of LEGO Mindstorm robots at Cochise College.

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Snakebot Makes Wave-like Movements

Several upgrades have been made for a new kind of robot that uses a continuous wave of peristalsis to move forward like a real earthworm. With uniform waves, the forces that cause accelerations within the body sum to zero.Transition timing between aerial and ground phases plays a critical role in the amount of slippage and final robot speed.

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Baccus Robot Arm Meets Manipulator Needs

The Baccus robot arm has a various functions and can be implemented in universities to help in research and educational tasks, while software support for ROS allows researchers to concentrate on their goals. Not only this, but it will also serve as a great party robot and serve 12 oz drinks to your friends (the robot was originally designed to do precisely this task).

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First Flying Robot Competition in Brooklyn, NY

The Flying Robots NYC meetup group today announced the inaugural Flying Robots NYC competition, to be held in Brooklyn on October 20th. The Flying Robots NYC competition is a project of the Flying Robots NYC Meetup group in order to promote the development of low-cost consumer-accessible flying robot technology. The contest will be held at the Radio Control Society in Marine Park.

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Oshawatt the Blue Bear Robot

RobotGrrl has created another robot, this time it's not a bird, but rather looks like a bear with lengthy arms, and also wears a sweet smile of the Pokemon Oshawott. It's an open source robot. The arms have various degrees of freedom, the head can go up and down, and the legs are able to swing. The expressive mouth can look happy, sad, surprised, and also has fangs.

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Brave Robot Transformer

http://www.robots-dreams.com/2012/09/brave-robot-transformer-includes-video-cam-video.html

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Getting Ready for The 2012 Taiwan Micromouse Contest

Micromouse reveals Decimus 2C, with yet another improvement of the navigation and motor control code. The Decimus 2 platform was not changed much but one of the important alterations was made to the sensor orientation. Robot enthusiasts are trying hard to get ready for the 2012 Taiwan micromouse and intelligent robot contest that is only five days away.

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Phone-Controlled Robot Arm

This robotic arm was built by a highschooler for a science Olympiad. The arm can be controlled by Bluetooth through a smart phone, as well as by IR using a TV remote control. Good luck to Darren at the Olympiad! Well done!

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RoboBrrd Brain Board

Erin the RobotGrrl makes a RoboBrrd Brain Board that came from OSH Park some time before Montreal Mini Maker Faire. She eventually got the Brain Board to work, while still needing to test out if the voltage regulars function. This board will eventually control a RoboBrrd. Check out her work step by step!

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Robot Arm in the Making

http://www.robots-dreams.com/2012/09/robot-arm-testing-video.html

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FTC Holds New Robotics Season Game

FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics program that has been established to promote project-based learning in students from grades 7 through 12. Based on a proven formula that fosters student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), FTC is a well-accepted program being offered to school students to encourage them to pursue a career in science and technology.

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