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Written by William Cox
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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Chris Anderson, over at DIY Drones, has posted some great new information on his new, ultra-cheap, autopilot, the ArduPilot. This fully open source project allows an aerial vehicle to autonomous navigate GPS waypoints, maintain altitude, and can trigger a camera or other external device.
The autopilot, which is built around the Arduino architecture, will replace Chris' other project, the Basic Stamp Autopilot, and forms the core of what Chris calls,
... a $110 autopilot, thanks to the open source hardware. By comparison,
the Basic Stamp version of this, with processor, development board and
failsafe board, would run you $300, and it's not as powerful.
Throw in a FMA Co-Pilot for stabilization, a Hobbico SuperStar plane, some servos, and a 6-Channel radio system, and you have all the parts for a $440 unmanned aerial vehicle. Way to go Chris!
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Written by William Cox
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
Instructables and RoboGames have teamed up to create a robot building contest. The task is to design and document one specific aspect of your robot.
Good robot design is highly detailed, so we're asking you to document specific parts
of your robot for this contest. Maybe you built the ultimate
manipulator arm, designed a killer sensor array, reused some great
trash, or just made a gorgeous housing - pick something you're proud
of, and share how you made it.
The grand prize is a trip to the 2009 RoboGames, with the flight and hotel room included. 2nd place winner will receive a RoboPhilo Walking Android kit, and the 3rd place entry will get tons of cool robot schwag.
Entries are judged based on six categories: Locomotion, Manipulators, Brain, Sensors, Asthetics, and "Reuse and Recycling". The deadline for entries is June 29, 2008. Send us a link to your projects in the comments!
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Written by William Cox
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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The Automaton blog is reporting the NPR featured robots on its weekly "Science Friday" talk show.
Can't find anyone to hang out with? Maybe you should invite a robot
into your home. In this segment, Ira and guests talk about developing
robots with personalities -- moving on beyond the mechanical arms found
in today's factories, to devices that could interact with people on a
social level.
According to Automaton,
I haven't had a chance to listen yet, so let me know what you think.
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Written by William Cox
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
 The RoboTurK system, based on Microsoft Robotics Studio, is designed to be an autonomous system for taking video surveillance of emergency areas. The motivation fur such a system is events like the 1999 earthquake in Turkey, which took the lives of over 45,000 people. The RoboTurK system will enable emergency crews to quickly assess the damage even when communication systems break down.
RobotTurk is a prototype Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) equipped with a
camera that is capable of streaming live video of disaster struck
areas to ground command stations. The helicopter carries onboard an
eBox compute-unit that runs Microsoft Robotics Studio, allowing the
robot to execute specific command issued by ground statation or to
auto-fly or safely land.
The system is designed around a standard RC helicopter and uses Microsoft Virtual Earth for mapping and to display realtime video of a location.
You can keep up with the progress of the RoboTurK project at their website.
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Written by William Cox
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
Welcome to the new GoRobotics.net server, powered by the great folks at Tranquil Hosting! The switch has taken longer than I would have liked (mostly due to my lazyness), but hopefully I can soon jump back on the blogging bandwagon. Thanks for the patience!
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