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Scanning laser
This is a bit of a long shot, but so far all of my regular suppliers have been coming up empty. I've got several catalogs offering small self-contained laser sensors that "stripe" a single laser line...
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Positions and frames of reference
I'm trying to work with pairs of industrial robots that need to move to specific positions relative to each other within a given frame of reference. To do this, I need a means to (among other things)...
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Treating robots like they have emotions, or treating people like they don't?
I just saw a freaky video. featured some robots with extensive effort to mimic the human face, including one that looks like a medical manikin, showing the muscles of the face. They talked of a future...
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Re: Spreading the word
The article at was interesting and valuable enough for me to link to it from -- the MindForth Programming Journal for In that journal entry citing Mr. Stephen Pelc, I record the careful elaboration in...
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OT: touchpad as numeric keypad ? graphic input ?
Off Topic: Related to Don McKenzie's post: anyone seen software that lets you use the touchpad on laptop computers as numeric keypad and/or quick sketch input ? jcd
 
TSCC - Do you think that John Connor will screw The Caminator in the new series?
He's a guy with his own pet femmebot. Of course he'll have thought about 'voiding her warranty'. Wouldn't you?
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OT New keyboard s/w, looks good
Martin Griffith posted this in sci.electronic design: ======================================== just found this and guessing s/w ======================================= I had to watch it a couple of...
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More RPM = more windings or stronger magnets ?
Here's my "question of the week": Suppose I have a DC motor that I can either modify the strength or number of magnets; or modify the number of windings. Given that I can only use 12 VDC, what would...
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Low-cost controller for 10 small DC servo motors with quadrature encoder
Hey, I need expert advise !!! I am planning to build a robotic rover with 6 wheels. Rover will be able to carry approximately 10kg load. Each wheel will be driven by a separate small DC servo motor...
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How to teach a accurate TCP for industrial robot?
Hello, I want to use a vision system with industral robot for assemblying application. So the accurate TCP is very important for this applition. Does anyone know some ways to teach a accurate TCP?...
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robot helicopter that learns
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MindForth artificial intelligence lives forever.
The AI Mind in Win32Forth free online for robots at just been updated with a KB-traversal feature that traverses the knowledge base and keeps the AI Mind thinking endlessly. another source of versions...
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Tracking moving object
Hi I have industrial robot and position is at Point A (x,y,z) in time t=t1. I want to pick product on the belt with speed v (t) (not constant, can change 0-Vmax). At time t=t1 product is at position...
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Robot - Micro Data Transmission over 12 volt line
Where can I find information on data transmission. I want to have a PIC based encoder with keypad, send data down on an existing 12 volt line to a PIC based decoder. How to set up software for the...
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Desoldering question
I started doing hobby electronics again fairly recently, and recycling/ scavenging is a big draw for me. As it happens, my company throws away lots of useful stuff, and over the past year I've brought...
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