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Mini Sumo Contest - Open - Ship-IN at UNI May 1st
Mini-Sumo Ship-In's! on again for another year! Last year we had a larger number of Ship-In's and the contest had an international flavor with Canada showing well. Our students learned what tough...
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Where to a Lego NXT kit for less?
I am looking for a source to buy several Lego NXT kits. Where does one buy this kit for less than list price? Thanks TMT
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Wall-E Gamecube Mod
Here is a sneak peek at the Wall-E Gamecube mod I am working on. Just a peek though. Click the link below!!! saw one on the net and just HAD to build my own. Lunk
 
Big Dog Robotic Dog/Mule
This thing has me thinking that the field of robotics is about to take a giant leap. It's got fantastic mechanics, and a walking/balancing algorithm that should win its programmers a Nobel Prize. It...
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build your own servos using larger motors ?
Wondering if anyone knows of ready-made or plans/kits for building your own servos using larger motors, feedback resistors or encoders, and brackets ? The kind of servos I am talking about might have...
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CFP: 4th Int Symposium on Visual Comuting (ISVC08)
CALL FOR PAPERS & SPECIAL TRACKS 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC08) Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada, USA December 1-3, 2008 The purpose of the International...
 
Humanoid Proportion info as ratios ?
Does anyone know of a site/page that describes humanoid arm lengths, leg lengths, torso dimensions, etc., as ratios ? In other words, I'm looking for something that would give a rough roadmap of...
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IR rangefinding - beam width
Hi, For a student project Im designing an autonomous air-to-air refuelling system. Im thinking that it would be cool to put IR LEDs in a ring around the tanker's drogue ( and use rangefinding sensors...
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Best bet for older Mindstorms and Linux
I have an old RCX 1.0 with serial (9 pin) IR tower, and wondered what the best way of using it with Linux would be. I thought NQC was the way to go, but can't find Linux support anymore. I'd prefer to...
 
Bluetooth recommendations?
Can anyone make an argument for one o the small bluetooth modules (Embeddedblue (Parallax), Bluesmirf, Zigbee(is this bluetooth)) for use with a Prop chip, Atom, and Stamp? I'm interested if you've...
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Lunar Regolith Challenge (robots)
Matt Everingham of the California Space Authority was kind enough to provide a link for this news group to get more info regarding the Lunar Regolith Challenge : brief decscription: "Like last year,...
 
[Annc] New getting into FPGAs video guide
Hi all, I have just released a new online Video guide called "The BurchED Getting Started with Xilinx FPGAs Video Guide" is an easy step-by-step guide for FPGA beginners. I go all the way through from...
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Video (Web cam) with quick response?
I've noticed that your typical web camshas a delay between the actual event and when you see it on screen. I am talking about 1/2 second of a delay. I am uncertain where the delay is happening, is it...
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Looking for a Journal
Hi, Is anyone familiar with a journal that accepts very short papers (such as 2-3 pages IEEE double column style)? My topics are virtual reality and robotics and I intend to write a paper that...
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Military Robots
The military Channel has a new section of their Web site devoted to military robots. There is a lof of info and video on both land and air units. Here is a link:...