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RE: Low-cost, non-wifi, wireless Ethernet bridge
Anyone have any good resources for a low-cost, non-802.11, wireless Ethernet bridge? The range is pretty minimal....less than 100 ft. I'm certainly not afraid of board level or IC level integrations...
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linear actuator
Hi, I'm seeking for suggestions on how to automate the throttle cable of my ATV. I tried using a small gearmotor I had home where the cable rolls around the axis (on a pulley) of the motor. It was a...
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CHORG robotic arm
Hi everybody, I built a robotic arm fitted with a 4dof gripper a camera, slip and touch sensors: am also developing a software (chorg) to process real-time video and provide adaptive control for the...
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Motor Encoder emulation
Hello, I am thinking about building an position 1024 encoder emulator. It should read the position value from the TMS320F2818 through SPI and then generate the encoder pulses. The pulses are to be...
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Parallex Course: Which to Choose?
Hello, I am wanting to learn about the Parallax Propeller chip & would like to find out which would be the best choice: The education kit, or the demo kit? I have a basic understanding of electronics...
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robotics challenge
I think the biggest challenge is Artificiall Intelligence, what's your opinion? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Advantages & Disadvantage of SCADA system?
Any body please tell me briefly what are the Advantages & Disadvantage of SCADA system? in practical world?. best regards, Rizwan
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Inexpensive replacement pot for external use with a servo?
Can anybody suggest a small inexpensive pot for external use with a standard hobby servo? I'd like to use an external pot placed at a joint to control a remote servo. It appears that that the servo...
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do they make servo motors that are the same sizes as a dc standard motor?
Hi, I was looking for a servo motor that comes in the same size as a dc standard motor -- similar to the one found: anyone help? Thanks in advance!
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Mars Exploration Rovers Update - February 9, 2007
SPIRIT UPDATE: It's Officially Spring on Mars - sol 1097-1103, February 09, 2007: Spring is in the thin, Martian atmosphere once again as NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit scans the local terrain...
 
IK by relaxation or solving with newton and Danavit-Hartenberg
I am faced with an exercise text which is formulated as the folowing "Implement an Inverse Kinematics Solver. Show that you can compute joint positions according to a given wanted position and...
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Would you like to have an interactive experience with a real robot on-line?
This Saturday starting at 3:00 pm and lasting until 7:00 pm (eastern time) you can interact with a robot named REX. REX is at a primitive stage of interaction. Although REX can hear you speak, his...
 
Robotics Podcast
I have been listening to a really informative robotics podcast for a while now, and was surprised to find out that it hasn't been mentioned on this group yet. The podcast is called "Talking Robots"...
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Self-training robot
Hi, I'm looking for info about microprocessor-based robots with ability self-training/self-learning, i.e. about robots with ability to create new conditional reflexes based on collected experience in...
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Opportunity Mars Rover Passes 10-Kilometer Mark
Passes 10-Kilometer Mark February 7, 2007 [Opportunity's view of its tracks] NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity extended its cumulative Martian driving record to more than 10 kilometers (6.2...