General Robotics Forum

Batteries

My local hobby supplier told me that the new battery powered monster RC models are capable of speeds now achieved by th...

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posted by Waynelund

6 comments posted 20yrs posted by Waynelund

Laptop docking port tutorial

Greetings and salutations. I am a senior at DeVry University, in their EET program. I, as part of a team of three, have...

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posted by sumgie

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Cutting shafts

Hi, Quick question: I have a 1/2" steel shaft (AISI 1117 steel) that I neet to cut to a certain length, but I don't kno...

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posted by padu

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Whither "Robot Wars," "BattleBots"

Hi, Are either of these still alive? BattleBots had a few good seasons on Comedy Central, Robot Wars was on PBS then G4...

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posted by garyjbrown

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Servo Question

I love the PC GUI's available for the standard R/C servo applications. Like the Lynxmotion stuff .. Where you can say ....

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posted by Idontthinkso

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servos back to back to double strength

I have noticed several hobby/educational type robot arms use 2 servos back to back so that the horns are on the outside...

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posted by pogo

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Interfacing PIC micro and bluetooth

Hello, I am considering to replace my serial cable connection between a PIC micro board and PC. I am wondering that I c...

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posted by gidesa

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Alternative to RTV Rubber for molds ?

I've been experimenting with Alumilite to mold some grippers for my bots. Build the prototypes in plastic - cut it down...

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posted by pogo

7 comments posted 20yrs posted by pogo

Who's working on the DARPA Little Dog project

Who's working on the DARPA Little Dog project? I know that Stanford and USC have teams, but who else does? Any private c...

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posted by nagle

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great bargains at close-out Radio Shacks

This may be old news to some but I thought it worth posting anyway. At least in the Atlanta area, there are several Rad...

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posted by pogo

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Mars Exploration Rover Update - July 14, 2006

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit to Get New Robotic Capabilities As Martian Win...

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posted by baalke

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junun.org site ALERT

Hello, I'm Paolo from Italy. About two week ago I've bough a MarkIII kit from junun.org and I've payed it with paypal....

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posted by iw3arv

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Cool "Robot" Picture

Just thought I would post an example of the cool stuff it is possible to work on in the robotics field. This is the Sch...

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posted by robotguy

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Integration of IMU and Odometry on jBot

Howdy, I'm working on a paper describing the integration of an inertial measurement orientation sensor with wheel odome...

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posted by dpa

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C3088 CMOS Image Sensor Questions?

Hi all, I'm looking to purchase the C3088 CMOS imaging sensor. I plan to interface it with a PIC microcontroller in ord...

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posted by weg22

0 comments posted 20yrs posted by weg22