General Robotics Forum

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A friend of mine has gotten me interested in robotics. I've ordered a book on BEAM robots. Are there any good places to...

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posted by rusty

5 comments posted 21yrs posted by rusty

Parallel Port Interfacing

Is it possible to make a program which can write to that parallel port buffer/register which stores the input data to t...

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posted by siddharth_jain_1

7 comments posted 21yrs posted by siddharth_jain_1

calculate needed motorpower / -torque?

Hello everyone. I'm an electronics guy, trying to build a robot. Unfortunately, I never learned a lot about mechanics,...

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posted by mijnvoornaam.mijnfamilienaam

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FS: Electronic lab gear (Private party) Logic analyzers, emulators etc...

Electronic lab gear for sale ClearView Mathias In-Circuit Emulator Modular style hardware offers complete emulation of...

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posted by billndm

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FA: Small Robot Gear Motor + L293 driver chip

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3846828333 I have more of these listed + more robot items Thanks

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posted by danfuboco

2 comments posted 21yrs posted by danfuboco

Craftsman digital level sensor?

Hello - Friend of mine got one of those digital carpenter's levels made by Craftsman. It is very neat. Seems like the t...

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posted by BTurnip

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Minimal multi-drop serial protocol for motor controllors and sensors.

I've been thinking about requirements for a protocol as described in the Subject. The idea is to use it in robots etc a...

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posted by no

35 comments posted 21yrs posted by no

Workshops For Building Robots

Hi, I am putting together a workshop to build robots. So help me spend my money ;

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posted by too_many_tools

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Calibrating a webcam (CMU Cam)

Hello, I'm new on this group. I have a CMU-Cam2 on my robot and I'd like to know if you have tips to calibrate the came...

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posted by gremlins68

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Plantraco Desktop Rover

Someone have wrote a application for to command th Plantraco Desktop Rover with PC? I write some code, but it doesn't wo...

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posted by davidecerbo

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online film

Thought you'd all like to know that there's an online film on the subject of animated toys (robots, dolls, toy soldiers...

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posted by sickofspam

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Low power usage Mini-ITX board that works with a 7.2v 3000ma battery?

Hello, I'm looking for a mini-ITX motherboard that would work with a 7.2v 3000ma battery, that is very conservative on...

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posted by no-mail-please

3 comments posted 21yrs posted by no-mail-please

Crystal Oscillator Question

I have seen several schematics like this one: http://www.cs.ttu.edu/~marquez/images/pic_hardware.jpg that do not specif...

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posted by dont

4 comments posted 21yrs posted by dont

Mars Exploration Rover Update - October 13, 2004

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Working towards 'Wopmay' - sol 245-250, October...

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posted by baalke

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My 12v 7.2ah battery.....

....is a good little power unit for my Mini-ITX, and my phidgets! Hurruh! Question. Can I leave the boards connected to...

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posted by ron

10 comments posted 21yrs posted by ron