Robot Magazine - September/October 2008 issue 11

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The U.S. Army’s Multipurpose Logistics Vehicle (MULE) is shown in a striking illustration rendered by Francis X. Govers III. Francis describes the astounding capabilities of this robot on page 30.

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6 UPDATE

8 NAME THAT BOT

10 ROBOT FEED
Readers' letters

12  LERN
      Leading Edge
      Robotics News

32 SNAPSHOT
Global Hawk
unmanned aerial vehicle

58 BOT SHOP
      REPORT
      Make a mechanical
      robot platform
      —A small Sherline
      mill can make
      all the difference

82 PLUG AND PLAY
Product news

90  FUTURE BYTES
      UMASS uBot-5—
      a companion robot

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24	VEX ’08 ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
	Fierce competition and high energy at CSUN! —by Tom Atwood

30	THE MULE MULTIPURPOSE LOGISTICS VEHICLE
	Anatomy of a U.S. Army warrior bot —by Francis X. Govers

34	ROBOTICS AT THE THIRD ANNUAL SAN MATEO MAKER FAIRE
	Over 500 makers and 65,000 spectators —by George Mitsuoka

36	NEW SPACE STATION ROBOT ARM!
	Made in Japan; needed in orbit —by James Oberg

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	40	ROBO-ONE 13
		Humanoid robots mix personality and technology —by Lem Fugitt

	44	ROBOT EXCLUSIVE! BETTER ARTIFICIAL LIMBS THROUGH ROBOTICS
		Government funding boosts R&D of robotic prostheses —by Marie Planchard

	48	HITEC ROBOTICS ROBONOVA-1 MAKEOVER
		From good to great —by Harry Mueller RN-1 Sensor Source Code (zip file)

	54	ROBOCAM
		Web telepresence built on the iRobot Create platform —by Steve Norris Source Code for Robocam (zip file)

	60	THE HEATH HERO-1
		Restoring a classic robot —by Steve Norris

	64	ROBOTS AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
		Telepresence explosion —by Dr. Kenneth Berry

	66	ILLUMINATION & ROBOT VISION
		Tips on adjusting your AVRcam for optimal color tracking —by Harry Mueller

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	74	ALL-CON 2008 CONVENTION
		Robots & sci-fi = fun! —by R. Steven Rainwater

	78	HACKING THE PARALLAX SCRIBBLER
		Take charge of your Scribbler robot's capabilities Source Code for the Scribbler Phase 1 and 2. (zip file) —by Eric Ostendorff

	80	WOWEE ROBOTICS CHATTERBOT
		Animated computer companion —by Bob Hastings

edu bots

	70	GRASSROOTS ROBOTICS
		VEX Robots taking off in California classrooms —by Tom Atwood

	74	NEW PLATFORM & TECHNOLOGY FOR FIRST’S FTC COMPETITION
		—by Dick Swan & Steve Hassenplug

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