Robot Magazine - November/December 2008 issue 13

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RoboBuilder is an actuator-based robot kit that can be a biped or a quadruped. Its smart servos feature PID motion control, and options include distance detection, sound detection, a speaker system and much more. See Del Schier's review of this refined, competitively priced robot from Trossen Robotics starting on page 42.

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6 UPDATE

8 NAME THAT BOT

10 ROBOT FEED
Readers' letters

12  LERN
      Leading Edge
     Robotics News

32 SNAPSHOT
Robot surgeon

81 PLUG AND PLAY
Product news

90 FUTURE BYTES
      Robotics
      entrepreneur
      engineers the future
      —by Tom Atwood

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28	JOHNNY5 LIVES AGAIN!
	A Cinematic Robot That Charmed Millions is Reborn —by Terry Andrews with Martin Pinner & Simon Marston

34	RoboGames Grows Up
	176 teams from 19 countries! —by Lem Fugitt

38	Stonehenge—A Robotic Digital Clock
	CrustCrawler arm entertains as it tracks time —by Steven Norris Stonehenge Source Code (zip file)

42	Trossen Robotics RoboBuilder
	A highly engineered robot—humanoid, dino, or dog —by Del Schier

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	48	Innovation First Inc.’s BottleBot
		A unique design that delivers beverages to thirsty roboteers! —by John V-Neun with Chris Carnevale & Tyler Holtzman The programming code used in the Bottlebot 3 is available for download in two formats: EasyC Bottlebot 3 Code (zip file) Bottlebot 3 Programming PDF files (zip file) VEX Robotics - BottleBot 3 Video

	52	Lynxmotion BRAT Grows Up
		An entry-level biped with all-new features —by Brian Nave

	56	2008 Mars Society University Rover Challenge
		Oregon State University takes the gold with new Parallax QuadRover —by Matthew Shuman

	60	Surveyor Corp. SRV-1Q Research Robot
		It may see you before you see it! —by Harry Mueller

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	64	Trinity College 2008 Firefighting Home Robot Contest
		Where science and engineering meld with artistic robot design —by Katie Tilton

	78	HOW TO: Build a Robot Gripper
		Secrets of making custom plastic parts —by Matt Bauer

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	68	ROBOT EXCLUSIVE
		The Return of BattleBots —by Marie Planchard

	72	Grassroots Robotics
		BEST competition growing nationwide —by Tom Atwood

	76	Robots to the Rescue … of our Children's Future
		Educational robotics comes of age —by Tom Gordon

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