Robot Magazine - July/August 2009 issue 17

The Latest in Hobby, Science and Consumer Robotics

Current Issue
Newsletter
Forum
Articles

July/ August 2009 Issue 17

Table of Contents

ON THE COVER

Robby the Robot has been a symbol of robotic intelligence for decades. See Machine Intelligence by Dr. Jim Gouge, page 54, for one hobbyist’s vision of the future of artificial intelligence in robotics. This replica was created by Fred Barton Productions and shot by Cynthia Ehlinger of the Bruce Museum.

Page 62

Order this issue now at Shop4RC.com!

This icon indicates bonus online content

columns &
departments

6 UPDATE

8 NAME THAT BOT!

10 ROBOT FEED
Readers' letters

12  LERN
      Leading Edge
      Robotics News
      —by Tom Atwood

30 SNAPSHOT
To go where no tracked
vehicle has gone before

80 PLUG AND PLAY
Product news

90 FUTURE BYTES
      Robot helis learn to
      fly 3D
      —by Tom Atwood

Page 50

Page 30

Page 54

Page 66

A special discount subscription rate is available to students, club members, educators or association members:

visit www.botmag.com/student-clubdiscount

features

During July - August 2009 we will continue to add links to additional
unique online content on this page.

20	INAUGURAL FIRST D.C. REGIONAL COMPETITION
	Excitement & suspense behind the scenes —by Mike Vealey

22	LIVE THE LIFE OF A ROCK STAR
	Robotics engineers in the limelight —by Marie Planchard

26	ARCHITECTING A BETTER BOT
	Modular robot design improves & flexibility Architecting a Better Bot Source Code and Schematics (zip file) —by Steve Norris

30	“FOBOS-GROUNT” TO RETURN SAMPLE SOIL FROM PHOBOS MOONLET
	China contributes to Russian space robot —by Jim Oberg

36	CONTROLLING THE LYNXMOTION PHOENIX WITH THE PLAYSTATION 2 AND FUTABA 7C
	—by Harry Mueller

40	ROBOTIS OLLO BUG
	A snap-together robot kit for kids —by Jim Walsh

42	TROSSEN ROBOTICS COMMUNITY PROJECT CONTEST
	Open competition spreads robotics knowledge —by Andrew Alter

Page 26

Page 40

46	A LYNXMOTION BRAT WITH A VEX CONTROLLER BRAIN
	A great “hybrid” biped for entry-level humanoid enthusiasts —by Dick Swan

50	THE ARCHER HYBRID ELECTRIC ROBOT
	Hobby leads to efficient machine for major applications See the Youtube Video —by Francis Govers

54	MACHINE INTELLIGENCE
	A startling vision of an android brain Machine Intelligence Build Manual, Pt. 1 (PDF file) —by Tom Atwood

Page 74


	58	FREE SIMROBOT APPLICATION MAKES HUMANOID MOTION EASY
		A new tool to make your robot dance —by Lem Fugitt

	62	TRINITY COLLEGE FIRE FIGHTING HOME ROBOT CONTEST
		—by Dean Berry

	66	KISS DEBUGGER FOR THE PARALLAX PROPELLER
		Speed up your Machine Intelligence Technologies Propeller —by Steve Norris

edu bots

	68	GRASSROOTS ROBOTICS: VEX CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE AMERICAS BLOWOUT!
		CREATE Foundation spurs VEX Robotics competition growth —by Tom Atwood with Jim Schulte

	74	SYNCHRONOZED ROBOT DANCING
		Motivating efficiency & meaning in problem-solving with robotics —by Eli Silk, Christian Schunn & Robin Shoop

Order this issue now at Shop4RC.com!

Site Guide

Home |