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Raytheon’s exoskeleton is a wearable robot that amplifies its wearer’s strength, endurance and agility. Find out more in Future Bytes, page 90. Photo courtesy of Raytheon Company, www.raytheon.com.

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6 UPDATE - by Tom Atwood

8 NAME THAT BOT!

10 ROBOT FEED
Readers' letters

12  LERN
      Leading Edge Robotics News
      - by Tom Atwood, Kevin Berry
      & Steve Norris

34 SNAPSHOT

86 PLUG AND PLAY
Product news

82 FUTURE BYTES
Raytheon's Agile Exoskeleton
—by Tom Atwood

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22	MICROMAGIC SYSTEMS MSR-H01 WITH COLOR VISION
	A progressive hexapod imported by Trossen Robotics Roborealm Color Blob Tracking Tutorial —by Harry Mueller

28	VEX ROBOTICS COMPETITION 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
	Explosive growth marks 2nd worlds - U.S. teams dominate —by Tom Atwood

36	ROBOBROTHERS ROBOPHILO JR.
	A new price/perforamance mark for programmable humanoid robots —by Lem Fugitt

40	ROBOTS AT MAKER FAIRE BAY AREA 2009
	Incredible machines at the world's largest DIY festival —by Bridgette Vanderlaan, Keith Hammond & the MAKE magazine team

44	VEX AIR CANNON
	Shooting T-shirts has never been more fun VEX Air Cannon Specifications —by Will Beene

48	BURAN-RUSSIA'S SPACE SHUTTLE
	The crowning achievement of Soviet space engineering —by Jim Oberg

50	ELENCO SNAP-CIRCUITS RC ROVER
	Exploring electronics has never been more fun —by Mark Essenburg

52	ROBOBUSINESS 2009 HIGHLIGHTS
	Military & healthcare —by Thomas Marsh

56	ROBOMAGELLAN!
	"Mini DARPA Grand Challenge" attracts growing interest —by Brian Nave

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62	FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
	Over 10,000 competitors gather at 18th annual World —by Kenneth Berry

66	WORLD'S SMALLEST PC BOT
	Trossen Robotics introduces Pepe Le Bot World's Smallest PC Bot Source Code —by Andrew Alter & Michael Ferguson

70	2009 CENTRAL ILLINOIS BOT BRAWL
	Antweight combat, sumo, line-following and maze bots go for the gold —by Dan Toborowski

72	SUPER-FAST LINE FOLLOWER!
	Program a VEX-Pololu hybrid to win races using PID! Line Follower Source Code Superfast Line Follower with PID Control Algorithm on YouTube Line Follower with Basic "Zig-Zag" Algorithm on YouTube —by Dick Swan & Rick Swan

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	75	KISS DEBUGGER FOR THE PARALLAX PROPELLER
		Low-dollar, simple & easy to use —by Steve Norris
	76	PARALLAX VIEWPORT SOFTWARE
		A deluxe Propeller debugger in a sophisticated development environment —by Steve Norris

edu bots

	80	GRASSROOTS ROBOTICS: ROBOTICS EDUCATION GROWING IN JAPAN & ASIA
		VEX Robotics competition kicks off in Tokyo —by Don Chambers

	84	IRE VEX COMPETITIONS THRIVING
		Local league play offers a great starting point —by Dan Ward

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