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Jaemi Hubo is a 51-inch tall humanoid currently residing at Drexel University’s Autonomous Systems Laboratories (DASL) in Philadelphia. Created by the (South) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist), the robot is at DASL as part of a five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation. See Richard Silverman’s fascinating story on this humanoid on page 36. Photo by Roy Gross.

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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 the staff of Robot

50 SNAPSHOT

84 PLUG AND PLAY
Product news

90 FUTURE BYTES
      Robot Brains—Expectations
      of near future AI
      —by Stephen Euin Cobb

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20	MOON BOT DESIGN
	Custom robotics for a uniquely inhospitable work environment —by Jim Oberg

24	BEAM ROBOT NEUROSURGERY
	Discovering the inner workings of the Solarbotics Turbot —by James H Phelan MD For an expanded treatment with additional photos and diagrams, click here.

28	KITRO-ECOBOT
	An engaging, ecologically friendly humanoid —by Lem Fugitt

30	SURVEYOR'S SVS WITH STEREO EYES
	A sophisticated tool kit for vision experimentation —by Harry Mueller

36	JAEMI HUBO RESEARCH HUMANOID
	Drexel University’s Korean-American robotics project —by Richard Silverman

40	CHESS BOT
	Chessbot Source Code Queen’s Gambit Declined Opening ChessBot Handles Capture and Resignation A robot that plays chess using Twitter —by Steve Norris

44	ME, MYSELF & AIBO
	Robots that fetch toys, talk to you, play with each other & understand 100 commands —by Hannah McFarlane

52	MECH WARFARE INAUGURAL
	A melding of combat robotics, humanoid Kung Fu and video-gaming —by Andrew Alter

56	A ROBOT NAMED ETHEL
	A look under the hood of a PC-based Entertainment robot with intelligent vision —by Steven Kirk with Kevin M. Berry

60	OWI EDGE ROBOTIC ARM
	With USB control interface —by Mark Essenburg

62	AIRCABLE OPTIEYES BLUETOOTH CAMERA
	Affordable, compact streaming video solution goes the extra mile —by Ben Wilcox

64	HOW TO DESIGN A VEX MAZE SOLVING ROBOT
	VEX Maze Solving Bot Source Code VEX Maze Solving Bot in action Line sensor tips and tricks —by Rick Swan and Dick Swan

68	ROBOTICS CONNECTION STINGER
	Source code tips for a plug & play hobby & research platform —by Clint Rutkas

72	ROBOGAMES 2009
	Strong attendance complemented the most competitive games yet —by Lem Fugitt

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	76	PINK FLAMIGOS BRING COLORFUL ENTHUSIASM TO COMPETITIVE ROBOTICS
		Youth Robotics is just plain fun —by Marie Planchard

	84	GRASSROOTS ROBOTICS: VEX ROBOTICS COMPETITIONS SEE EXPONENTIAL RISE IN NUMBERS
		Nearly 100 VEX Robotics Competitions confirmed to date —by the staff or Robot

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