Robot Magazine - Spring 2006 Issue 01

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Hitec Robotics new ROBO- NOVA-1 robot is the most advanced Robo-One category offering we have seen yet. It has a generous suite of extra I/O’s for expansion and hacking, see page 20. Photo by Walter Sidas.

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20	HITEC ROBOTICS ROBONOVA-1 The most advanced android yet, a hacker's dream —by Dave Calkins
26	SPACE STATION ROBOT ARM Bipedal robot walks outside the ISS —by Jim Oberg
30	MAKING A LIFE-SIZE ANDROID They're here! —by Jamie Hyneman

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36	LYNX 5 SERIES ROBOTIC ARM COMBO KIT FOR PC An affordable robot arm with a powerful expandable interface —by Jonathan Pope LynxMotion Windows Media Video files: Large file 4.5MB (for broadband users) Small file 1.4MB (for dialup users)
40	LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ REVOLUTION! Exclusive —by Tom Atwood
44	BATTLEKITS.COM READY-TO-RUN LIGHTWEIGHT BATTLEKIT Add weapons and electronics and go for the gold! —by Jeff Vasquez
48	TAMIYA'S RESCUE CRAWLER Go where no man can go —by Greg Vogel Large file 4.1MB (for broadband users) Small file 841KB (for dialup users)

52	SPEKTRUM DXS RADIO 2.4Ghz spread spectrum technology delivers interference-free operation for up to 40 robots —by Thayer Syme
56	WHAT ARE THE KILLER APPS? An interview with Paolo Pirjanian of Evloution Robotics, a leader in vision, navigation and mapping systems —by Tom Atwood
60	HACK IT! WI-FI TANK BOT UPDATE AJAX programming improves control response —by George Mitsuoka Wi-Fi Tank Hack Source Code (ZIP file) - Right click and select "Save Target As" to copy to your hard drive. See the articles in issues 1 and 2 for details.
62	YOST ENGINEERING BUGBRAIN Build a robot insect with interesting walking and programming options —by Magno Ferreira BugBrain Windows Media Video files: Large file 11MB (for broadband users) Small file 2.8MB (for dialup users)
66	PROTOTYPING WITH THE VEX ROBOTICS DESIGN SYSTEM Quickly create test platforms and program your own autonomous robot —by Brian Nave Sensor bot source code for Intelitek easyC - Right click and select "Save Target As" to copy to your hard drive. SensorBot3.ECP - Right click and select "Save Target As" to copy to your hard drive.

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76	TEAM ROBOTICS DARPA GRAND CHALLENGE Stanford takes $2,000,000 purse but many are victorious —by Dr. Kenneth Berry
80	13TH ANNUAL TRINITY COLLEGE FIRE-FIGHTING HOME ROBOT CONTEST The first video below shows student-designed robots competing in the Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest (TCFFHRC) www.trincoll.edu/events/robot. The second shows a line-tracking/sign-reading robot and the third features two battling sumo bots. The robots in clips two and three competed in the Robot Olympics held at Trinity in late 2005. The jpg is an annotated view of a Fire-Fighting robot. Videos and image provided by Professor David Ahlgren, director and host of the TCFFHRC. Fire Fighting Home Robot Video Large file 2.3MB (for broadband users) Small file 519KB (for dialup users) Line Tracking Robot video Large file 4.6MB (for broadband users) Small file 621KB (for dialup users) Sumo Bots video Large file 3.0MB (for broadband users) Small file 691KB (for dialup users) Fire Fighting Robot jpg with robot details
80	Q&A: ROBOTICS RESOURCE GROUPS FOR EDUCATORS Expanded listing of educational resource centers
84	BOTBALL IS GROWING Leadership, teamwork, problem solving, programming and design —by Jenny Grigsby
89	THE PARALLAX SCRIBBLER An affordable, ready-to run, preprogrammed learning tool —by George Mitsuoka Scribbler Hack Source Code

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