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Robonaut2 is a life-size humanoid robot in development by NASA. It will assist astronauts in space exploration. See page 12!

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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

18 SNAPSHOT
Robotic Heli trainer raises the bar

84 PLUG AND PLAY
Product news

90 FUTURE BYTES
Stanford University's perching 3D Katana
—by Tom Atwood

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20	2010 ROBO GAMES
	Positive spirit, energy and contagious enthusiasm marked this year's event! —by Lem Fugitt

24	"SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROBOT DESIGNER"
	A dream job in high demand —by Francis X. Govers III

30	VEX ROBOTICS COMPETITION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2010!
	China and New Zealand teams triumph in a global tournament of unprecedented diversity —by Tom Atwood

36	THE RISE AND FALL OF UNIMATION INC.
	A story of robotics innovation & triumph that changed the world! —by George E. Munson Unimate Robot on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson

42	BUILDING A LEGO MINDSTORMS RUBIK'S CUBE SOLVER
	A project from "LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT THINKING ROBOTS" by Danielle Benedettelli —by George Mitsuoka

44	THE NEXT BIG THING
	Service Oriented Architectures —by Ben Axelrod

50	AN INTERVIEW WITH HANS PAO
	CEO & Founder of Innovati —by Lem Fugitt

54	ROBOFRIDGE
	A very cool robot! —by Steve Norris ButlerBot/RoboFridge YouTube Video RoboFridge Source Code

58	KOREA ROBOT GAME FESTIVAL 2010
	More than 200 teams compete in humanoid division alone! —by Rob Ferrall

68	"SWARMANOIDS" TO THE RESCUE!
	New eyes, ears and hands for disaster zones —by Jana Witt

72	INEXPENSIVE, EASY PAN-&-TILT MOUNT
	Make it from parts lying around your workshop —by Gino Antonini

74	EVERYTHING IS TURNING 3D
	How to get stereo video out of your robot —by Francis X. Govers III

78	ACTIVATION OF A MOBILE ROBOT THROUGH A BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE
	When to replace the keyboard —by Kevin M. Berry

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	64	GRASSROOTS ROBOTICS: ROBOTICS LEARNING ADVANCES VEX ROBOTICS IN MALAYSIA
		A quest to advance and improve technical education —by Tom Atwood

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