Robot Magazine - Spring 2007 Issue 06

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CrustCrawler Nomad HDATS - 3DOF hexapod experimenter's and teaching platform. Photo by Walter Sidas.

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6 UPDATE

8 NAME THAT BOT

10 ROBOT FEED
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12 LERN
Leading Edge Robotics News

Heartlander Surgical Robot
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34 SNAPSHOT
Cyborg Tandem

82 NEWS BYTES
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88 PLUG AND PLAY

96  FUTURE BYTES
      A new spin on panoramic
      robotic vision

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22	INTERVIEW FROM THE REACTOR ROOM TO THE OPERATING ROOM "Oz" Osborn's perspectives on leading edge robotics at Carnegie Mellon —by Maynard Holliday

26	FIRST LOOK CRUSTCRAWLER NOMAD HDATS 3DOF hexapod experimenter's and teaching platform —by Del Schier Nomad P-Basic Source Code (to download this text file, right click and select "Save Target As")

36	HAYABUSA—RECORD-BREAKING ROBOT ROUND-TRIPPER Space probe brings home samples from across solar system —by Jim Oberg

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40	LYNXMOTION HEXAPOD BH3-R A nimble spider kicks up some fun —by Brian Nave
44	PARALLAX BOE-BOT A high-quality, wheeled robot kit —by Peter DelMastro
50	MICROSOFT ROBOTICS STUDIO A technical overview and a how-to on running the BOE-Bot under MSRS —by George Mitsuoka
56	WOWWEE ROBOREPTILE Behavioral complexity in a $100 package —by Tom Atwood

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60	A GENERAL SERVO SERVING Robot "muscle basics" you need to know —by Harry Mueller
66	UBERBOT FIGHTERS Engineer mechanical battle systems —by Tom Atwood Überbots Humanoid Sumo video and article extension
68	THE ELEMENTS OF A PC-BASED MOBILE ROBOT—PART 2 Creating a platform that can be sensored for autonomous operation —by Peter DelMastro
82	HACK IT! MAKE YOUR ROBONOVA-1 SPEAK! Play any sound file—the voice of Homer Simpson or even Captain Picard! —by Gary Smith Extended online version of this article
84	MICROBRIC—THE VIPER A versatile—using modular parts—robotics development kit —by Mark Essenburg

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72	ROBOTIS BIOLOID EXPERIMENTATION Using a humanoid robot for research —by Harry Mueller
75	TEAM ROBOTICS Teaching with robots. Robotics programs are expanding - how to join the party —by Dr. Kenneth Berry Teaching With Robots (article extension)
76	JAMECO'S PICOBOTZ Programmable entry-level educational fun —by Sam Murad
78	AMP UP YOUR ROBOTICS WITH RIDGESOFT'S INTELLIBRAIN Explore more sophisticated robotic behaviors —by Tom Murphy Tom Murphy Intellibrain Circumnavigation Draft Code (Text File)

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