An interesting news come from http://www.lsureveille.com/1.931045. Great news,
the future of robotics is in front of our eyes…
The Robotics Research Laboratory, tucked away in a corner of Coates Hall, tends to go unnoticed by most University students.
But out of this remote nook, Dr. S.S. Iyengar and two computer science graduate students hope to bring national recognition to the University through a new robot they have been working on for the past year and a half.
Iyengar, computer science department chair, Bharat Narahari and Jong Hoon Kim are making great strides in the robotics community by building a robot with technology that hasn
This news come from United Kingdom, from www.ecs.soton.ac.uk:
ECS Student Robotics team members Rob Spanton and Chris Cross were among presenters showcasing their work to UK academics at a workshop discussing
From vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers to military landmine detectors, robots are becoming increasingly present in our daily lives. May be obots will be found everywhere in future…
Robots may soon be everywhere, in homes and at work. They could change the way humans live. If this happens, it will most likely raise many philosophical, social, and political questions that will have to be answered. In science fiction robots become so intelligent that they decide to take over the world because humans are deemed inferior. In real life however they might not choose to do that. Robots might follow rules such as Asimov
This news come from washingtonpost.com
Otto Voettiner’s hands shook slightly as he lined up his team’s robot and released it along a Lego-filled course. The robot, Billybot, had a seemingly simple mission: to cross the table, lift a red ring with its long, gray fingers and return to base.
The seconds ticked down. His eight teammates, all fourth- and fifth-graders from Mountain View Elementary in Haymarket, watched intently beneath furry hats bearing their school’s cougar mascot. The “future MIT student,” as his coach proudly called him, had completed the task correctly dozens of times. But something was off yesterday, and Billybot veered off course, crashing into a little Lego house.
An education news from glendalenewspress.com:
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Robotics is growing fast around the world, team from Phillipine. Not just Japan and United States as the leader in robotics, Phillipine is now improving the robotics knowledge…
THREE elementary-school students, who emphasized the urgency of saving the world from environmental degradation, bagged the silver medal in the open category of the World Robot Olympiad held recently in Yokohama, Japan.
Coached by Melanie Tizon and Warren John Ong Pe, Grade 6 student Joseph Aldrin Chua and Grade 5 students Eldrich Chua and Dominique Sy, all from the Grace Christian Elementary School, bagged the silver medal with a certificate and a Lego trophy, beating 21 other schools.
This tutorial comes from ikalogic.com and may be become good choice for new comers. I think the electronic and the program is good enough to make the robot running smoothly… You just need to change the mechanism… use motor with gearbox like solarbotics motor GM8, GM17 etc to make easy acceleration when robot in turn left/right. DC motor with gearbox will reduce the speed, but very nice in turning position.
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