Robotics is going pupular with kids…
A news say that robots may help kids for their social skills:
THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Many children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interact more easily with mechanical devices than with humans, according to new reports.
Researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, who have presented their finding at various conferences in the United States and in Europe this summer, found that Socially Assisted Robotics (SAR) that blow bubbles, toot horns and even make facial expressions appear to increase the child’s speech and interaction levels.
“I am gratified by these preliminary results,” Maja Mataric, a professor at the USC Interaction Laboratory, said in a news releases issued by the university. “I believe that Socially Assistive Robotics has a part to play in helping families, both the affected children and their parents and siblings.”
The initial study, reported in a June Conference on Interaction Design for Children with Special Needs in Chicago, paired an ASD child with a colorful bubble-blowing wheeled robot that either operated on its own or blew bubbles when the child pushed a button.
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The tutorial com from http://www.micahcarrick.com/05-27-2006/failurebot-line-following-robot.html
Here the robot preview:
Microcontroller ATMega8
Sensor: 5 pieces phototransistor
Motor: Lynxmotion motor
Programming language:
Download tutorial (mechanics, schematics, source code)
The L297 integrates all the control circuitry required to control bipolar and unipolar stepper motors. Used with a dual bridge driver such as the L298N forms a complete microprocessor-to-bipolar stepper motor interface. Unipolar stepper motor can be driven with an L297 plus a quad darlington array. This note describes the operation of the circuit and shows how it is used.
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Download Sharp GP2D12 Analog Distance Sensor Manual and Tutorial
SharpGP2D12Snrs.pdf
Download ping parallax ultrasonic distance sensor datasheet, schematic and program code sample:
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Build your own line follower / line tracker robot…!
Microcontroller : Atmel ATMega8535
Sensor: 6 photodioda sensor
Motor driver : L298 dual driver (up to 1A of electric current)
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Here the tutorial how to make hexapod robot using 3 servo motors:
Download Hexapod Robot Tutorial:
hexapod.pdf
Download The video:
hexapod video.wmv
Download robotics servo tutorial for student guide from parallax:
Download here:
robotics_servo.pdf
PIC18CXXX/PIC16CXXX DC Servomotor Application Note:
Download the tutorial:
DC servomotor application of PIC.pdf
Another tutorial how to get start with the AVR microcontroller:
Just download the file here:
getting_started_with_the_AVR.pdf
