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How a High School Robotics Team Achieved Success Thanks to Perpetuum Software

One of the very cool aspects of the Kit of Parts, which all teams have to use, is the Operator Interface OI and the Robot Controller RC, which are connected via two-way wireless modems. The RC sends a data 26 byte packet 40 times a second back to the OI....

Tags: Robotics, Perpetuum Software, Operator Interface, Robot Controller, Robots, Team Management, Emerging Technologies, Management

White papers 2009-01-01

Robot Controller 1.7b4 (Mac)

This is Robot Controller, an application for controlling and testing Lego Mindstorms robots using the RCX with firmware version 2. It is the ideal companion to Dave Baum's NQC. Robot Controller allows you to: Download firmware to the RCX Control the three motor outputs Set up the three sensor...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Firmware, Barney Hilken, Robot Controller, Robots, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2004-05-03

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Robotic ferret to detect hidden drugs and weapons

The monumental task of inspecting containers that come in to and out of seaports and airports may get a bit easier with a new type of robot being developed to detect drugs, weapons, explosives and illegal immigrants concealed in cargo containers. [caption id="attachment_1589" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Credit: Hammer411...

Tags: Container, Substance, Scanners, Robots, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Telecommunications, Networking, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Robot Wars 3D 1.0 (Mobile)

Challenge a friend to this two-player robotic battle that runs on a Single iPhone/iTouch device. No WiFi, 3G, or secondary device required, so you can take your battle with a friend anywhere. Use the left-analog controller to move your robot in all 8 directions. Move forward, backward, strafe left, strafe-right,...

Tags: 3D, Mobile, Friend, Cubelis Solutions, Robots, 3G, Emerging Technologies, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-04-15

Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle 2.0

10:59 a.m.: That's it! The official press release is out. 10:51 a.m. If you're a Kindle 1 owner and order in the next 24 hours you are moved to the front of the line. Translation: Amazon will still have a line and hasn't figured out its manufacturing...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Novella, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Sales Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Neutrinox Robot Controller 2.2 (Windows)

Neutrinox Robot Controller allows you to control RS232 enabled microchips such as the PIC MCU and the Basic Stamp through your computers serial port. Neutrinox Robot Controller has a lot of configurable options, and we offer custom copy service should you not find the feature/s you�re looking for. Just...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Serial Port, Neutrinox Softwares, Neutrinox Robot Controller

Software downloads 2008-11-10

PBrickLib 1.0 (Mobile)

The PBrick library provides a API for bidirectional IR communication between the palm computing platform and the lego mindstorms RCX controller. Possible applications for this library range from simple emulation of the lego remote control to lego robots extended with an on-board palm device using the RCX as an intelligent...

Tags: Mobile, IrDA, Till Harbaum, PBrick Library, Palm OS, Robots, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2008-08-11

Neutrinox Robot Controller 2.1 (Windows)

Neutrinox Robot Controller allows you to control RS232 enabled microchips such as the PIC MCU and the Basic Stamp through your computers serial port. Custom copy service is available with the software. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Serial Port, Neutrinox Softwares, Neutrinox Robot Controller

Software downloads 2008-01-09

What geeky tech treats are on your holiday wish list?

What geeky tech treats are on your holiday wish list?Here's my listBuh-bum.. buh-bum...Santa baby, just slip a Table* under the tree, for meBeen an awful good geekSanta baby so hurry down the chimney tonightSanta baby, a quad core's all I want from you, or two I'll wait up for you...

Tags: Santa Baby, chimney, tech treat, geeky tech treat

Discussion threads 2007-12-16

Review of Data Robotics' Drobo 'storage robot'

Last week I gave a fairly harsh review of the Drobo "storage robot" product based on some initial investigation I did.  I concluded that while it's possible to do some level of hard drive mixing, it really wasn't worth it since you didn't get meaningful capacity out of it.  I...

Tags: Desktop, Hardware, Networking, Servers, Storage

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Is the Drobo 'storage robot' fact or myth?

Is the Drobo 'storage robot' fact or myth?Thanks, George!I've seen the "magic" ads myself and I wondered greatly how or if they did that. Looks like it's somwhat smoke and mirrors, but it still seems the ease and flexibility are good. One correction, though, is that when last...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Cyberthreats, RAID, robot, Drobo, ZFS, software, storage

Discussion threads 2007-05-25

Worst PC of all time - Which one gets your vote?

Worst PC of all time - Which one gets your vote?Gateway E-3400We bought dozens of these pigs at work about 5-6 years ago, and are just getting rid of the last few.* They had a motherboard/daughterboard design, and the motherboard would have to be reseated into the daughterboard on several...

Tags: Desktops, PC, Gateway Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

BomBots will save many lives

The first 200 BomBots will be shipped next week to Iraq before being joined by 2,300 other ones over the next 10 months. According to the Charleston Gazette, their mission will be to save lives of soldiers by destroying improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, which already can be blamed for...

Tags: robot, WVHTC

Blog posts 2006-04-21

Plant cells for robot control

Controlling robots in complex environments is not an easy task, but it would greatly increase their usages. Yet living organisms are facing complexity and successfully dealing with it. So why not apply lessons from nature to robotics? This is what did researchers from Japan and U.K. who built an interface...

Tags: robot

Blog posts 2006-02-09

What You Need to Know About Botnets!

A bot, short for robot, is an automated software program that can execute certain commands. A botnet, short for robot network, is an aggregation of computers compromised by bots that are connected to a central "controller." These botnet controllers are often controlled from chat rooms. Botnet controllers can be linked...

Tags: Controller, Bot, Botnets, Robots, Emerging Technologies

White papers 2004-11-01

Robot Design Manual 2.0 (Windows)

Describes how to design and build the Workman Mobile Robot. This remotely controlled platform features 4-piece platform shell, 8" drive wheels, and two high-torque worm-gear motors. Illustrates how to assemble the 'bot using easy to find parts. 28 pages of information regarding platform construction, motor installation, radio transmitter/receiver, and electronic...

Tags: Platform, Kadtronix, Robots, Microsoft Windows, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2002-08-14