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  • Let’s Build Robots: Feedback System
    Article - 5 Nov 2013
    A feedback system is a device used within a robotic system for measuring a specific variable. There are mainly two types of feedback: positive feedback and negative feedback.
  • Let’s Build Robots - Connecting the Parts
    Article - 31 Oct 2013
    Once the basic components required for making a robot are selected, a structure or framework has to be designed by combining all the parts together to achieve a definite shape.
  • Let’s Build Robots: Gathering the Right Parts
    Article - 31 Oct 2013
    A robot is an electro-mechanical device controlled by an electronic circuit or a software tool. It can replace humans in performing tasks in dangerous and extreme environments.
  • Boston Dynamics' Latest Balancing Act with Atlas
    Article - 7 Oct 2013
    Boston Dynamics, a research and development robotics company sponsored by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have recently announced the latest advancement with Atlas, a high...
  • Autonomous Robot Goes Fishing for Toxic Algae
    Article - 28 Aug 2013
    Researchers at Stanford University have run a successful test on a robotic sensor designed to identify toxic algae and bacteria that contaminates seafood.
  • Robots Fit for Military Search Missions
    Article - 16 Aug 2013
    A DARPA-funded consortium at the University of Pennsylvania is now working on a robotic structure that can jump and climb, making this robot a particularly good fit for military search missions.
  • Intermediate Robotics - Navigation: Compass
    Article - 24 Jul 2013
    A compass is a navigational device capable of showing directions of reference which is relative to the earth’s surface. It can be a valuable sensor used in robots for navigation in an outdoor...
  • Intermediate Robotics - Shaft Encoder
    Article - 23 Jul 2013
    An encoder is a sensor that is fixed to a rotating object such as wheel or motor to measure the rotation of the object. This measurement can help robots to determine the angle of a rotating sensor,...
  • Intermediate Robotics - Digital Sensors for Robotic Applications
    Article - 22 Jul 2013
    Sensors play an important role in enabling the robot to communicate with its external environment or control its own system.
  • Intermediate Robotics - Binary Sensors
    Article - 22 Jul 2013
    Binary sensors are based on the principle touch & no-touch values across the array providing a measure of the spatial distribution of force.

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