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Subject: [Robotgroup] Spontaneous knotting of an agitated
string Date: Mar 1, 2009 12:31 AM There's a performance art piece in here somewhere...
http://physics.ucsd.edu/~des/DSmithKnotting.pdf
Subject: [Robotgroup] Pole Dancing Robots
Date: Mar 1, 2009 12:22 AM
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/02/28/uk.kinet
ica.art.fair.cnn
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Robert Full: How engineers learn
from evolution Date: Feb 28, 2009 11:18 PM http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_full_on_engineer
ing_and_evolution.html
Subject: [Robotgroup] Steampunk Lincoln Date: Feb 28, 2009 11:15 AM http://studiocreations.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-Abe-Li
ncoln-Costume-97579453
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Subject: [Robotgroup] A Mini Machine-gun - applications
for shooting marshmallows? Date: Feb 27, 2009 4:37 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9frAev5_lk&feature=related
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Decimal - Fractional - Metric
Conversion Chart Date: Feb 27, 2009 4:28 PM Needed this today so I thought I'd pass it along...
http://www.penn-union.com/ref%20material/Millimeter%20Deci
mal%20Fraction%20Conversion%20Chart.pdf
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Commentary: Winding tubing by person
v automation Date: Feb 27, 2009 11:04 AM A comment Vern made last night about automation v
productivity rang a bell and I thought I'd pass this along...
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/take-that-robo
ts
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Registration for 16th Annual Robot
Competition is Underway Date: Feb 26, 2009 2:52 PM http://www.circuitcellar.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=36
7&z=1
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Orbitwheel: Hubless Wheels for Your
Feet Date: Feb 26, 2009 10:52 AM http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/orbitwheel-hubl.html
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Military Gears Up for Bomb-Bot 2.0
Date: Feb 26, 2009 10:16 AM
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/02/new-bomb-dispos.html
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Subject: [Robotgroup] The puzzling discovery of a motor
made from liquid film Date: Feb 26, 2009 10:00 AM http://arxivblog.com/?p=401
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To: The Robot Group Mailing List
<robotgroup@puremagic.com> Subject: [Robotgroup] Researchers show small robots can
prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost Date: Feb 25, 2009 4:37 PM http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/02/25/researchers.sh
ow.small.robots.can.prepare.lunar.surface.nasa.outpost
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Subject: [Robotgroup] 3 Legged Robot Motion Test
Date: Feb 25, 2009 3:22 PM
I've got a perverted interest in odd leg count robots...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPVWJ7rXVyE
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Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] 3 Legged Robot Motion Test
Date: Feb 26, 2009 4:55 PM
I find this to be a rather surprising solution...
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/strider_robot_with_tri
pedal_gait.php
"Eric 2.o Ulteig" <TheRobotGroup@phedwell.com> wrote:
> I too have been thinking about three legged locomotion
and, more > specifically, how a sentry robot might move. In the game
Portal you > never see the Turrets walk. > Parody==> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ6BEPIP22c > It would probably involve shifting weight to generate a
rocking motion > and then moving the placement of one leg at a time as it
is lifted off > the ground. But how would the cadence procede? What
would the stride > look like? Would the bot end up spinning when it moves?
I would think a > series of pneumatic actuators would be ideal for such a
robot. > > jameschoate@austin.rr.com wrote: > > I've got a perverted interest in odd leg count
robots... > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPVWJ7rXVyE > >
Subject: [Robotgroup] Deaf, Dumb, and Chatting Robots,
Enabling Distributed Computation and Fault-Tolerance Among
Stigmergic Robot Date: Feb 25, 2009 1:57 PM http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3549
We investigate ways for the exchange of information (explicit communication) among deaf and dumb mobile robots scattered in the plane. We introduce the use of movement-signals (analogously to flight signals and bees waggle) as a mean to transfer messages, enabling the use of distributed algorithms among the robots.
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Subject: [Robotgroup] News: Effects shop fulfills
amputee's mermaid dream Date: Feb 25, 2009 1:38 PM
From this link:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10171471-1.html?part=r
ss&tag=feed&subj=Crave
Comes this very cool story (with an amazing picture!) :)
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February 24, 2009 5:58 PM PST Effects shop fulfills amputee's mermaid dream by Matt Hickey
Nadya Vessey's prosthetic tail is mostly constructed from wetsuit fabric and plastic molds, and covered in a digitally printed sock. Good: double amputee gets prosthetic legs so she can walk. Better: double amputee gets realistic-looking mermaid tail so she can swim. Awesome: it's developed and built by Weta, the special-effects company that did all the work for the "Lord of the Rings" movies, as well as "King Kong" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" series.Nadya Vessey's legs were amputated below the knee when she was a child due to illness. At one point, reports Stuff, a child asked her what happened to her legs and she told him she was a mermaid. The idea stuck with her, so she wrote to Weta Workshop in Wellington, New Zealand, two years ago asking for a mermaid tail. To her surprise, they said they'd do it. Now she has a fully functional mermaid tail with an attached suit, making her look practically just like a real mermaid (if, you know, mermaids were real). She can swim well and says the prosthesis feels quite comfortable. We're not sure if anything like this could go into mass production for amputees, but we wouldn't be surprised if 10 years from now there are mermaids swimming about in your local pool.
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Had to share. ;)
Vern
Subject: [Robotgroup] Robot Theme Park to Break Ground
Date: Feb 25, 2009 8:46 AM
http://www.industrialcontroldesignline.com/showArticle.jht
ml?articleID=214502795&cid=NL_icdl
Coming in 2013, a robot theme park called Robot Land is being
designed to entertain and educate human visitors, as well as provide a
boost to the local robotics industry. Its location? South Korea. And its
developer? Not Disney, but the South Korean government and private
industry.South Korea, which considers robotics to be one of its key growth
industries, plans to spend $1.06 billion to build two industrial theme
parks - the first in Incheon, a port city west of Seoul, and the other in
Masan, a southern industrial city. The parks will include exhibition halls,
education and corporate facilities, and R&D centers, as well as
amusement rides and stadiums for various robot competitions.
Construction of the first park is expected to begin later
this year, and may be partially open to the public as early as 2012.
Ultimately, South Korea expects that the parks could help provide a
significant boost to the economy and create as many as 18,000 jobs.
Subject: [Robotgroup] Warehouse Robots
Date: Feb 24, 2009 9:34 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsMdN7HMuA
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Subject: [Robotgroup] HexBug Crab Micro Robotic Toy
Creatures Date: Feb 23, 2009 11:00 AM http://leiron.be/reviews/hexbug-3.html
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Computer Vision Primer
Date: Feb 21, 2009 8:23 PM
http://inperc.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Evolution(ary happenstance) in
action - Wasps get poison from virus Date: Feb 21, 2009 3:53 PM This as follow up to the discussion we were having at the end of the last meet about evolution...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16597-ancient-virus-
gave-wasps-power-over-caterpillar-dna.html
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Making a USB Motion Detector
Date: Feb 21, 2009 10:45 AM
http://www.humorearth.com/videos/view/id/90/Make-a-USB-Mot
ion-Detector
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Stair Climbing Robot
Date: Feb 20, 2009 8:21 PM
Got this through the HomeBrew Robotics Club mailing list
(Silicon Valley); thought you guys might enjoy it.
iLean Robot Climbs Stairs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbMQzLjo2Y
And here's some technical info:
iLean http://renaissance.ucsd.edu/CoordinatedRoboticsLab/iLean.h
tml
Enjoy, Camp
Subject: [Robotgroup] Child-like robots only a few years
away Date: Feb 20, 2009 1:20 PM http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/child-like-rob
ots-only-a-few-years-away-534423
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Electric Botanist
Date: Feb 19, 2009 1:38 AM
Please vote for my project the Electric Botanist so I have
a better chance at winning the Dell Social Innovation
Competition. Also, I would greatly appreciate suggestions
on how or where I could get funding to work on this
project. Third, anyone know of a job opening in Austin
for PCB, firmware, robotics, or programming related?
Below is a summary of the Electric Botanist. Please vote
('promote') it, its easy and fast, make a user name and
password. Check out and vote for some other entries too,
theres some good ideas. http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com/apex/ideaVi
ew?id=087800000005GJUAA2
Best regards, Josh Jordan
Summary of Electric Botanist: Robotic platform that strives to be physically simple, capable of running complex software. The system is four or three winches that control the position of a grabber. A camera is the primary sensor.
Software for this robotic platform will use image processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and image recognition techniques to perform care for plants. The following are some of the tasks possible on this platform:
Pruning damaged or moldy leaves
Show progress with time lapse by using the camera to record a picture of each plant every day.
Harvesting specific food items as they become ripe instead of all at once
Watering specific plants more or less than others
Removing weeds and pests mechanically
Early detection of any trouble
Allowing plants to thrive in ways that are not possible with traditional tools and methods
Deciding the most viable species for a specific environment
This device is also intended to be used for research. It can beprogrammed to carry out experiments and record data inherently without bias. It can automatically select plants with the best attributes to naturally improve genetics. Mechanical simplicity is the key component to this project. The goal is that anyone able to buy or build this physically simple platform would have free access to open source versions of complex software required to run it. If the price of this device can be kept below $500, anyone who can afford the PC to run the software can afford the device.
Subject: More cool robo art I've found today :) Date: Feb 18, 2009 4:51 PM Thought I'd share. Gawd this guy has some great stuff! :)
Vern
Subject: Cool robot sculptures!
Date: Feb 18, 2009 1:57 PM
http://www.mrivamonte.com/forsale.html
Wow.
Subject: [Robotgroup] Networking, sponsors, etc. Date: Feb 18, 2009 12:36 PM I ran across Matt Genovese and his tech site door64.com
today and it looks like something TRG might want to be aware of. To
quote,
"I want to help existing niche groups grow, and foster the
creation of new ones."
Apparently he's acting as a meeting ground holding socials
and such helping make connections.
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Subject: [Robotgroup] CNC Magic Screen Machine
Date: Feb 16, 2009 4:14 PM
At the last meeting where N. and I showed the MSM we
alluded to having the next version be driveable by the EMC2 CNC software
suite. Well it is here.
Unfortunately we will not be able to make the next
meeting. So instead here is a link to the project page for the machine. http://www.unfocusedbrain.com/projects/2009/cncmagicscreen
machine/
We will be in Dallas at the Museum of Nature & Science for
Engineer’s Week. We will be there representin' and showing off
Nyssa's Micro-RC Jousters. http://www.natureandscience.org/kids/family_festivals.asp#
eweek
James D.
Subject: [Robotgroup] kinetic paper robot kits
Date: Feb 15, 2009 10:10 PM
Kits for these kinetic paper robots:
http://clockworkrobot.com/horse/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq7j1m3fjtY
-- "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the
weak or the timid." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, First
Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1953
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Subject: [Robotgroup] The Law of the Weakest –Not only the
fittest will prevail Date: Feb 15, 2009 1:45 PM This may be of some import with regard to writing fitness evaluators in GA applications.
http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/news/research/frey.html
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Subject: [Robotgroup] High Voltage Discharge Artwork
Date: Feb 14, 2009 4:52 PM
http://aliaest.blogspot.com/2009/02/22-million-volt-miniat
ure-lightning.html
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Optimizing Code for Speed
Date: Feb 14, 2009 12:00 PM
http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/optimizing-
code-for-speed/
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Subject: [Robotgroup] Python Interfacing a USB Missile
Launcher Date: Feb 14, 2009 11:20 AM http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/12/python-interfacing-a-usb-missile-launcher
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