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Features

GoPHR — An Inexpensive Prototype Platform for General- Purpose Household Robotics, by Alan Federman
The idea behind this homebrew build is to develop an open source hardware platform capable of performing useful household tasks, plus be expandable.

Rate the eM8, by Fred Eady
Microcontrollers aren’t always the most clever electronic components in a robotic design. In the case of the eM8, the abundance of basic circuitry consisting of some common CMOS latches, decoders, and multiplexers complete the design.

Making Robots With the Arduino — Part 1, by Gordon McComb
It just makes sense to look at ways to leverage the popular Arduino development board for use in robotics, and that’s exactly what we’ll be doing. We’ll start with some basics and introduce ArdBot — the robot base we’ll be working with.

Projects

The NXT Big Thing #4, by Greg Intermaggio
A feast for the sensors! This time, learn how to use two light sensors to accurately follow a line in any direction.

HoverBot: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Loose Wheel!, by L. Paul Verhage
This time, we wrap up our HoverBot project with an explanation of the drive electronics.

Columns

Robytes by Jeff Eckert
Robytes
Stimulating Robot Tidbits

GeerHead by David Geer
University of Akron Competition Robot Roundup
Events such as RoboGames attract bright minds and hungry competitors from across the country.The University of Akron’s student roboticists were well prepared with well-designed, efficient, and intelligent mobile robots.

Ask Mr. Roboto by Dennis Clark
Ask Mr. Roboto
Your Problems Solved Here

Twin Tweaks by Bryce Woolley Evan Woolley
So You Think You Can Dance?
his month, we have the pleasure of presenting the KT-X Bipedal Humanoid Robot from KumoTek. KumoTek is a Texas-based robotics company with products ranging from building inspection robots to hobbyist kits.

Then and Now by Tom Carroll
Robot Cars
The idea of robot cars has been around for many decades and, in fact, “automatic mobility” vehicles were envisioned from the very first automobile, though total autonomy as we know it today was not possible at the time. There have been many unique robotic developments that have been employed in various personal transportation devices. Science fiction movies and TV productions have long used robot cars in their sets, and most depictions are a bit off in their technology.

Combat Zone

PARTS IS PARTS: TAIG Tools Desktop CNC Mills
in Combat Zone: Features
On the ever interesting Robot Fighting League forum, I ran across this spontaneous product review. It meets my criteria for this column, which is “builder tested.” I am a firm believer that all product reviews should be after they’ve been “in the box."

MANUFACTURING: RioBotz Combot Tutorial Summarized – Tooth Design
in Combat Zone: Features
Original Text by Professor Marco Antonio Meggiolaro; Summarized by Kevin M. Berry

EVENT REPORT: Clash of the Bots — Schiele Museum 2010
in Combat Zone: Events
Walk in the front door of the Schiele Museum (http://www.schielemuseum.org) in Gastonia, NC and the first thing you see is a full size replica of the skeleton of a T-Rex!