08 Robytes
by Jeff Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
10 GeerHead
by David Geer
Robonaut 2: The First Robot on the
International Space Station
14 Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Problems Solved Here
62 The NXT Big Thing #9
by Greg Intermaggio
HiTech Fetch!
70 Twin Tweaks
by Bryce and Evan Woolley
Mars Needs Motherships:
Meet the MINDS-i Lunar Rover
76 Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
The Next Step in Robotics
Features
26 BUILD REPORT:
Kobalos — Antweight
Wedge/Rammer
27 PARTS IS PARTS:
Holmes Hobby
TorqueMaster BR-XL
Speed Controller
Events
28 Completed Events
29 EVENT REPORT:
2011 BotsIQ Rocks the
Miracle Marketplace
31 EVENT REPORT:
Motorama 2011
36 A Single Axis Robotic Arm
With End Effector
by Paul Verhage
Arm your robot with this Space Shuttle
inspired version that uses a snare for
picking up objects.
42 A UART/SPI Monitor
for Your Micro
by Mark Mitchell
Need to see what’s going on inside your
controller or what it is saying to its peripherals?
This SPI/UART snooper might be just the ticket.
It is done in surface-mount on a universal
SMT prototyping board, just for fun.
48 Making Robots With
the Arduino — Part 7
by Gordon McComb
Putting It All Together.
55 Build Your Own Big Walker
by Daniel Albert
Part 4. This final article will focus on the
algorithm used to create a simple walk.
58 CPLDs — Part 3: Simulating
a Digital Design
by David Ward
This installment shows you how to simulate