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03.2010
VOL. 8 NO. 3
PAG E 70
Columns
Robytes
by Jeff Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
10
GeerHead
by David Geer
The Ultimate Buzz Lightyear
Programmable Robot
13
Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Problems Solved Here
70
Twin Tweaks
by Bryce and Evan Woolley
Pavlov’s Bots
The Combat Zone...
76
Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
A Closer Look at Personal
Service Robots
Features
26
BUILD REPORT:
Hot Stuf f Heats Up ComBots Cup!
63
An Introduction
to Robotics
This Month: Microcontrollers
by Brennon Williams
This new series of articles is aimed at the
beginner — especially the teenager crowd —
to help them better understand the
fundamentals of robotics and engineering.
This month, a few microcontrollers good
for robotics are discussed.
29
MANUFACTURING:
Pattern Routing of Plastic Parts
31
PARTS IS PARTS:
Lipo Puf fometer
34
ZOIDBERG: Thinking
Outside the Box
Departments
Events
31
06
Mind/Iron
67
SERVO Webstore
Results/Upcoming Events
18
Events Calendar
82
Robo-Links
20
82
New Products
Advertiser’s
Index
32
EVENT REPORT:
The ComBots Cup 2009
22
Bots in Brief
41
Showcase
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In This Issue ...
PAGE 58
36 From Brazil to
San Francisco —
Our Incredible
RoboGames
Experience
by Marco Meggiolaro
Brazilian combat robotics
have never been the same for
Team RioBotz, after they
became acquainted with
RoboGames in 2005.
42 Explore the New
ZeroG Technology
to Go RoboWireless
by Fred Eady
Now your grazing piece of
iron can let you know if its
battery voltage is low or
you can use it as a roving
interactive Web server.
48 Using a
VEX Controller
for Electronic
Experiments
by Daniel Ramirez
In this series of articles,
you will per form simple
experiments initially, then
build up to more elaborate
VEX projects.
54 GPS Navigation —
Part 1
by Chris Savage
Give your bot some good
directions so it can travel
great distances with very
little extra hardware.
58 Get Ready for
RoboGames 2010!
by Evan Ackerman
Get inspired from 2009’s
event coverage.
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