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Build A Vex Wireless Joystick Controller
by Daniel Ramirez
The Vex wireless joystick controller shown in Photo 1 features the capability to send joystick
Target Practice For Robotics Class
by Michael Chan
Turn a dusty, old printer into a fun shooting range and learn some basic electronic principles you
can apply to future robot builds.
I miss the old days as a kid at carnivals. In particular, I always enjoyed knocking over the ducks in the shooting range. To mix things up a bit for the students in my robotics class, I came up with the idea of turning an old matrix printer into a shooting gallery. I felt this would be a great training exercise that would demonstrate basic electronic principles and show that you can turn junk into just about anything.
Perhaps you'll be able to teach your kids (or yourself!) some basic skills to apply on future robot projects!
Building An Android Arm - Part 1
by Mark Miller
Building robotic limbs is the double whammy of engineering problems. You need the design to offer strength to be useful, yet lightweight to be practical. Then there’s the issue of compactness. Fortunately, I have managed to come up with some reasonable options that are both affordable and functional. The arm presented here will have three powered joints, with the capability to add a fourth degree of freedom (DOF) later.
I tend to build larger robots, so I need an arm able to lift at least a pound or two. The arm we’ll be building will be about 19 inches long. You will have the option of adjusting the length, however, to fit your specific design.
CAN Networking Miniature Style
by Fred Eady
Last time, I mentioned that I may be able to get my hot little hands on a happen to have in my possession the ONLY Firgelli L12 miniature linear tricky Firgelli miniature linear and all you need to know about how to miniature linear actuator. Well, you’re in luck. As of this very moment, I just actuator in the world. Before we’re done, you’ll have the low-down on the code it into the electromechanical side of your actuator robotic designs.
GPS - Part 1
by Michael Simpson
M-Bot - Part 2
by Ron Hackett
NEEMO 12
by Doug Porter
Space can be a dangerous place and the Moon and Mars are too far away for a quick 911 call. How will NASA deal with medical emergencies in space? That is one question that Dr. Timothy Broderick, MD, a “surgeon with the University of Cincinnati is trying to answer.
Dr. Broderick is part of a research mission called NEEMO 12. NEEMO stands for NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, which are analog missions. That is, missions that simulate conditions in space or on another planet to prepare for manned space exploration. Dr. Broderick and a crew made up of astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Jose Hernandez, as well as NASA flight surgeon Josef Schmid and crewmembers James Talacek and Dominic Landucci, spent 12 days this May, at the bottom of the sea. Not as astronauts, but as aquanauts.
