Roboticists to ride wave of power, chip and sensor improvements
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| The Boston area has become a leading robotics hub, with a larger cluster of
| related companies than any other area in the U.S., according to a group of
| panelists assembled for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise
| Forum on Robotics Wednesday night.
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| [...]
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| Some robotics companies, like Vecna, are beginning to follow the software
| company model and sell services as well as products. Vecna , for example,
| customizes and implements the open-source JAUS robotic platform to fit the
| specific needs of customers.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9795853-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
Linux is dominant in robotics as well, not just open source for its own merits.
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A review of robotics software platforms
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| Today's nascent robotics market has engendered about 10 general purpose
| software development frameworks, including nine that support Linux. This
| article surveys seven of them, before wrapping up with an analysis of market
| trends likely to shape the robotics software landscape of tomorrow.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5739475111.html
First Public Release of CLARAty Software
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| With this release, a total of 44 CLARAty modules (~100K lines of code) are
| now available under the JPL Open Source License. This release is intended to
| share with the robotics community some of the core robotic modules which were
| jointly developed with NASA Ames Research Center, Carnegie Mellon, and
| University of Minnesota. This first release represents about 10% of all
| CLARAty modules and 30% of the generic modules planned for future release.
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http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsStory.cfm?NewsID=69
We, Robots: Open Source Robotics
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| Now Orocos is nothing like, say, the Linux kernel, which after
| some configuration and adding a number of tools, runs on pretty
| much any 32-bit and quite a few 64-bit architectures once would
| care to think of. Indeed, Orocos is likely to use the Linux kernel
| itself via a real-time interface to talk to hardware.
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http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/183
New robot dog runs Linux, thrives on orders
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| The matt-black Bj is a Linux-powered platform intended for investigating
| robotics and artificial intelligence. As such, it's really a research device,
| although iXs does offer it for sale.
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http://www.tech.co.uk/gadgets/future-tech/news/new-robot-dog-runs-linux-thrives-on-orders?articleid=1334414696
Build Your Own Internet-Controlled Robots
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| Linux-based hardware developed at Carnegie Mellon University allows
| for Internet-controlled bots made from off-the-shelf parts.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131237-c,futuretechnology/article.html
Whir do you want to go today?
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| San Francisco-based startup HeadThere has apparently dreamt up a
| bizarre robotic contraption called a Giraffe, which looks a lot
| like a motorised hat-stand. At the base, a PC motherboard running
| Ubuntu Linux, batteries, motors and wheels lurk, to allow the
| thing to drive around under its own steam and, presumably,
| work out where it's going.
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http://itsneak.itweek.co.uk/2007/03/whir_do_you_wan.html
NASA Expands Order for Innova Robotics & Automation's Universal Robot
Controller to Enhance Ground Testing
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| In addition, Innova will provide an external clock synchronization
| signal to NASA's Linux-based host PC that will function as the
| "heart beat" that triggers the initiation of commands to the robotic arm.
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=219764
Linux humanoid robot on French TV
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| A Linux-powered humanoid robot has been interviewed on 8-Fi, a
| French television magazine devoted to new technology.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9128800823.html
WowWee introduces RS Media, a do everything robot
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| It runs on Linux, and has a camera on its chest, which we were
| having fun playing around with at CES Unveiled in Vegas. Thankfully,
| it also comes with a remote control so you can move it around without
| being a Java programmer. The RS Media also has a media player, hence
| the name, that supports MP3 (audio) and MPEG 4 (video) playback
| via its integrated sound system. The orange robot can also display
| virtually anything from your PC via its LCD display.
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http://www.gadgetell.com/2007/01/wowwee-introduces-rs-media-a-do-everything-robot/
New Battlefield Robots "Listen" for Enemy Fire Use Linux
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| Inside its belly are a wide array of sensors and a GPS locator
| which are controlled using a version of the Linux operating system.
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http://thetek.net/content/view/39/37/
Build Your Own Robot
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| IBM has embraced it, Microsoft is threatened by it, and some companies,
| including RedHat and Novell, have made it their primary focus. It's
| the open-source movement, and now another company, Motley Fool Rule
| Breakers recommendation iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT), is seeking to apply
| the main principle of open source -- allowing users to view and modify
| one's software code -- to its own business.
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http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06120407.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
http://tinyurl.com/ya2plt
Linux Robots Rule at Wired NextFest
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| What types of business models are the start-ups pursuing?
| Beyond its hybrid operating environment, Hanson Robotics
| also wants to retain a hybrid mix of open source and
| proprietary technology, according to the company's president.
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| As David Hanson sees things, the ideal ratio is 70 percent
| open source, versus 30 percent proprietary.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6321/1/
Mark Tilden's RS Media exclusively available at Debenhams
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| RS media combines Robosapien V2's features with some multimedia
| functionality - a full colour LCD screen, a USB connector and MP3 and
| MP4 playback. RS Media can display and store data easily from your PC or
| play a song through the speakers in his hands. Using the Personality
| editor, you can edit all his movements, sound files and video files.
| You can even assign voice files or choreograph a routine to a favourite
| dance track.
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http://www.techdigest.tv/2006/09/mark_tildens_rs.html
Linux robots swarm onto lab floor
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| The Khepera III, which runs Linux on an optional ARM-powered
| add-in card, adds floor-roving capabilities, the better to
| support experiments in swarm behavior, K-Team says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7802828105.html
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