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World's smallest humanoid robot can run Linux
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| U.K.-based Mobisense is shipping a Linux-ready, robot-targeted "MBS270-520"
| single-board computer (SBC) that can control small robots such as Tomy's
| i-Sobot. The 6.5-inch-tall i-Sobot has been dubbed "the smallest humanoid
| robot in production" by Guinness World Records, says Tomy.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7591575275.html?kc=rss
Robotics: another Linux turf (links below).
Can Apple and Microsoft strike back? Microsoft is busy fighting debt and
sagging sales, no?
Recent:
"Storage robot" gains community-built apps
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| Data Robotics has announced a new "Linux Dashboard" and other
| community-developed "DroboApps" for its Linux-based DroboShare
| network-storage device. The company is also shipping a more powerful,
| Firewire-equipped version of the SOHO-targeted Drobo "storage robot," which
| is network-enabled by the DroboShare companion.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4902782262.html?kc=rss
The Robot: Hardware List, Wheel Plan, More Ideas, Steps to launch
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| These rough steps sound pretty accurate. Milestones in bold.
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| 1. Research relevant further reading areas
| 2. Order hardware
| 3. Install Linux on main board
| 4. Install Linux kmods for relevant hardware and make sure all works
| 5. Fine tune Linux install
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http://www.adamsinfo.com/the-robot-hardware-list-wheel-plan-more-ideas/
Robotics tools add Linux support
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| Energid Technologies Corp. announced an upgrade to its robotics software
| platform that adds fast validation features and Linux support.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5831985554.html?kc=rss
Laser-guided French robots run Linux
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| A French robotics start-up called Wany Robotics has announced two mobile,
| mini-ITX-based sensor robots that run Linux. Aimed at educational and R&D
| applications, the PeKeeII robots are based on Via C3 or Intel Core 2 Duo
| processors, and offer sensor telemetry, ultrasound, and laser detection.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7379620260.html
Robot software shootout -- the sequel!
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| Today's nascent robotics market has engendered nearly two dozen
| general-purpose software development frameworks, nearly all of which run on
| Linux.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4496959678.html?kc=rss
Research bots leverage open-source for child-like intelligence
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| For the researchers involved, one crucial characteristic of the new robot is
| that both the hardware and software are open-source and designed for easy
| collaboration. Whether the researchers build better cognitive architectures,
| learning algorithms, sensors or limbs, once their work has been proved on the
| European Commission-funded iCub, it can be shared and used to improve the
| next generation of machines.
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http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208808365
Open-Source Baby
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| The RobotCub project was first launched in 2004 to compete with research
| under way in Japan and the United States. What differentiates iCub from its
| competitors is its modular hardware and software and open-source development.
| The modular design allows researchers not only to modify or add new
| components more easily but also to work separately on various aspects of the
| robot; iCub’s head, for instance, was designed at the Instituto Superior
| Técnico, in Lisbon, while its legs were developed at the University of
| Salford, in the United Kingdom. The robot’s open source–based software is
| available to anyone who wishes to download it.
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http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6318
Do Open Source Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?
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| The effort to develop many versions of iCub includes open source access to
| the hardware design for iCub, free and open source software for imbuing iCub
| with skills, an open source version of iCub's underlying software platform,
| and a wiki with documentation.
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http://ostatic.com/163547-blog/do-open-source-robots-dream-of-electric-sheepss
A New Goal for Open Source
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| With the commitment of the AllemaniACs and others from the Fedora community
| the Fedora Robotics SIG was recently founded. It aims to make Fedora fit to
| run on a variety of robots that run (possibly constrained) compatible
| machines and to use Fedora as a development platform for robots. As always in
| Fedora, this is a community effort and all help is greatly appreciated and
| welcomed.
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http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/05/20/a-new-goal-for-open-source/
Related:
Meet Robot El-E
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| The computer runs Ubuntu GNU/Linux and the engineers have written most of the
| software with Python and occasionally C++. They also make use of a variety of
| open source packages including SciPy, Player/Stage and OpenCV.
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http://www.newsoxy.com/robot-el-e/article10569.htm
Robotics start-up Willow Garage believes open source OS will soon put robots in
our homes
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| The company will release its open source software at the same time.
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http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/03/15/robotics-start-willow-garage-believes-open-source-os-will-soon-put-robots-our-homes
Personal robots coming, study finds
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| The personal robot market will be worth $15 billion annually by 2015,
| according to an ABI report. Most personal robots shipping today use
| proprietary OSes, although Linux is slowly migrating from the commercial to
| the consumer robot market, according to an ABI analyst.
|
| [...]
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| One of the reasons for moving to Linux cited by the contestants was the fact
| that Sony's groundbreaking Aibo, which offered one of the most hackable APIs
| among personal robots, was being discontinued.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5330328149.html
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/
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
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
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