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Random Robot Roundup
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| While not exactly an embedded processor, the
| little box can run GNU/Linux and is powered
| by 12V, making it handy for certain types of
| robots.
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http://robots.net/article/3016.html
RobuBOX-Kompai Now Open to Outside Development
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| Robosoft out of Bidart, France is releasing
| the open source software version for its
| RobuBOX-Kompaà at-home assistance robot. The
| mobile platform includes navigation and
| communication capabilities and is now open
| to tinkering around by developers trying to
| extend the potential tasks the robot can
| perform.
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http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2010/05/robuboxkompai_now_open_to_outside_development.html
Getting robots to do the laundry and the dishes
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| Willow Garage will offer 11 research teams free
| use of its PR2 robots for two years. The
| robots, built with an open-source software
| platform, can be programmed to do many tasks.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20004050-52.html
Recent:
Pint-sized robot takes giant strides
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| "We have already built around 20 of them,"
| Professor Caldwell said. "So there are 20
| projects connected with iCub currently
| under way, each of them with around five
| people. People are starting to do useful
| things with the robots and everyone has a
| different interest in what they want the
| robot to do. Because itâs all open source,
| and we exchange our programs, the number of
| lines of code is rising extremely quickly.
| And the code is always made available for
| download.
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7054147.ece
Android Phone Grows Up, Becomes Brain for Real Robot
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| The bot they recently finished building â
| Truckbot â is still relatively simple. Itâs
| got an HTC G1 phone for a brain, riding on
| top of a chassis with some wheels and
| treads. All it can do is roll around on a
| tabletop, turn and head off in a specified
| direction. When I visit the workshop where
| theyâre building it, Heath and Hickman show
| how it can use the phoneâs compass to make
| itself point to the south. But the duo have
| much more ambitious plans in mind.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/android-robot/
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