Archive for September 8th, 2008
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Simulating a Humanoid Robot Pressure Sensor (foot) Part 1
I have been working on simulating a pressure sensor for humanoid robots. Pressure sensors mounted on both feet of a humanoid can provide a measure of how the weight of the robot is distributed across its entire body. This information is useful for humanoid robot balancing and stable walking algorithms.
There are a couple of different [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Swarm Research using Trackbot and Visual programming
Last Thursday I received two new Trackbots( latest hardware / firmware version) from Systronix with the virtual intelligence adapter (Bluetooth comms). I think these new Trackbots will be able to communicate with each other using their built-in LED beaconing systems.
On Friday we verified that we could indeed get both of the Trackbots to communicate at the same time to one Computer. We verified [...]
