Archive for November 28th, 2008

Friday, November 28th, 2008

MAC-BOT Prototype Unveiled

 
So I am happy to show some pictures of the MAC-BOT concept and prototype.  The MAC-BOT is based on the PC-BOT 914 robot with a Mac Mini computer running OSX. 
The MAC-BOT concept is a joint venture between White Box Robotics Inc and Cogmation Robotics Inc.

The prototype is in the early stages of development and the [...]

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Friday, November 28th, 2008

Simple PC-BOT IR Avoidance demo Video

(Click on Picture to launch video)
 
After writing the PC-BOT driver I thought I should do something interesting now that it is integrated in robotFoundry. I quickly developed an IR avoidance routine and let our PC-BOT loose in the office. Eventually these routines will be part of the stock robotFoundry behaviours. 
If you look closely in the video [...]

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