Shown below is something I have been working on. Basically you start the program and create a path for the Scribbler to follow by covering the light sensors. Covering the middle one makes the Scribbler move forward, covering the left and right holes makes it turn 90 degrees in the respective direction. Once you put the Scribbler down, it automatically… Read more →
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Pleo Tool Kit – Understanding Pleo’s Hardware
Here are the sensor outlines and information for the Pleo. Touch Sensors Motors and Joints Sound and Speaker Sensors Camera Infrared Sensors Miscelaneous Read more →
Eric: Robot Videos
Found these while researching sources of papers. They are very cool. These are out of the GRASP lab at UPenn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRTALJp8DM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIMGV5vtd4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cseTX_rW3uM This one was on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19169023 Read more →
Meeting Minutes 8-8-12
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Pleo Sensor Documentation
Hey Group, I’ve been working on this Pleo sensor spreadsheet. I have most of the sensors done, but a few more to play around with and take notes on. I have categorized the chart by the sensor number, trigger value, threshold, and notes which include which type of a sensor it is. This is simply a rough draft as I… Read more →
Robotics Update
Hi folks. I read about this new WiFi extending robot. Thought I let you guys know about it. Even though it does not lie in the realm of human robot interaction, It is still robotics and pretty cool (since it can climb stairs)! I think Professor Tejada would find it specially interesting as it has a direct application in the… Read more →
wiki.roboteducation.org not accessible!
Hey is anyone able to access the wiki website of ipre? neither wiki.roboteducation.org nor calicoproject.org is loading on my network. Maybe they took it down for maintenance. If somebody is able to access it then it would be great if they could send me the link to the user group. Thanks. Mirza Read more →
More Pleo Observations
Over the weekend I had a group of friends at my house. They were mainly college aged students, 2 girls, and 6 boys. A few of the boys were also engineering students so they understood the concept of robotics, but didn’t immediately associate a toy-looking dinosaur as a robot. Everyone’s initial reaction was that they were intrigued, mainly because they’d… Read more →
Eric: pleo sensor PAWN program
In his normal state, pleo will not output who is michelle trachtenberg dating any sensor data to the terminal. You need this program. Instructions: Put this program on a blank SD card. Put the card into pleo and turn him on. He should sit there and jewish singles adventures not move. east texas singles Now, when you activate a sensor… Read more →
Article – Dextrous Robotic Hand Gets Thumbs Up
I found this article over the weekend and really enjoyed it. It is about new robotic hand developed at the University of Bologna. I don’t know if anyone else is interested but I thought I’d share the link. http://news.yahoo.com/dextrous-robotic-hand-gets-thumbs-144114453.html Read more →