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XM430 Dynamixel Beta-test New Dynamixel motors have been designed by Robotis: the XM430-210R and the XM430-350R. These ones are in the Beta-testing phase, but they seem to be promising! We had the opportunity to test them, and we are revealing to you our first impression here. The XM430 servomotors can be considered as the new[…]
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Many robotics competitions are held around the world. In a robotics competition, teams are required to perform specific tasks with remote-controlled or autonomous robots. The aims of these competitions are many and varied, and include providing forums for enthusiasts, promoting scientific and technical education, marketing a particular make of robot, setting manufacturing challenges, etc. In[…]
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Michel Wendling, teacher in science of engineering at the Tocqueville highschool (, Grasse, France) tried it and agreed to share with us (and you!) his first hand experience with the Poppy robot, a successful trial! WHY POPPY ..? How did you first hear about Poppy? Following the reform of the baccalauréats in engineering sciences and[…]
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What is ROS? ROS in a nutshell… As the full name of Robot Operating System suggests, ROS is an operating system for robots. In the same way as operating systems for PCs, servers or standalone devices, ROS is a full operating system for service robotics. ROS is in fact a meta-operating system, something between an[…]
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Christmas is just around the corner, and we’ve decided to give you a hand with your shopping by putting together a small selection of our favourite kits and robots. There’s something for everyone, young or old, from budding robotics engineers to seasoned experts! Get started in electronics with the SparkFun Inventor’s Kit for MicroView You[…]
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A new application for Dash & Dot : Wonder The applications developed for the Dash & Dot are usually beautiful and well thought out . With a fun and colourful design the youngsters love, the Go , Path and Blockly apps offer a smooth learning curve in a stimulating environment, perfect for the children who want[…]
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This article presents NXT-G, the development environment supplied with Lego Mindstorms NXT. We will be presenting the main characteristics of this graphical environment and describing how to use and design a program using NXT-G. Lego Mindstorms NXT The Lego Mindstorms NXT kit has been on the market since 2006. This robot is easy to[…]
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Thanks to you, Génération Robots has grown since its beginning, and we had the pleasure to live exciting human and technological adventures. We are once again looking for that rare gem to add to our sales/webmarketing team. If you like robots, innovative tech, digital marketing, and that you consider yourself being a dynamic adventurer, come[…]
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In this first Metabot tutorial, we are going to show you how to customise your legged robot by adding a camera module which will deliver a video stream. That way, you will be able to see through your Metabot’s eyes! List of the necessary components for this project Here is the list of the different[…]
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Rethink Robotics just released a new update of Baxter SDK: Baxter Research Robot SDK 1.1.1. The company, which unveiled their new collaborative robot Sawyer in March, states that the Baxter SDK v1.1.1 is focused mainly on adding fixes to further stabilize the SDK with ROS Indigo. The Machine Sync I/O These changes were partly developed[…]
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