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Obtaining the maximum amount of data about an environment is a perpetual quest in robotics. Measuring distances is a fundamental component of this data. Ultrasound sensors are very commonly used to measure distance because they are inexpensive and easy to handle. They are also used to avoid obstacles, to navigate, and for what is known[…]
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What can I use the Adept AmigoBot robot for? The AmigoBot mobile robot was intended for research and education. Designed by Adept, AmigoBot is their smallest research and education robot. Both strong and powerful , it really was imagined from a classroom and university lab perspective. Weighing just 3.6 kg , you’ll find it very[…]
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Your best ally for service-robotics projects GR Lab: your professional service-robotics integrator Our Professional Service-Robotics Engineering Department – affectionately known as the GR Lab – specialises in the development of customised professional service-robotics solutions. The GR Lab’s team of enthusiastic, experienced engineers and doctors are your best choice if you’re looking for help with setting[…]
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The Arduino board serves as a basis for microcontroller programming – it’s a “mini-computer” in the form of an integrated circuit. The board comes in a multitude of versions, so it’s not always easy choosing the best one for your project. Which is why we’ve created this short guide to help you choose the right[…]
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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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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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Rethink Robotics doesn’t sit on its laurels. Less than 6 months after the Intera 3.1 release , Sawyer robot’s manufacturer is announcing that Intera v3.2 is available for Baxter robot . As you know Baxter collaborative robots are available in two versions: Baxter research, a prototype of the collaborative robot for research purposes, available at[…]
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Rethink Robotics yesterday unveiled its new collaborative robot, Sawyer, throughout the world Rethink Robotics , founded in 2008 by former director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Rodney Brooks , is a pioneer in the field of collaborative robots. In 2012, Rethink Robotics launched Baxter , a revolutionary robot designed for working[…]
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The Baxter robot’s SDK has been updated to version 1.1: you can now use the research version of the collaborative robot with the latest ROS release – Indigo! First you will need to install Ubuntu 14.04 on your workstation in order to make the very most of the latest version of ROS . Less than a year[…]
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Collaborative robots , or “cobots” (contraction of “collaborative” and “robots”), are definitely a strong trend in today’s robotics developments. Out go the heavy, imposing robots locked in their cages for safety reasons, it’s time to make way for collaborative robots! This blog article will help you distinguish between these two types of robot : collaborative[…]
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