03.2010
VOL. 8 NO. 3
PAGE 70
08 Robytes
by Jeff Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
Columns
10
GeerHead
by David Geer
The Ultimate Buzz Lightyear
Programmable Robot
13
Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Problems Solved Here
70
Twin Tweaks
by Bryce and Evan Woolley
Pavlov’s Bots
The Combat Zone...
76
Features
26 BUILD REPORT:
Hot Stuff Heats Up ComBots Cup!
Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
A Closer Look at Personal
Service Robots
63
29
NEWSERIES
FOR
BEGINNERS!
MANUFACTURING:
Pattern Routing of Plastic Parts
31
PARTS IS PARTS:
Lipo Puffometer
34
ZOIDBERG: Thinking
Outside the Box
An Introduction
to Robotics
This Month: Microcontrollers
by Brennon Williams
This new series of articles is aimed at the
beginner — especially the teenager crowd —
to help them better understand the
fundamentals of robotics and engineering.
This month, a few microcontrollers good
for robotics are discussed.
Events
31 Results/Upcoming Events
32
EVENT REPORT:
The ComBots Cup 2009
06
18
20
22
41
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82
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Departments
Mind/Iron
Events Calendar
New Products
Bots in Brief
Showcase
SERVO Webstore
Robo-Links
Advertiser’s
Index
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