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VOL. 11 NO. 6
Columns
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07
Robytes
by Jeff Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
• Definitely a Cool Robot
• Printable Bots on the Way
• Bot Surgery Lawsuits on the Rise
• A Mint for Your Tablet/Smartphone
• Robot Roadmap Available
10 Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Problems Solved Here
Communicating with Dynamixel servos using MPIDE.
78 Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
Robots and the Law
What will the legal implications be if robots violate
human rights?
Departments
The Combat Zone...
28 BUILD REPORT:
The Quest for a Different Kind of
Flipper: Improving the Trigger
31 Then and Now: A Decade Later
With Brian Nave
34 EVENT REPORT:
FIRST Orlando Regionals:
A New Set of Heroes Emerges
38 TIPS FROM THE PITS:
Speeding
Up a
Motor
Change
06 Mind/Iron
15
New Products
17 Showcase
18
Events
Calendar
58 SERVO
Webstore
82 Robo-Links
82 Advertiser’s
Index
20
Bots in Brief
• Super Simple Swarm Slinkys
• Coman the Robotarian
• Robo Raven Takes Flight
• (Not So) Tiny Dancers
• ASK NAO
• Bionic Bugs
• Where’s Hubo?
• A Nice Gesture
• Alice in Wanderland
• Turtles Times Two
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