01.2014
VOL. 12 NO. 1
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4 SERVO 01.2014
06 Mind/Iron
A Ton of Features
vs. a Ton of Bricks ...
20 Events
Calendar
22 New Products
25 Showcase
64 SERVO
Webstore
80 Robo-Links
80 Advertiser’s
Index
08 Robytes
by Jeff Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
• Flying Bugbot Out of the Woods
• In Your Face — and Beyond!
• Forget Mint: Here Comes Mab
• Budgee in Your Budget?
• Bookbots in the Sky
12 GeerHead
by David Geer
One Man and an Idea
See what DJ Sures is doing at EZ-Robot
Revolution for the future of robotics.
16 Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Problems Solved Here
Questions on analog vs. digital servos, battery
charger selection, and temperature sensors
for 3D printers are discussed.
74 Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
Robot Wars: Roomba vs. Neato
See how these robot vacuums stack up against
each other.
Columns
Departments
30 BUILD REPORT:
Isotelus Rex — Part 1
34 PARTS IS PARTS:
Product Review:
Finger Tech Robotics tinyMixer
35 EVENT REPORT:
The Adventures of Scary
and Angry Bot
39 EVENT REPORT:
Franklin 2013 — Fall Fun at Philly
44 THEN AND NOW:
A Decade Later With Alexander Rose T
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• Tail Tale
• Take Out the Trashbox
• Dream Ringer
• Robot Rock Climber
• Bot Toss
26 Bots in Brief
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