08.2015
VOL. 13 NO. 8
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06 Mind/Iron
Not Your Grandmother’s Singer
10 New Products
11 Showcase
15 Events Calendar
66 SERVO Webstore
81 Appetizer
Battling Robots. Are they violent?
82 Robo-Links
82 Advertiser’s Index
07 Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Problems Solved Here
Adding vision to your automaton.
70 Twin Tweaks
by Bryce and Evan Woolley
The Adventures of Bogie and Sprout
Do some base “jumping” with Runt Rovers —
Actobotics newest line of platforms.
76 Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
Police and Security Robots
With the unrest in today’s society and the
dangerous kinds of scenarios that are playing
out, using robots to protect human life is
becoming more and more prevalent.
However, you need the right type of robot for
the particular job.
Columns
• Drone to the Rescue
• Folds Under Pressure
• Google’s Driving
Record
• We Be Jammin’
• Towing AVERTed
• Mid-Air Hookups
12 Bots in Brief
69 MaxRoboTech Comics
Behaviors, Maps, Landmarks
Departments
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