09.2015
VOL. 13 NO. 9
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4 SERVO 09.2015
06 Mind/Iron
Workshop Air
Quality Sensors
20 New Products
23 Events Calendar
27 Showcase
66 SERVO Webstore
80 RoboLinks
80 Advertiser’s Index
07 Robytes
by Jeff and Jenn Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
• Drones Receive Section 333 Exemption
• Automatic Solar Duster
• Want $150,000?
• Robo Roach Sets Speed Record
• Give a Bird the Bird(bot)
10 GeerHead
by David Geer
Six Widely Varied Robot Finalists in
Innorobo Call for Startups
Companies vie for opportunities with investors
and market exposure in this unique competition.
14 Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Problems Solved Here
Recap of the annual SparkFun Autonomous
Vehicle Competition.
74 Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
What We’ve Learned from the
DARPA Robotics Challenge
In reality, the DRC was a huge success, despite
some set-backs and falls.
Columns
• Exo-lent Walking Assistance
• Explosive Jumping — Literally
• Fall into the Vortex
• Little People Pleasers
• Evolution of a Mother Robot
• SLAM Dunk on Improvements
• Robot Surgery is a Hit and MIS
24 Bots in Brief
19 MaxRoboTech Comics
Contests Inspire Innovation
Departments
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