11.2015
VOL. 13 NO. 11
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4 SERVO 11.2015
06 Mind/Iron
Robotic Engineers vs.
Experimentalists
14 New Products
20 Events Calendar
20 Showcase
64 SERVO Webstore
80 RoboLinks
80 Advertiser’s Index
07 Robytes
by Jeff and Jenn Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
• Sucking Up Flies
• LOCUST Swarm Coming
• Origami Bot Folds Itself
• Stay at the Weird
• USA vs. the Rising Sun?
10 GeerHead
by David Geer
ALAN, the Android Kit
This modular kit to make your own
personalized android head uses off-the-shelf
components, and can be shared with a
wide field of builders, academics, and
robot enthusiasts.
74 Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
Why are Robots so Hard to Develop?
Between limitations in technology and a
misperceived concept by the public at large
about what robots should be able to do is
the core frustration of almost every
robot builder.
Columns
• Out of the Frying Pan,
Into the Fire
• Harvard RoboBee
All the Buzz
• Bend It Like Silicone
• Jibo’s Got the Moves
• Marking Your Turf
16 Bots in Brief
37 MaxRoboTech Comics
Game Show AI and Robotics
Departments
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