Robot Magazine - Summer 2007 Issue 07

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The VECNA Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot marks a new era in robotics search and rescue. Learn more in the magazine. Photo by Walter Sidas.

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6 UPDATE

8 NAME THAT BOT

10 ROBOT FEED
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12  LERN
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         Competition Update

34 SNAPSHOT
DEPTHX Hydrobot

84 NEWS BYTES
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88 PLUG AND PLAY

96 FUTURE BYTES
They shall walk

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24	VECNA'S REVOLUTIONARY BATTLEFIELD EXTRACTION-ASSIST ROBOT A life-size humanoid robot that will search for and rescue people — by Tom Atwood and Jonathan Klein Extended Online Article

30	MARS ROVER GETS SMARTER Recognition, Mapping and Hazard Avoidance Software Tested on Mars for Next Gen — by Jim Oberg

36	RCMART NX-25Q A spritely newcomer to humanoid robotics — by Harry Mueller

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42	PARALLAX TODDLER A review in three acts — by Timothy D. Swieter
46	THE FOLLOW ME ROVER A Lynxmotion platform that tracks and follows warm-blooded animals — by Steve Norris Follow Me Rover — Source Code & Schematics
52	TROSSEN ROBOTICS KONDO KHR-2HV Kondo raises the bar with a capable new humanoid — by Brian Nave
56	CRUSTCRAWLER NOMAD HDATS UPGRADE Adding some muscle and a camera — by Del Schier

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58	SOLARBOTICS MOUSEBOT Light-seeking robotic mouse — by Peter DelMastro
60	ROBOT VILLAGE TESTING LAB Episode I —Animatronic ALEX — by Rob Lockhart
70	INTERVIEW PLAYING TO WIN! Robo-One Champions Share their Secrets — by Lem Fugitt
74	INFINUVO CLEANMATE 365 QQ-2 ROBOTIC VACUUM CLEANER Watch out Roomba, here comes the competition! — by George Mitsuoka

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76	BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ROBOTICS AND STEM-BASED EDUCATION Science, technology, engineering and math are keystones for the robotics careers of tomorrow — by Marie Planchard
78	ROBOT SUMMER CAMPS Click here for a list of great venues for robot fun and education
80	MASLAB'S AUTONOMOUS VISION-BASED ROBOT COMPETITION Student-designed robots embody radically different strategies — by Valerie Morash, Christopher Celio, and Kimberlee Collins

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