Robot Magazine - Winter 2007 Issue 09

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The TOMY i-SOBOT—a fully functional humanoid with 17 degrees of freedom and an expected street price of $299 —balances on one foot while waving and making a comment.

Photo by Lem Fugitt.

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columns &
departments

6 UPDATE
Robot rights?

8 NAME THAT BOT

10 ROBOT FEED
Readers' letters

12  LERN
       Leading Edge
       Robotics News

50  SNAPSHOT
      Carnegie Mellon
      Building Robot for
      Lunar Prospecting

92 PLUG AND PLAY
Product news

98  FUTURE BYTES
      "Virtual Crib"
      Robotic Home

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24	REVELL VEXPLORER
	A robust educational robot kit with remote video cam & bundled design software —by Grant Imahara

32	ROBOTS AT NEXTFEST
	Future-focused technology —by George Mitsuoka

36	HOW TO PICK THE BEST RC BOT DESIGN
	Thwackbots, lifters, wedges, spinners & more! —by Brian Nave

40	HOLIDAY WISHLIST
	Gifts for your favorite roboteers

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	42	PARALLAX SUMOBOT COMPETITION KIT
		Introduce your kids to competitive robotics —by Bill Griggs

	46	THE WORLD MODELS ROBOPHILO
		A new entry-level humanoid offers more for less —Lem Fugitt

	52	IMAGES SI SR-07 VOICE RECOGNITION
		Enable your robot to obey verbal commands! —by Mark Essenburg

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54	CANADA'S SPECIAL PURPOSE DEXTEROUS MANIPULATOR
	Dextre will revolutionize Space station external maintenance & servicing operations —by Jim Oberg

59	HUEY: A COLOR-CHASING ROBOT
	Modular robot system shows expansive potential —by Steve Norris Huey Source Code and Schematics

66	WOWEE ROBOQUAD
	An “alien” quadruped with quick reflexes, agility and self-awareness —by George Mitsuoka

68	DX 4-CHANNEL ROBOT CONSTRUCTION SET
	An introduction to skid steering, gear reduction & gripper actuation —by Greg Vogel

68	ROBOT VILLAGE
	Testing Lab, Part 3, OWI Binary Player —by Rob Lockhart

	76	GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TOMY I-SOBOT
		A versatile humanoid struts its stuff —by Lem Fugitt

	88	BOT SHOP REPORT
		First Steps in Building a Sojourner —by Harry Mueller

	90	IMAGES SI HEXAPOD WALKER
		Build a mechanical insect —by Harry Mueller

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	80	PROGRAMMING SOLUTIONS FOR THE LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
		Which approach is best for you? —by Dick Swan Click here for an extended, online-only version of this article

	84	EXCLUSIVE! 14 TIPS TO DESIGN ROBOTS USING VISUALIZING SOFTWARE
		3D CAD fuels the imagination for VEX robot design —by Marie Planchard

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