See how it looks like before you purchase.
For further details and to purchase this item you can go to http://www.robotshop.ca/meccano-spyke-wifi-robot-1.html.
Gripper Kit Sample Programme of Boe-Bot... This program will prompt you for the number of pulses to send to the servos, and then the pulse width to transmit to each servo. The program sends about 43 pulses per second, so 43 pulses would give you 1 second of run time, 86 would give you 2 seconds, and so on. For speed control, 800 is about full speed counterclockwise, 700 is full speed clockwise, and 750 is stop. If you want a wheel to go half speed counter clockwise, try about 775. Half speed clockwise, would be about 725, and so on. |
' Sample.bs2
' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}
pulseCnt VAR Word
pulseLeft VAR Word
pulseRight VAR Word
counter VAR Word
'Wait FOr the eb500 radio To be ready.
PAUSE 1000
'Wait for the EB500 Bluetooth connection to be established.
DO UNTIL IN5 = 1: LOOP
SEROUT 1, 84, [CLS,
"Click the Debug Terminal's",
CR, "transmit windowpane and..." ]
PAUSE 250
DO
SEROUT 1, 84, [CR, CR, "Enter number of pulses: "]
SERIN 0, 84, [DEC pulseCnt]
SEROUT 1, 84, [DEC pulseCnt]
SEROUT 1, 84, [CR, "Enter left servo",
"pulse width: "]
SERIN 0, 84, [DEC pulseLeft]
SEROUT 1, 84, [DEC pulseLeft]
SEROUT 1, 84, [CR, "Enter right servo",
"pulse width: "]
SERIN 0, 84, [DEC pulseRight]
SEROUT 1, 84, [DEC pulseRight]
SEROUT 1, 84, [CR, "Executing..."]
FOR counter = 1 TO pulseCnt
PULSOUT 13, pulseLeft
PULSOUT 12, pulseRight
PAUSE 20
NEXT
LOOP
On the other hand some say that using this technology for identification is a security threat, for example countries that put RFID in passports include Norway, Japan, most EU countries including Ireland and UK, Australia and the United States, Serbia, Republic of Korea.
See this artical at InfoSecurity.Us!
For further details you can visit... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID
Welcome to Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) testing. We're on our way to Windows 7, and if you like trying out pre-release software, now’s your chance. You get to see what's coming, and we get to see if our changes and fixes from the Beta testing are working correctly.
How do you test the software? You put it on your PC, and then do what you'd normally do. Your PC will automatically and anonymously send our engineers the information they need to verify the fixes and changes they made based on the Windows 7 Beta tests
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-7/download.aspxDuring the early days of the Iraq war, the roboteers at Foster-Miller modified their bomb-disposal machines, to have them carry machine guns, grenade launchers, or rockets.
After years of safety testing and modifications, three of these deadly SWORDS ("special weapons observation remote reconnaissance direct action system") robots were recently sent to Iraq.
But even now, safety concerns (among other reasons) have kept those machines from firing a shot in combat. But Foster-Miller is already rolling a new model of armed robot — one that’s comes with additional extra, built-in precautions, and has been designed from the beginning to fight.
MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System) features new software controls, which allow the robot’s driver to select fire and no-fire zones. The idea is keep the robots from accidentally shooting a flesh-and-blood American. A mechanical range fan also keeps MAARS’ gun pointed away from friendly positions.
The robot is also equipped with a GPS transmitter, so it can be seen on — and tap into — the American battlefield mapping programs, just like tanks and Humvees. These "Blue Force Trackers" have been credited with dramatically reducing friendly-fire incidents during the Iraq war. MAARS comes with an extra fail-safe, which won’t allow it to fire directly at its own control unit.
Nor does the robot always have to carry a gun. A mechanical arm can be swapped "in a couple of minutes" for the weapon, according to MARRS program manager Charles Dean, a retired Army Lt. Colonel. Which means the robot could be used for "inspecting IEDs, opening doors, even dragging casualties."
The tracks can also be removed, and changed out for wheels; better for urban operations, perhaps. Combined with a lower center of gravity, Dean believes the MAARS will be about 50% faster than its predecessors, which rumbled over streets at 5 miles per hour.
See more details at http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/10/tt-tt/...
startto alertbeependto startwait 100ab, setpower 8loop [ if (( sensor 0) > 300and ((sensor 1) > 300 ))[ ab, thisway ab, on ]if ((sensor 2) > 300)[alertab, thatway ab, onfor 150a, thisway a, onfor 50a, thatwayab, on]if ((sensor 0) <>[alertab, thatway ab, onfor 150a, thisway a, onfor 50a, thatwayab, on]if ((sensor 1) <>[alertab, thatway ab, onfor 150b, thisway b, onfor 50b, thatwayab, on] ]if ((sensor 3) > 850)[alertab, thatway ab, onfor 150a, thisway a, onfor 50a, thatwayab, on]]end