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SERVO
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AutoFlex Success
by Michael Wittman
FIRST Team 1714 utilizes Brian
Cieslak’s programming from his
March 06 article and takes home
the Rookie All-Star Award.
Build an Advanced Two
DC Motor Test Platform
by Daniel Ramirez
Use this low-cost platform to
develop and evaluate various PID
control algorithms using DC motors
for robotics applications.
26
MICROMOUSE 2006
by R. Steven Rainwater
The APEC 2006 event of fers a unique
mix of speeding mice and lint rollers.
63
ComBots Cup and RFL
National Championship
by Dave Calkins
Sewer Snake takes home the
$10,000 prize.
30
Mobility to the Maxx
by Chris Cooper
Part 2: Controlling the E-Maxx with a
PC and joystick.
35
Demonstrations of
Multipath Interferences
by Ralph D. Lorenz
The Huygens Probe on Titan and a
simple laboratory experiment.
39
BOOK REVIEW
by Tom Carroll
Robots: From Science Fiction to
Technological Revolution.
SUPER ROBONOVA
gets his own exo-suit!
ON THE COVER
SERVO Magazine (ISSN 1546-0592/CDN Pub Agree#40702530) is published monthly for $24.95 per year by T & L Publications, Inc.,
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Features & Projects
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05.2006
VOL. 4 NO. 5
Departments
Columns
06
Mind/Iron
50
New Products
08 Robytes by Jeff Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
10 Ask Mr. Roboto by Pete Miles
Your Problems Solved Here
14 GeerHead by David Geer
da Vinci Surgical Robot
19 Rubberbands and
07
Bio-Feedback
84
SERVO
Bookstore
28
Events Calendar
88
Robo-Links
29
Robotics
Showcase
90
Advertiser’s
Index
Bailing Wire by Jack Buffington
How to Drive a Stepper Motor
67 Twin Tweaks
by Evan and Bryce Woolley
Super Robonova
72 Programmable Logic
by Gerard Fonte
Small- to Medium-sized
Programmable Logic Parts.
76 Robotics Resources
by Gordon McComb
Heavy Metal for Robot Building
81 Robot Trends by Dan Kara
Truisms (or not!) of the
US Robotics Market
86 Appetizer by Alex Brown
Group Robot Projects
89 Then and Now by Tom Carroll
The UMI R-Theta Robot
42
Menagerie
NEW MONTHLY SECTION!
44 The Combat Zone
Coming 07.2006
Voice Recognition for
Robotic Control
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