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Galil Motion Control, announced the DMC-300xx Pocket Motion Controller Series, their latest generation, single-axis Ethernet motion controller. It combines a high performance motion controller and a 800Watt sine drive in a low cost, compact 3.9″ x 5.0″ x 1.5″ package. The DMC-300xx is also available as a controller-only model which can be connected to a stepper or servo motor amplifier of any power range. Using a 32-bit RISC processor and improved power technology, the DMC-300xx provides higher speed, better power efficiency and smaller size than their prior generation controllers. The DMC-300xx is designed for single-axis motor control applications where compact size, low cost and remote location are important. The DMC-300xx […] Read More

BlazingCore (BCore100) Microcontroller is directed toward hobbyistst at all levels. Specifications: –  Core controller – PIC32MX695F512L running at 80 MIPs at 3.3V –  Programming Environment; Sonata IDE (Integrated Development Environment) using a subset of Visual Basic programming language called VBm (read as VB minor) –  Core runs up to 5 million lines of VBm code per second. –  128K of internal SRAM, 8 Mb of Data Flash, 32 KB of serial SRAM (optional) with integrated software support on VBm –  Up to 73 I/O pins, including, 2 SPI, 2 I2C, 4 UARTS, 5 servo control/PWM –  Integrated hardware and software support for – 2.83” OLED  Display in 16 bit mode, […] Read More

The HS-85BB servo is a  micro servo. It is great for small robotic projects especially power demanding ones such as aircraft. It has a 3 pole motor type, and a torque of 3 kg-cm at 4.8V Read More

At the 2009 IEEE conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications which took place in Woburn, MA, the robot named ROAMS (Remotely Operated and Autonomous Mapping System) was able to map its surroundings autonomously by using a cheaper system than the conventional methods. The robot uses a few existing mapping technologies for building color 3D maps of the surroundings. The technology called LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), which is basically a laser beam emitted by the vehicle bouncing off from the surroundings thus enabling the robot to build a 3D map. A commonly used 3D Lidar system costs around $100,000. However ROAMS is able to do the task for about […] Read More

One of the main obstacles in front of robots being widely used in our everyday lives is to provide mobility for longer durations with less weight and fewer recharge requirements. The solution seems to be the developing fuel cell technology, however the current state does not yet allow us to use these in everyday practical aplications. The main hinderance factor so far is the cost of production, such as using platinum, a very expensive material have to be utilized in order to produce these cells. A recent finding by chemists at University of Calgary, may be the solution for using cheaper materials in the future. The chemists dicovered a new […] Read More