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Kinetic 3500 is a turn-key embeddable sensor development kit based on open source software.  Powered by a Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP3530 (Cortex A8 RISC processor and DSP) together with a Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA plus a rich set of sensor peripherals including a tri-axis MEMS gyroscope, tri-axis MEMS accelerometer, tri-axis magnetic sensor, a GPS module, a temperature sensor, and high speed 20 Msps 12 bit […] Read More

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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] Read More