Entries tagged with robots - Channel 8

ImagineCup 2009 - die Kategorie "Robotics"

SilkeChristina — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:52:00 GMT

Hier war es auch ganz klar - Frank Prengel ist "unser Mann" ;-) wenn es sich um "Robotics" dreht.

In diesem Video erfahrt Ihr was es mit der Kategorie "Robotics" auf sich hat und was in den einzelnen Runden zu tun ist um Euer Ticket nach Kairo zu ziehen.

Wichtig: Bis zum 01. März 2009 könnt Ihr Euch für diese Kategorie bewerben.

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Microsoft Research, Robotics, students and professors. The best place to be

Lean — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:21:00 GMT

Stewart Tansley talked to us about what's he doing lately with Robots, how are they using them to bring more students to CS, a very interesting project. We talked about robots in education, the job he is doing with Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr College for the The Institute for Personal Robots in Education
The goal? make robots a pervasive techology to be used everywhere... Will we have a robot in every house? :)

Biped Robot that runs on Robotics Studio

sriram — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:47:00 GMT

Say hi to e-nuvo WALK manufactured by ZMP of Japan. e-nuvo WALK is a nearly headless biped thats about 14 inches tall. Using Robotics Studio , this bot can be made to do a lot of snazzy stuff such as walking or kicking a ball.Expected to ship in January, the robot, which has six motors in each leg and a boxlike torso but no head, is available online and only in Japan.

If your heading to Japan and wish to get your hands on one of these, prepare to fork out 5 grand (US).

Meanwhile like the rest of us, you could play around with Robotics Studio and interface with something like the LEGO NXT.

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Microsoft Robotics Studio

Want to know more about Robotics & Robotics Studio - ask "Zeddy " - The C8 robotics champ.

Microsoft Robotics Studio and Wii now with the code...

zeddy — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:37:00 GMT

I took the Microsoft Robotic Studio and connected a Mindstorm robot, a notebook and a Wii controller to play with technology.

And now learn how to do it.

The Code for Controlling Robot using Wiimote & MS Robotics Studio

There's a request from the Microsoft Robotics Studio Team to post my code for controlling the robot using Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS), Lego Mindstorms NXT, and Bluetooth.

Here are the steps:

1. Buy a Nintendo Wii gamepad (Wiimote) if you don't have a Wii. It will cost you between $40-$70.

2. Buy a Bluetooth dongle with Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) or Integrated System Solution Corp (ISSC) radios embedded. This is because not all Bluetooth dongles can communicate with the unique Wiimote. My USB Bluetooth dongle brand is Billionton, so if you have Billionton, rest assured you have CSR radio.

3. Download a trial copy of ISV BlueSoleil here: http://www.bluesoleil.com/products/index.asp?topic=bluesoleil_v5. This is the software stack that works well with the Wiimote. And this software stack only works with CSR-based and ISSC-based radios.

4. Download Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5.

5. Download Brian Peek's .NET Wiimote Library from CodePlex here.

6. Build the .NET Wiimote Library. Copy the *.dll from \WiimoteMSRS\bin\service to \Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5)\bin

7. Create a copy of the folder \Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5)\samples\RoboticsTutorials\Tutorial4\CSharp and rename the duplicate folder "WiimoteTutorial4"

8. Open the "WiimoteTutorial4" solution in Visual Studio. Add a Reference to \Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5)\bin\Wiimote.Y2007.M06.Proxy.dll

9. Open the file "RoboticsTutorial4.cs". Add a using statement on the top:

1 using wiimote = WiimoteLib.Proxy;
2

Add the following code to the Class member declarations area (after "private drive.DriveOperations _driveNotify = new drive.DriveOperations();")

1 // partner with wiimote service
2 [Partner("Wiimote", Contract = wiimote.Contract.Identifier,
4 CreationPolicy = PartnerCreationPolicy.UseExistingOrCreate)]
5 private wiimote.WiimoteOperations _wiimotePort = new wiimote.WiimoteOperations();
6
7 // maintain the previous state of the wiimote
8 private wiimote.WiimoteState _stateLast = new wiimote.WiimoteState();
9
10

10. Add the following code to the end of the Start() method:

1 // create an internal notification port
2 wiimote.WiimoteOperations _wiimoteNotify = new wiimote.WiimoteOperations();
3
4 // setup to receive WiimoteChanged msgs
5 Activate(Arbiter.Receive<wiimote.WiimoteChanged>(true,
6 _wiimoteNotify, WiimoteChangedHandler));
7
8 // subscribe to the Wiimote
9 Arbiter.Choice(
10 _wiimotePort.Subscribe(_wiimoteNotify),
11 delegate(SubscribeResponseType response) { Log
12 Info("Subscribed to Wiimote service"); },
13 delegate(Fault fault) { LogError(fault); }
14 );
15
16

11. Add the Wiimote Handler method after Start() method:

1 private void WiimoteChangedHandler(wiimote.Wiimote
2 Changed msg)
3 {
4 wiimote.WiimoteState state = msg.Body;
5
6 if (state.AccelState.Y > 0.5f)
7 _mainPort.Post(new Forward());
8 else if (state.AccelState.Y < -0.5f)
9 _mainPort.Post(new Backward());
10
11 // based on threshold, move left/right
12 if (state.AccelState.X < -0.5f)
13_mainPort.Post(new TurnLeft());
14 else if (state.AccelState.X > 0.5f)
15 _mainPort.Post(new TurnRight());
16
17 if (state.ButtonState.A)
18 _mainPort.Post(new Stop());
19
20 // cradled position - stop
21 if (state.AccelState.Y <= 0.5f &&
22 state.AccelState.Y >= -0.5f &&
23 state.AccelState.X <= 0.5f &&
24 state.AccelState.X >= -0.5f)
25 _mainPort.Post(new Stop());
26
27 _stateLast = (wiimote.WiimoteState)state.Clone
28 ();
29
30 }
31
32

12. Right-click the Project Properties. Under the Debug tab, edit the Command Line Arguments to:

-p:50000 -t:50001
-m:"samples/Config/Wiimote.manifest.xml"
-m:"Samples\Config\RoboticsTutorial4.manifest.xml"
-m:"samples\config\LEGO.NXT.Tribot.manifest.xml"

13. Debug your app and control your robot's destiny with your Wiimote :)

14. if you want the whole code already written or you have any doubt go and visit my blog here

WIndows MObile ROBOT=WIMO and also WIMOnet

Lean — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:01:00 GMT

Hello WIMO! We found Brian Cross creating great stuff with cool tools. He's in the Windows Mobile team and one day he said "I want to create a robot" and he did it.
Check the site, it has everything you need to create your own WIMO.
http://www.wimobot.com/
And here is the Microsoft Robotic Studio...
Enjoy it