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Robocars Take on Urban Challenge
The DARPA Urban Challenge features autonomous ground vehicles conducting simulated military supply missions in a mock urban area. Safe operation in traffic is essential to U.S. military plans to use autonomous ground vehicles to conduct important missions. Read More...

Robots with Focus
Do your robotics have the right focus? Whether your robot is looking for large parts in a bin or small objects on a conveyor, vision solutions can give your robot the right focus. Read More...

Robot helps teach Windows CE fundamentals
 

Bsquare recently added an unusual guest instructor to its five-day Windows CE 6.0 training classes. A robot named "WINCETON" gives students an opportunity to solve a hands-on, real-world problem using Windows CE 6.0, according to the company. WINCETON debuted during a Windows CE 6.0 training class in Boston earlier this month. As a final project, students were able to build a Windows CE 6.0 image that programmed WINCETON's servo-driven sensor head. The objective was to pan the head through 180 degrees, and determine the location of the nearest object within its field of view, which has a range of about 80 cm. Read more...


Race Car Prepares for DARPA Urban Challenge
 The autonomous race car, the Lone Wolf, took itself for a spin August 15th at sponsor Comtrol's headquarters in Minneapolis. Read More...

Microsoft funds robotics in education initiative
In an effort to boost enrollment and retention in college computer science classes, Microsoft has partnered with the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr College to create the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE).The institute aims to reinvigorate computer science curricula with robotics technology tailored for teaching purposes, according to Microsoft. Read More...

Book explains Microsoft Robotics Studio
Amazon.com is currently accepting pre-orders for what is claimed to be one of the first guides to Microsoft Robotics Studio. Professional Microsoft Robotics Studio is written by Martin R. Calsyn, the "founding architect" of the product, according to Amazon. The book is described as a hands-on guide, "heavy on examples," using three case study robots -- an indoor security robot, winning Magellan competitor, and a chess-playing robotic arm. Read more...