Stepper Motor Control Experiments With VEX
CPLDs — Part 2: Graphical Programming of a CPLD
by David A. Ward
We’ll get right into some CPLD programming and look at breadboarding and testing, as well. Page 52
Give Your Robot the Bootloader
by Fred Eady
Bootloading provides a very useful layer of control. Once the base bootloader code is loaded into your robot’s program Flash, you can read, write, and erase it without having to use a hardware programmer. Page 58
Making Robots With the Arduino — Part 6
by Gordon McComb
Follow That Line! Page 34
VEX Stepper Motor Control Experiments
by Daniel Ramirez
This time, build a simpler version of the SunBot with beefier stepper motors that are powerful enough to directly drive the solar panel’s azimuth and elevation axes. Page 43
Build Your Own Big Walker
by Daniel Albert
Part 3. This segment focuses on the design and implementation of the bot’s multi-processor distributed processing system. Page 63
Robytes
by Jeff Eckert
Robytes
Stimulating Robot Tidbits Page 08
GeerHead
by David Geer
GeerHead
DARwIn-OP Robot Page 10
Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Ask Mr. Roboto
Your Problems Solved Here Page 14
The NXT Big Thing
by Greg Intermaggio
The NXT Big Thing #9
Rad Radar! Page 70
Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
Then and Now
What Does It Take to Build a Robot? Page 76
BUILD REPORT: Apollyon 2
in Combat Zone: Features
Concept to Creation. Page 24
So You Want to Fight Robots?
in Combat Zone: Features
Turning Your Destructive Instincts into a Socially Acceptable Hobby Page 26
EVENT REPORT: 2011 Chattanooga Robot Battles
in Combat Zone: Events
The 2011 Chattanooga Robot Battles event was held on Saturday, January 22nd at the Chattacon Sci-Fi convention in Chattanooga, TN. Page 29
VIDEO REVIEW: Bots High
in Combat Zone: Features
Joey Daoud, a BotsIQ veteran and film school graduate, has produced a documentary about the sport. SERVO was given the opportunity to do a pre-release screening. We enlisted a journalist of similar age and background to review this interesting video. Page 31
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