ASK AN ENGINEER – 1/29/2011 10pm ET TONIGHT!

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ASK AN ENGINEER – 1/29/2011 10pm ET TONIGHT!

What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or a seasoned engineer – stop in and see what we’re up to! We have demos of projects and products we’re working on, we answer your engineering and electronics questions and we have a trivia question + give away each week. Mosfet the cat stops by too. Previous chats can be viewed at http://www.adafruit.com/ask

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Filed under: announce,ask-an-engineer — by adafruit, posted January 29, 2011 at 12:13 pm

Kinect-enabled Personal Robot Avoids Obstacles

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from GeckoSystems:

This video shows a GeckoSystems’ Carebot(tm), equipped with a pair of Microsoft Kinect sensors, navigating through a narrow passageway cluttered with various obstacles. This represents the worst case for in-home navigation.

Kinect processing is handled by a piece of software called GeckoImager, running on a dual core 1.66GHz Intel Atom motherboard. The navigation is handled by two other GeckoSavants(tm), GeckoNav and GeckoSuper, running on a separate dual core Atom machine. Both computers were located on the robot during the video.

Neato!

I wonder if the motor drive uses Spacely Sprockets or Cogswell’s Cogs…

Filed under: kinect hacking,robotics — Tags: — by johngineer, posted at 12:11 am

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