@FRC1592 & @FRC801 #AskAstro Question 2 - Robonaut

We are FIRST Robotics Teams 1592 and 801. We are in the robotics lab of Cocoa High School in Florida, designing and building identical robots together in coopertition. What's it like having a fellow astronaut who's a robot?

Go Bionic Tigers! Go Horsepower!

Question written for the astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). Made for the Google Hangout on Feb 22, 2013.
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/hangout.html

Follow the Bionic Tigers on
-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bionic.tigers
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/FRC1592
-website: http://bionictigers.com

Follow Horsepower on
-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRCTeam801Horsepower
-YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/team801

Bionic Tigers
Cocoa High School of Cocoa, FL
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy of Melbourne, FL

Horsepower
Merritt Island High School of Merritt Island, FL
Edgewood Junior/Senior High School of Merritt Island, FL

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http://onlyflyingmachines.com/product-category/multirotors/

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My thoughts:

1: Camera is OK for a 720p, but it's pointed way too far downward. But this is easily corrected by removing its mounting screws, and hot-gluing a shim in for a better view angle.

2: It really isn't very steady outside of hover in maneuvering flight.

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Saludos cordiales.

Les escribimos desde Latacunga - Ecuador, somos estudiantes de Ingeniera Mecatrnica en la Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas.
Nuestro proyecto final se llama Pi Bot, un robot Mini sumo que cuenta con un sensor de Ultrasonido, Sensores de Linea y Dos motores, la programacin se realiz en Python, se busca hacer que el robot sea autnomo en una batalla!!!

Lineas de Programacin

http://www.mediafire.com/view/2oa1q17qtd12i1h/PiBot.py

Dejen sus comentarios y sugerencias!

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Subscribe to TechCrunch today: http://bit.ly/18J0X2e

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Ever wonder what it's like to be a Techer? Let Karsyn and Harrison tell you about our fun, quirky culture, and then learn more about Caltech undergraduate student life here: http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/content/student-life

Watch all five student tour videos here: http://bit.ly/1oOWXH7

Attributions:
- Design & Production: Caltech Academic Media Technologies
- Additional Video: Caltech Undergraduate Admissions Office, TEDxCaltech
- Photos: Caltech Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation, Caltech Office of Marketing and Communications, Caltech Performing and Visual Arts, Caltech Undergraduate Admissions Office, Caltech Y, Karsyn Bailey, Harrison Miller
- Special thanks to Kip S.

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http://drc.mit.edu
http://drake.mit.edu

See this video for something a little more substantial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5d0nEE_Afw

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The way of the earning.

NASA's Valkyrie Robot (DARPA Challenge Dec. 20th) videos http://documentary.wordface.net/
You can watch from. NASA has built a six foot two inch superhero robot that it names Valkyrie. Robots like this one ma NASA has built a six foot two inch superhero robot tha.

The Darpa Robotics Challenge video: valve task for NASA JSC Valkyrie Robot.

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In an effort to keep up with this rapidly developing field, and in order to expose our students to this particular sphere of robotic technology, Northshore College has organized 'Robocom', its first ever Robotics competition.

Live Blog - http://digit.lk/live-blog-robocom-2014/
Article - http://digit.lk/robocom-2014-the-battle-of-the-bots/
Photo Album - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.776528422357164

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Bukhari Ilias
http://bukhari.unimap.edu.my/
www.unimap.edu.my
www.robotkiit.com
Azrul
Sulaiman

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For highly specialized allergy & asthma care, look to a recognized leader

To learn more about allergy and asthma, visit our website http://socalallergy.com
It's nice to know you can turn to somebody who really cares about your health and who's been there for you, your family and your neighbors for over 30 years.

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Berkeley CA, July 2014

Full Schedule and Presentations:
http://drcworkshop.csail.mit.edu/

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A working DJI Phantom quadcopter propeller created with a 3DAirPen.
http://3dairpen.com/

Music: shagabond - Archive

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Dart Quadcopter Flies easily in any open indoor area.
Recharges with the included USB charge cord.
A gyro provides smooth and stable flight.
Small LED Lights add to the fun when flying in the dark.

2.4 GHz controller links only to your aircraft, allowing multiple aircraft to fly together.
Flies in all directions on command.
LiPO flight battery.
4 Spare rotor blades.

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Just arrived.. XHover MXP230 mini quadcopter

Yes, another mini-quadcopter for review. This time it's the MXP230 from XHover and I'll be looking at both the standard (fiberglass) and the "elite" (carbon) versions.

Pretty shortly, I'll be lining all these miniquads up and, thanks to the FrSky telemetry and the datalogging of the Taranis, I'll see which is fastest, which has the most "punch" and also which represents the best bang for your buck plus which has the best overall performance.

Woohoo!

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How do the cheap Chinese 250-sized mini quadcopter frames compare to the Blackout Mini H and QAV 250 frames?

I've had a lot of emails from people who've said that I really should review these cheap carbon frames and see for myself if they're any good so I browsed eBay and bought three frames for a total of less than US.

They were listed as:
Mini H Quad Frame micro 220mm FPV Carbon fiber Quadcopter

Carbon Fiber 250mm Mini FPV Quadcopter Frame Kit/4 axis

QAV250 C250 Carbon Fiber Mini 250 FPV Quadcopter Frame

All of these frames were actually identical to the one in this review

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Attribution: - Design & Production: Caltech Academic Media Technologies - Fish Illustration: Roberto Osti - Photos: Caltech Office of Marketing and Communica.

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The device, worn around one's wrist, works essentially like two extra fingers adjacent to the pinky and thumb. The robot, which the researchers have dubbed "supernumerary robotic fingers," or "SR fingers," consists of actuators linked together to exert forces as strong as those of human fingers during a grasping motion.

Video: Melanie Gonick, MIT News
Additional footage courtesy of Faye Wu

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Berkeley CA, July 2014

Full Schedule and Presentations:
http://drcworkshop.csail.mit.edu/

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RSS Workshop on the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Berkeley CA, July 2014

Full Schedule and Presentations:
http://drcworkshop.csail.mit.edu/

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RSS Workshop on the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Berkeley CA, July 2014

Full Schedule and Presentations:
http://drcworkshop.csail.mit.edu/

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http://www.rctutor.org/3d-printed-micro-h-quadcopter.html

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me or leave a comment below.

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This cardboard & aluminum foil reflector can cheaply/easily increase the range of most quadcopters! Example HD video flight with my WLToys V262 Cyclone quadcopter. http://www.banggood.com/WLtoys-V262-Cyclone-2_4G-4CH-6-Axis-RC-Quadcopter-With-Camera-RTF-p-77720.html?p=RB0922217402201307U3 This is a great quadcopter for simple, cheap, and easy aerial video tasks. It can easily lift this Mobius actioncam, or if desired the GoPro Hero 3.

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I did not record this video. It was taken from YouKu.com.
Source: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzAxNzAyNjY0.html
Product: http://www.banggood.com/Cheerson-CX10-CX10-Mini-24G-4CH-6-Axis-LED-RC-Quadcopter-RTF-p-926614.html

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For more RC related stuff feel free to visit my Homepage: http://rc-creator.jimdo.com/

List of the parts used: http://flitetest.com/articles/Basic_Quadcopter_Tutorial_Talon_V2_KK2_Board_Plush_ESCs?q=basic%20quadcopter

In this video I am going to talk about the Quadcopter I decided to build. The parts you need in order to build your own quadcopter as well as the setup (motor/battery/esc/props) are also described.

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RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1997. The aim is to promote robotics and AI research, by offering a publicly appealing, but formidable challenge

The official goal of the project:

By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup.

Watch this video to see the RoboCup 2011, finals: Nao-Devils vs.

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An envisaged planning sequence for the NASA Valkyrie robot. Given the sensed scene, our algorithms plan a hypothetical planning sequence to pick some objects from a table and to drop them into a bucket.

This pairs with the same planning sequence for an Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6QVl2nR04s
Which can be then demonstrated on the real robot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOb5JN9N9PI

The transfer of the PLANNING sequence to the NASA robot could be done with no modification of the original code.

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