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Robot Highlight—Mini Cheetah Hits New Speeds

Highlighting recent robotics research, MIT's robot "mini cheetah" combines the best of electronics and machine learning to zoom towards the future.

April 23, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski

WiBotic Gets Creative With New Wireless Charging for Robots and Drones

Different types of robots require different types of charging. Wibotic can keep options flexible by providing programmable onboard chargers.

August 17, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Ep. 20 | Dr. Aaron Edsinger, CEO & Co-founder of Hello Robot and Former Head of Robotics at Google on Humanity in Robots

What does it mean to design robotics with humans in mind? This week, Dave talks with Dr. Aaron Edsinger, roboticist and CEO/Co-founder of Hello Robot.

March 18, 2021 by Dave Finch

Researchers at TU Dresden and HZDR Develop World’s First Neurotransistor

Using semiconductor materials, a joint research team claims to have successfully imitated the functioning of neurons—combining data storage and processing on a single component.

August 20, 2020 by Luke James

Precisely Capture Servo Motor Position Using a High-Speed Simultaneous Sampling ADC

Autonomous drones and robots utilize small motors. These fast-spinning mini motors require miniature encoders and IC package sizes. This article shows how an optical sinusoidal encoder provides a higher resolution and increased speeds with a 2x3 mm dual simultaneous-sampling SAR-ADC.

August 11, 2020 by Bonnie Baker, Maxim Integrated

Ep. 4 | The Future Is Coding: The Firmware and Software of Hardware Design

Electrical engineers are increasingly tasked with firmware and even software design—and it turns out it may be with pretty good reason. Are EEs ready?

June 25, 2020 by Dave Finch

What Is Visual SLAM? (Hint: It’s Not Just a Tech in Roomba Vacuums)

What are the origins of visual SLAM? and what are some other applications for this technology beyond floor cleaning? 

April 16, 2020 by Nicholas St. John

Panasonic Anti-Vibration Electrolytic Alum Capacitor | Tech Specs

This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

January 14, 2020 by TTI, Inc

Industrial Robotics Roundup: Articulated vs. SCARA vs. Cartesian Robots

From the typical pick-and-place down to the high-precision cobots, industrial robotics are changing rapidly.

August 26, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

Testing for a Robot’s Collision Detection System with Varying Impact Resistance

We’ll use real collision data to refine the detection algorithm, and even better, we’ll confirm that the system actually works.

September 28, 2017 by Robert Keim

Design a Control Board for a Romi Robot Chassis

In this article, we’ll discuss the hardware design for a robotics PCB, and we’ll write firmware for controlling two DC motors.

August 25, 2017 by Robert Keim

Teardown Tuesday: Sumo Jumping Robot

In this teardown, we're going to take a look a sumo jumping robot!

July 18, 2017 by Alex Udanis

Early Prototyping Challenges of the “MVP” RC Football Tackling Dummy

When Dartmouth engineers designed their popular RC tackling dummy, "iterative prototyping" was the name of the game just as much as "football" was.

July 08, 2017 by Dr. Steve Arar

“Cobot” with Deep Learning and Gesture Recognition Hits Audi Production Floor

Audi has announced that a collaborative robot is working the floor in its industrial factory.

March 29, 2017 by Kate Smith

A Robot that Sweats? Engineers Try Bio-Inspired Heat Management

Researchers have designed a humanoid robot which sweats water through its metal frame to cool itself.

December 12, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar

C-BISCUIT: Layout and Assembly for the Robot Control Board

We’ll discuss some important layout and manufacturing concepts as we look at the PCB for the Robot Control Board.

October 25, 2016 by Robert Keim

C-BISCUIT: Schematic Design for the RCB—Microcontroller, Motor Controller

In this article we’ll take a close look at two sections of the custom-designed control board for the C-BISCUIT demo bot.

September 21, 2016 by Robert Keim

C-BISCUIT: Robot System Architecture

The C-BISCUIT saga continues as we combine the various system components into a demo bot.

September 08, 2016 by Robert Keim

How to Build a Robot - Testing Hardware

Part three of a series of articles on building a robot that can follow lines or walls and avoid obstacles!

November 03, 2015 by Travis Fagerness

How to Build a Robot - PCB Design

Part two of a series of articles on building a robot that can follow lines or walls and avoid obstacles! This time we'll be covering PCB design.

November 02, 2015 by Travis Fagerness