RobotShop Feeds  In This Issue...  iRobot VS RobotShop  More Recent Articles  Search RobotShop Blog iRobot VS RobotShop Customers frequently ask us why buy a Roomba from RobotShop? If you're considering buying a Roomba Robot Vacuum, You may ask yourself why buy from RobotShop over the manufacturer, iRobot? So here are the reasons: Why Buy From RobotShop You can find more information on the RobotShop 5 year warranty here. If you have questions concerning this product. Do not hesitate to contact us.       • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   More Recent Articles FlowBotics Studio App Contest 2015 RobotShop Among the Fastest Growing Companies in Canada, 4th Year in a Row Miele RX1 Scout Robot Vacuum Unboxing RobotShop to Carry the New "Neato Botvac Connected" Robot Vacuum RobotShop Acquires LetsMakeRobots.com         Click here to safely unsubscribe from "RobotShop Blog." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.

   

   

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Geekbot Advanced with BrainOS is here! Posted: 24 Sep 2015 01:17 PM PDT The Geekbot Advanced with BrainOS is here! This is a special edition of our Geekbot Platform powered by Brain Corporation’s BrainOS. This robot can be controlled via an iPhone App or set to run autonomously. The Geekbot uses a Raspberry Pi to process image data from its RobotGeek Webcam and traverse obstacles in its environment. Brain Corporation’s work on BrainOS is unique because they are designing a system that is intended to be trained instead of programmed. The idea is that there are tasks that are far easier to ‘train’ a robot to perform vs program the robot to perform. Brain OS is great for service robots that need to interact with their environment in a complex fashion. Training can be shared among multiple robots, allowing you to deploy a whole swarm of BrainOS based robots!

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IEEE Spectrum

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• The Algorithm That's Hunting Ebola
• Rethink Robotics' Sawyer Goes on Sale, Rodney Brooks Says 'There May Be More Robots'
• Researchers Tweak Artificial Photosynthesis for More Efficient Hydrogen Production
• Robot Shows How Babies Are Actively Plotting to Make You Smile
• Navy Diversifies Ships' Cyber Systems to Foil Hackers

The Algorithm That's Hunting Ebola Posted: 24 Sep 2015 08:00 AM PDT Can machine-learning techniques identify disease-carrying species and predict epidemics?

Rethink Robotics' Sawyer Goes on Sale, Rodney Brooks Says 'There May Be More Robots' Posted: 23 Sep 2015 04:30 PM PDT The company's collaborative robot is now available for purchase and being deployed in factories around the world

Researchers Tweak Artificial Photosynthesis for More Efficient Hydrogen Production Posted: 23 Sep 2015 01:00 PM PDT Will splitting water with solar energy become part of the hydrogen economy?

Robot Shows How Babies Are Actively Plotting to Make You Smile Posted: 23 Sep 2015 11:55 AM PDT Experiments with robot babies reveal that when a baby smiles at you, it's trying to get you to smile back

Navy Diversifies Ships' Cyber Systems to Foil Hackers Posted: 23 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT A new cyber defense strategy aims to protect the most vulnerable Navy ship systems against hackers

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IEEE Spectrum

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• BMW's Car Parks Itself While You Stand To One Side and Watch
• Telltale Antineutrinos Could Reveal Rogue Nuclear Programs
• Clearpath's OTTO Robot Can Autonomously Haul a Ton of Stuff
• 3-D Printing Software Turns Heart Scans into Surgical Models
• Carbon Nanotubes Can Outperform Other Carbon Capture Materials
• What It Takes to Be an Antarctic Engineer
• DARPA Tests Battery-Powered Exoskeletons on Real Soldiers

BMW's Car Parks Itself While You Stand To One Side and Watch Posted: 23 Sep 2015 09:00 AM PDT Aaaand another basic human skill bites the dust

Telltale Antineutrinos Could Reveal Rogue Nuclear Programs Posted: 23 Sep 2015 08:00 AM PDT These stealthy subatomic particles could someday be used to see across national borders

Clearpath's OTTO Robot Can Autonomously Haul a Ton of Stuff Posted: 23 Sep 2015 07:00 AM PDT This robot can take just about whatever you want to just about wherever you want it

3-D Printing Software Turns Heart Scans into Surgical Models Posted: 22 Sep 2015 02:28 PM PDT A computer program builds on human expertise to make 3-D printed heart models from MRI scans

Carbon Nanotubes Can Outperform Other Carbon Capture Materials Posted: 22 Sep 2015 01:00 PM PDT Researchers discover how to tune the carbon-capture capacity of nanotubes

What It Takes to Be an Antarctic Engineer Posted: 22 Sep 2015 12:00 PM PDT Jim O'Sullivan and Julius Rix demonstrate the essential qualities of resourcefulness and endurance

DARPA Tests Battery-Powered Exoskeletons on Real Soldiers Posted: 22 Sep 2015 12:00 PM PDT Deep in the woods in Maryland, the U.S. Army is testing exoskeletons that can lighten the load that soldiers carry

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RobotShop Feeds  In This Issue...  FlowBotics Studio App Contest 2015  More Recent Articles  Search RobotShop Blog FlowBotics Studio App Contest 2015 Use FlowBotics Studio to create a popular (stand-alone) robot-related software application ("App"). Don't have FlowBotics Studio? Don't worry! If you have been a member on LMR for over 6 months, then you can register and get FlowBotics Studio – Download ($40 USD value) absolutely free! If you've been on LMR for less than 6 months, or are a new member, you can register for the contest and get FlowBotics Studio – Download at half price. Rules Create a new stand-alone App using FlowBotics Studio Provide the FlowBotics Studio (.fbs) program used to create the App App should be "new" and not simply add a bit of functionality to an existing app App must be in the form of a .exe file (exported from FBS) If malware is found, entry is disqualified If the App is found to have been plagiarized without credit to the original creator, it will be disqualified. The App should contain at least 50% new material; it can build upon existing apps, or reuse aspects from existing apps. * Selecting Winners The jury (see registration for details) will select the winners according to the points system (maximum 20 points) described below. Description Points Implemented and useful features & functions 1 – 8 Use of custom interface elements (images / Ruby, etc.) 0 – 3 Can interface with many different hardware platforms 0 – 3 Visual appeal and ease of use of the interface 0 – 3 Simplicity of the app code / modules / links 0 – 3 Bonus points Can interface with Arduino (with an appropriate sketch provided with submission) 0 – 1 Submitted before Sunday, November 1st 0 – 1 Deadlines Contest starts Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Registration deadline Thursday, October 1 2015 FlowBotics Studio coupons will be sent by e-mail on Friday, October 2 2015 App submission deadline is Sunday, December 6, 2015   Members who have been registered on LMR for at least 6 months can register for this contest and receive FlowBotics Studio ($40 USD value) FREE. Members who are new to LMR and register for the competition will receive 50% off. For all deadlines, the cut off is at midnight (EDT) on that day. Help / Support Feel free to ask any questions related to the challenge here in the comments below. If you need more information on FlowBotics Studio, you can check out the Developer Zone here. We also recommend reading the user guide, the component reference manual and checkout the example robotic apps that come with the software. There is also information on the FlowBotics studio support forum that you may find helpful and can help solve many common issues quickly. If you are curious about what is curently offered on the RobotShop App Store, you can have a look here. If you have more questions concerning the App Store, you can read the FAQ here. App Ideas Basic Arduino interface as IO board (ex: using Firmata) Will require sample code (sketch) to be uploaded to Arduino Rover interface (control buttons and two-way communication via serial port) Arrows to control the motion Receive sensor data 2D or 3D "map app" using pan/tilt and distance sensor (IR, laser, etc.) Simple interface for time lapse camera rig Interface with MyRobot.com Automated camera slider (ex: time lapse) Registration You can register for the competition and to obtain the FlowBotics Software coupon code by contacting us via the LMR contact us form. Note that we will only send the coupon codes once the contestant has been verified and apologize in advance for any delay. You can request (or nominate someone else from the LMR community) to be a member of the jury by submitting a ticket to the LMR department via the contact us form. To submit a project, you must create a robot project page on LMR and then link to it in the comments section of the contest (on the LMR website) before the submission deadline (Sunday, December 6, 2015). You can give your post whatever name you want, but when you submit it as a comment here, please give the comment the title “FBS Contest Entry: Project Name” (Project Name changed to the name of your project) so it is easy to find, and include a short description of your app and its main features. The more detailed the description the easier it will be to assign more points to the entry appropriately! Prizes RobotShop is offering the following to the winners in the form of RobotShop in-store credit: First Prize $500 Second Prize $300 Third Prize $150 Additional Details Only members of LMR can participate in this contest, so if you're not a member, then join – it’s FREE after all! The coupon codes for the software will be emailed to all eligible registered user on Friday, October 2 2015. This coupon code can be used on the RobotShop website to purchase the FlowBotics Studio software for free or at 50% rebate depending on the code used. If the App is made public (for sale) via the RobotShop App Store, source material will be taken offline. If you already had FlowBotics Studio, no additional credit will be provided in place of the 50% off for < 6mo or free FlowBotics software for > 6mo. If you were already working on an App using FlowBotics Studio, you can certainly submit it. Multiple entries per contestant will be accepted. For example if you want to submit an App but with different aesthetics or layout, one may get more points than another. * We do understand this is subjective, but in the spirit of this contest, the objective is to create something new, and not just change a few colors. If you're not sure if the app you're working on is sufficiently different than something which already exists, then there's no need to ask – it more than likely is and more work should be done to make it different. In order for the App to be accepted for sale via the RobotShop App Store, RobotShop staff will contact the creator and may request and help with specific changes such as implementing a license system. All apps created for this contest remain the full intellectual property of their creators/publishers. Apps will only be published on our app store if the creator wishes so and with approval of RobotShop. The prize money is completely free of any future requirements from the app creators and is offered to help promote this contest and participation.       • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   More Recent Articles RobotShop Among the Fastest Growing Companies in Canada, 4th Year in a Row Miele RX1 Scout Robot Vacuum Unboxing RobotShop to Carry the New "Neato Botvac Connected" Robot Vacuum RobotShop Acquires LetsMakeRobots.com How to Make a Drone / UAV – Lesson 5: Assembly         Click here to safely unsubscribe from "RobotShop Blog." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.

   

   

IEEE Spectrum

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• Trash Hauling Robots Are Cool, But Do We Really Need Them?
• How Engineers at West Virginia University Caught VW Cheating
• U.S. 'Master Clock' Keepers Test Terrestrial Alternative to GPS
• Gigahertz Antenna-on-a-Chip Theory Is Questioned
• Quadrotors Build Rope Bridge for Fearless Grad Students
• Photonic Crystal Uses Coldness of the Universe to Chill Solar Panels on Earth
• U.S. Restarts Hunt For Gravitional Waves With Advanced LIGO
• Sensors You Can Swallow Could Be Made of Nutrients and Powered by Stomach Acid

Trash Hauling Robots Are Cool, But Do We Really Need Them? Posted: 22 Sep 2015 09:35 AM PDT Volvo wants robots to help bringing trashcans to garbage trucks, which sounds like a great idea except that it may not be

How Engineers at West Virginia University Caught VW Cheating Posted: 22 Sep 2015 08:00 AM PDT An attempt to understand VW's clean diesel tech instead uncovered one of history's greatest corporate cybercrimes

U.S. 'Master Clock' Keepers Test Terrestrial Alternative to GPS Posted: 22 Sep 2015 06:31 AM PDT The U.S. Naval Observatory tests a ground-based GPS alternative that could work in crowded cities and even underground

Gigahertz Antenna-on-a-Chip Theory Is Questioned Posted: 22 Sep 2015 04:03 AM PDT Can electromagnetic theory still surprise us?

Quadrotors Build Rope Bridge for Fearless Grad Students Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:17 PM PDT I don't trust robots this much, but at ETH Zurich, they're crazy enough to put their lives in the hands of a team of quadrotors

Photonic Crystal Uses Coldness of the Universe to Chill Solar Panels on Earth Posted: 21 Sep 2015 01:06 PM PDT A new coating lets solar panels cool themselves while producing even more energy

U.S. Restarts Hunt For Gravitional Waves With Advanced LIGO Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT With $200-million overhaul complete, scientists are looking for ripples in the fabric of space-time

Sensors You Can Swallow Could Be Made of Nutrients and Powered by Stomach Acid Posted: 21 Sep 2015 09:11 AM PDT Silicon for the smarts, but stomach acid for the power

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