Industrial Automation, Robots and Unmanned Vehicles General Newsletter - Jan 2015

Robot Learning Manipulation Action Plans by "Watching" Unconstrained Videos from the World Wide Web

From Yezhou Yang, Yi Li, Cornelia Fermuller and Yiannis Aloimonos:  In order to advance action generation and creation in robots beyond simple learned schemas we need computational tools that allow us to automatically interpret and represent human actions. 

John Carmack On Modern C++

Winter break homework from John Carmack. Gamasutra reprint article "In-depth: Functional programming in C++":

Underactuated Rotor For Simple Micro Air Vehicles

From MODLAB (The modular robotics laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania):  We derive thrust, roll, and pitch authority from a single propeller and single motor through an underactuated mechanism embedded in the rotor itself. 

Servo2Go - NEMA Stepper Gearmotors shipped in <1 week

AMP's new NEMA standard 2 phase 1.8 degree hybrid stepper gearmotors feature: • Nema 17 gearmotor rated to 160 oz-in continuous torque • Nema 23 gearmotor rated to 320 oz-in continuous torque • Offset shaft • 5:1, 10:1 & 18:1 reductions • Lightweight design • High torque to inertia ratio • 80% efficiency • 45 arc-minute backlash

Learn More About Servo2Go.com Ltd.

maxon precision motors

maxon precision motors is a leading supplier of high-precision DC brush and brushless servo motors and drives. These motors range in size from 4 - 90 mm and are available up to 500 watts. We combine electric motors, gears and DC motor controls into high-precision, intelligent drive systems that can be custom-made to fit the specific needs of customer applications.

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