[Robotgroup] FW: NI News: Researchers Use LabVIEW to Create Fully Autonomous Robot

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   In This Issue

   Â§                        â¢ [5]Researchers use LabVIEW to Create
   Fully Autonomous Robot

   Â§                        â¢ [6]Sensor Simulation on FPGA Hardware

   Â§                        â¢ [7]Programming Strategies for Multicore
   Processing: Pipelining

   Â§                        â¢ [8]New LabVIEW Statechart Module Powers
   Software Design

   Â§                        â¢ [9]Webcast: Harness Multicore Performance
   with LabVIEW

   [10]Sensor Simulation on FPGA Hardware

   [11]Researchers Use NI LabVIEW to Create Fully Autonomous Robot

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   Learn how your automated test systems can evaluate the functionality
   of measurement
   and control hardware by simulating real-world signals and verifying
   the expected response.
   [12]Learn more >>

   Researchers at Virginia Tech used National Instruments LabVIEW to
   create a fully autonomous humanoid robot to study novel locomotion and
   serve as their entry into RoboCup, a soccer competition among
   autonomous robots. This application, [13]demonstrated at NIWeek
   2007, also won the NIWeek paper contest.
   [14]Learn more >>

   Development Resources

   [15]Programming Strategies for Multicore Processing: Pipelining
   Explore pipelining, a technique you can use to gain a performance
   increase on a multicore CPU when running an inherently serial task.
   With structures familiar to LabVIEW developers, such as shift
   registers and feedback nodes, your applications can incorporate
   pipelining with minor code changes.
   [16]Learn more >>

   [17]Prevent Cross-Linking with the LabVIEW Project
   See how LabVIEW 8.5 helps you prevent cross-linking, which occurs when
   a VI in memory references a different subVI than the one it was last
   saved with.
   [18]Learn more >>

   [19]Build versus Buy - Understanding the Total Cost of Embedded Design
   Explore the two options for developing a new embedded controller â
   build or buy â as well as the technical and financial risks associated
   with both.
   [20]Learn more >>

   [21]Example Code: A Reference Application for Local Machine Control
   Generate pseudo-random numbers using virtual instrumentation and a
   linear-feedback shift register algorithm in the LabVIEW FPGA Module.
   [22]Download this example >>

   [23]Example Code: Cannons Game Using Object-Oriented Programming
   The Cannons game demonstrates the use of LabVIEW built-in,
   object-oriented support and emphasizes the use of encapsulation and
   modularity. It incorporates a picture control for basic animation of a
   battlefield and tanks.
   [24]Download this example >>

   New Products and Technologies

   [25]New LabVIEW Statechart Module Powers Software Design
   The release of LabVIEW 8.5 introduces a powerful new software design
   tool â the LabVIEW Statechart Module. With this new addition to the
   LabVIEW platform, programmers can design applications at a higher
   level of abstraction than previously possible.
   [26]Learn more >>
   [27]Develop a Flexible HMI/SCADA System in LabVIEW
   With an open and flexible system such as LabVIEW software and the
   LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) Module, you can
   connect to legacy devices, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and
   programmable automation controllers (PACs) using one software package.
   [28]Learn more >>

   Events

   [29]Webcast: Harness Multicore Performance with LabVIEW Graphical
   Programming
   Examine the trend toward multicore processor-based systems and explore
   how LabVIEW software can increase multicore system performance without
   the need to understand the intricacies of parallel hardware.
   [30]View this webcast >>

   [31]Webcast: Designing Applications with the LabVIEW Statechart Module
   Learn how you can use the new LabVIEW Statechart Module to create
   advanced state machines that include hierarchy and concurrency to
   design event-based tasks such as user interfaces and state-based
   control.
   [32]View this webcast >>

   [33]Join the Next LabVIEW Virtual User Group
   The next LabVIEW virtual user group meeting focuses on programming
   multicore processors with LabVIEW. Attendees can discuss automatic
   multithreading in LabVIEW, optimization techniques such as data
   parallelism and pipelining, and debugging tools.
   [34]Join now >>

   [35]Webcast: PXI Express and the PXI Platform
   Learn about the PXI Express specification and how it enhances the PXI
   platform by providing high-performance features including increased
   bandwidth and improved synchronization with backward compatibility.
   [36]View this webcast >>
   [37]Find events in your area

                        Top Five Webcasts on ni.com

   1. [38]What's New in LabVIEW 8.5 >>

   2. [39]Connect LabVIEW to Any PLC Using OPC >>

   3. [40]Using LabVIEW for Machine Diagnostics, Portable Test, and
   Condition Monitoring >>

   4. [41]Creating Distributed HMI Systems with LabVIEW Touch Panel
   Module >>

   5. [42]Introduction to LabVIEW FPGA >>

                              NI in the Press

   NIWeek Video: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grade Engineer-to-Be?
   [43]Read this EDN article >>

   The Mind of MINDSTORMS
   [44]Read this Electronic Design article >>

   NI Meets Concurrent Processing Challenges with LabVIEW Software
   [45]Read this Design News article >>

   NIWeek Boasts Record Attendance
   [46]Read this Test and Measurement World article >>

   LabVIEW Programming Language Gets Updates
   [47]Read this EE Times article >>

                               Community News

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   engineers that are not quite ready for release. You can download and
   work with cutting-edge developments, offer product feedback, get
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