[Robotgroup] Robotgroup Digest, Vol 43, Issue 5

Mon May 7 06:32:44 PDT 2007

Hey does anyone know how to integrate GUI's with web page desgins?

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Article: Under $400 Fully Functional Humanoid (Denise Scioli)
   2. P.O. Box committee (Def Egge)
   3. Re: Projector (TomD)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 14:00:33 -0500
From: "Denise Scioli" <morg80 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Article: Under $400 Fully Functional
	Humanoid
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Anyone want to have a "group" owned one of these?

Denise

>From: Vern Graner <vern at txis.com>
>Reply-To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Subject: [Robotgroup] Article: Under $400 Fully Functional Humanoid
>Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 13:37:55 -0500
>
>  From this link:
>
>http://www.botmag.com/articles/05-02-07_takara-tomi.shtml
>
>comes this article:
>
>--------------------------- CLIP --------------------------
>Under $400 Fully Functional Humanoid From Takara/Tomy
>
>by Lem Fugitt, www.robots-dreams.com
>
>The i-SOBOT remote control has a built-in LCD display with intuitive
>icons for easy motion sequence entry. The controller/robot communication
>is done using a well known IR format similar to television remote controls.
>
>Takara/Tomy will be offering the "i-SOBOT," a fully functional humanoid
>robot for approximately $300 (USD) in Fall 2007-a breakthrough in
>pricing that is significantly less than half the retail cost of similar
>humanoid robots. For only $50 to $70 more, a follow-on version,
>scheduled for later in the '07, will include a head-mounted camera and
>LAN capability. Each of the 17 servos has its own small cpu built-in.
>The rest of the electronics, including a cpu totally dedicated to voice
>recognition, are enclosed in the robots main body. The speaker is
>located at the bottom of the chassis, behind the three slots. Ready to
>go right out of the box, the robot will ship with several hundred
>pre-programmed motion sequences, dialogs, and built-in voice command
>recognition.
>
>The "i-SOBOT" is a significant new robot in the humanoid bot
>marketplace, and the company offering it has quite a history. Based on
>it's long, successful, history as a global toy manufacturer, Takara/Tomy
>knows the importance of creating a distinctive personality for each of
>its products. Takara/Tomy views the i-SOBOT as a natural extension of a
>decades-long series of animated and robotic products, including the
>original Omnibot, the TXR-002 4-channel radio controlled robot, and more
>recently best sellers like the Walkie Bits robotic turtles.
>
>Takara/Tomy Ltd. was formed in early 2006 when Tomy merged with
>long-time rival, Takara Co., Ltd. The combined new company has many
>decades' experience with the successful production of animated and
>robotic products. Separately, the two companies produced a number of
>popular robot products, Takara is perhaps best known for producing the
>Transformer toy line first marketed by Hasbro in the '80s. The combined
>company is often referred to as Takara/Tomy, and the i-SOBOT is a highly
>capable, very competitive entity that is worth watching in the robotics
>marketplace.
>
>Takara/Tomy views the i-SOBOT as a natural extension of a decades long
>series of animated and robotic products.
>
>Takara/Tomy has been experimenting with different color schemes,
>including this strikingly attractive pink model. It's also highly likely
>that some promotional versions could be released.
>
>Kimi Watanabe, General Manager of the Seeds Product Development Group,
>is really excited about bringing the i-SOBOT and follow-on products to
>market. His wife is creating special costumes for the robot!
>
>Yosuke Yoneda, Deputy Manager, is by nature rather shy and introverted,
>but becomes extremely excited and animated when he explains or shows off
>his robot creations. He started the original i-SOBOT development project
>in 2001, and never lost faith in the project, even when it was put on
>hold for a year and a half when the two companies merged.
>
>Yoneda carries his i-SOBOT around in a small plastic tool case that he
>modified to protect the robot. The 100 yen coin in the upper right hand
>corner is roughly the same size as a US quarter, which should give you
>an idea of the robots size.
>
>Each of the 17 servos has its own small cpu built-in. The rest of the
>electronics, including a cpu totally dedicated to voice recognition, are
>enclosed in the robots main body. The speaker is located at the bottom
>of the chassis, behind the three slots.
>
>The robot features 17 degrees of freedom, using servos that were custom
>designed by the Takara/Tomy development team. Special attention was paid
>to even the smallest detail. For example, there are almost no exposed
>wires or cabling.
>
>The robots hands, while not controlled by servos, can be rotated and
>have two moveable fingers. The company expects to create a number of
>accessories that would use the hand.
>
>Based on it's long, successful, history as a global toy manufacturer,
>Takara/Tomy knows the importance of creating a distinctive personality
>for each of their products. Ready to go right out of the box, the robot
>will ship with several hundred pre-programmed motion sequences, dialogs,
>and built-in voice command recognition.
>
>Originally designed almost twenty years ago, the Tomy TXR-002 was ahead
>of its time, but taught the company lots of valuable lessons that were
>eventually incorporated into the i-SOBOT design. The TXR-002 was a four
>channel, R/C controlled robot that was sold up until 1994 in Japan and
>the UK for aproxiamately USD$ 500. The robot is still well known in
>Japan and remembered quite fondly by its fans.
>--------------------------- /CLIP -------------------------
>
>
>--
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>Senior Systems Engineer    | obviously incompetent so why are we
>Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network
>http://www.txis.com        | is up, then we obviously don't need
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 16:19:41 -0500
From: Def Egge <robodigest at innervate.com>
Subject: [Robotgroup] P.O. Box committee
To: The Robot Group <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
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I stopped by the USPS South Congress station this afternoon.

The word is this:

#1 box goes for $35/6 months (the USPS reserves the right to require 
us to obtain a #2 box (I think that one was $45/6 months).  There are 
some #1 boxes available ... don't dawdle.

The requestor needs to bring two forms of ID, a driver's license plus 
[state-issued ID or vehicle insurance paperwork].

Two keys are issued ... extra keys can be purchased for $4.65 each.

All the best....

Mike 

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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 09:16:32 -0600
From: TomD <TomD at hyperweb.com>
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Projector
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Unfocused Brain wrote:
> At tonights meeting Vern had voluntold me to look into a projector for 
> the group.
> 
> I was also told that someone had looked into what specs were needed for 
> the projector. Can someone let me know what those specs are or give me 
> the contact info for the person?
> 
> Thanks,
> James D.
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Here's a pretty good deal:
1024x768
2500 lumens
5000 hr lamp
DVI/VGA/Svideo/Composite inputs

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=332248&cm_ven=
dealm_site&cm_cat=deals2_2007&cm_pla=site&cm_ite=dealmac

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