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  • Lecture 4 | Introduction to Robotics

    Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department. Professor Khatib shows a short video on a device called The Hummingbird, and then begins Manipulator Kinematics. CS223A is an introduction to robotics which covers topics such as Spatial Descriptions, Forward Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Jacobians, Dynamics, Motion Planning and…

  • Testing NASA’s New Moon Robot

    In this NASA eClips video segment learn about the mobile robot NASA plans to use for future missions to Mars: the All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer, or Athlete. Athlete is a six-legged, wheeled, mobile robot that will be used to move the astronauts habitat as well as serve many other purposes for the mission. NASA is…

  • Bud Light Battle Bot commercial

    Bud Light Beer Fridge Battle Bot commercial. Duration : 0:0:31

  • RoboCamp Day 2

    Exciting when you realise that the robot with sensors can be very much more interactive. With programming, it can be intelligent as well. Have fun being the king of the ring, and learn to work in darkness as well. Duration : 0:2:43

  • Hexapod Robot CNC Router

    Just a bit of fun.. Using B.F. Hexapod as a pen plotter. DXF files are converted to translation moves and fed to the hexapod in sequence. The idea is to replace the pen with a small routing head, and then try to cut something! Routing resolution is pretty low, but you get the idea. Duration…

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