Blogs

Some Interesting links on Video Streaming and Java.

I'm really disappointed by the lack of support and large amount of frustration with JMF.  This was Sun's initial stab at implementation or standards of implementation.  No one appeared to use it, and now it seems to have lost all support or future development.

I found myself in a situation where polar coordinates are used in determining position and location of a small robot and several objects of interest.  In order change the heading of a robot to correctly point to one of the objects, I needed to calculate the most efficient direction to turn and when to stop.

Full Sheet

Copper with dramatic lighting (ooooooh!)

Bug Toy is a simple radio controlled robot.  It is part of the distributed robot Audrey.

With Mood Lighting

Chassis, Wheels, and Tracks

Stereo Vision

Growler is an inexpensive "dumb" robot.  It has no sensors (at the moment), only motors and an radio module.  However, with myrobotlab, Growler can do a few interesting things.

Parts List