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What is the difference between Task-Level and Joint-Level Control Systems?

While doing a literature review of mobile robots in general and mobile hexapods in particular I came across a control system defined as "Task level open loop" and "Joint level closed loop" system. ...
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How to connect RESET pin [closed]

How to connect the RESET pin in a microcontroller (AT 8051)? And why to connect in that particular way. Please explain fully.
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1answer
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Would the strength and speed of a robot skeleton be a danger to its wearer?

Expanding upon the title, I am querying the use of robotic skeletons to augment human strength and speed. If such a robot had the capacity for example to bear weight 5 times heavier than the wearer ...
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3answers
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Using an Xbox controller to fly a Quadrocopter

So I have a quadrocopter, it does come with a remote but I intend to run certain modifications to the copter, like installing a camera, a mechanical manipulator, and other random modifications. The ...
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Does 24 GFLOPS is enough for 2D slam? [closed]

I'm planning on making a 2D mapping robot using SLAM, do you guys think 24 GFLOPS is enough for it? I think the question is self-descriptive
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What is the Apt Domain for my Robo Project? [closed]

I am Designing a Robo-Project that links interdisciplinary domains 1)Cloud 2)Robotics (as it is) and Smart phone also i am now confused under what domain my project will reside which is the ...
2
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1answer
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How does rocker bogie keep the body almost flat?

How does rocker-bogie mechanism keep the body flat / keep the solar panel almost flat all the time? I know there is an differential system that connect both rocker bogie (left and right) together. But ...
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2answers
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Connecting More Than Six Analog Input Pins to arduino

I'm in the planning stages for a project using the Arduino Uno to control 8 distance sensors, and have run into a little road block, the Uno only has six input pins. So I'm wondering, is there any way ...
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3answers
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Is the Turing test a legitimate test to compare Robots to Human?

The Turing Test has been followed as a test that robots need to complete in order to be termed "Human-Like". But to what extent is this test justified? I mean, whatever the test maybe, the robot/ ...
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Quadrotor control using ArduIMU

We are using ArduIMU (V3) as our Quadrotor's inertial measurement unit. (we have a separate board to control all motors, not with ArduIMU itself). As mentioned here , the output rate of this module ...
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2answers
109 views

Drone targeting

Imagine a "drone" and a target point on a 2d plane. There are eight parameters: ...
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1answer
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How do I adjust objects on a conveyor belt into the proper orientation?

This is part two of my larger robot, it follows up what happens with the small rocks here: What kind of sensor do i need for knowing that something is placed at a position? Now i am taking the rocks ...
3
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1answer
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Space elevator: What is still needed, apart from the cable and propulsion?

In order to build and operate a space elevator moving crafts and people into space, there are two big challenges that have not been solved yet: Finding a cable with enough tensile strength, Moving ...
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What kind of sensor do i need for knowing that something is placed at a position?

I have a small device that's picking up small rocks from a pile and moving them to another place. Its a kind of crude way of trying to push the whole pile onto a bigger gear and hoping one of them are ...
2
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1answer
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How to stabilize a quadcopter

Today was my quadcopter's first "flight". I'm running megapirate on a Crius AIOP v2 with a Turnigy Talon v2 frame. I only touched the throttle stick on my remote, nothing else. When I felt the ...

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