Robotics Society of Southern California - Hardware

The Da Vinci Surgical Robot

mangelschots — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:06:28 +0000

Here is an article I posted on my web-site about the Da Vinci Surgical robot, which I was able to test drive at a demonstration in Rancho Cucamonga.

IBM’s Zero Instruction Set Computer

mangelschots — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:35:10 +0000

By Arthur Ed LeBouthillier

This article appeared in the February 2000 issue of The Robot Builder.

Neural Nets excite many as a possible technique for developing adaptive capable robot controllers. Although the basic idea of their operation is simple and their use is efficient, the biggest problem has been in training them. A product developed by IBM
called the Zero Instruction Set Computer (ZISC) provides hope that neural net technology might be reasonably used in robots.

Crusoe: Improved Microprocessors for Mobile Applications

mangelschots — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:01:31 +0000

By Arthur Ed LeBouthillier

This article appeared in the January 2000 issue of The Robot Builder.

guest lecture: Hanno Sander from Hannoware

mangelschots — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:06:50 +0000

by Jef Mangelschots

Robotic House

mangelschots — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:32:52 +0000

by Ralph Irwin

This article was published in the October 1999 issue of The Robot Builder.

experiments with GPS for indoor robot navigation

mangelschots — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:39:23 +0000

by Jef Mangelschots

These are my collected notes on a presentation given by Alex Brow at the January 2010 meeting where he talked about his experience with GPS for navigation of indoor Leaf-type robots. I have added information from email threads on this same issue.

USC Robotics Open House

mangelschots — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:45:51 +0000

by Jef Mangelschots

On April 15 2010, I went to the USC Open House for the Robotics Lab.

Casters

mangelschots — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:07:25 +0000

Here is a link to an article written by Jim Ubersetzig on "Casters" for an RSSC class he gave in March 2001.