Building A Robotic Beckham

Deirdre — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:59 GMT

LabVIEW and Apple Technology at Virginia Tech

Apple just released this case study titled, "[Building A Robotic Beckham: LabVIEW and Apple Technology at Virginia Tech|http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/romela/]."

This document shows how students at RoMeLa, the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech, use Macintosh systems and National Instruments LabVIEW to turn out robotic creations that think and move by themselves.

Specifically, Apple showcaes DARwIn, the Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence. He is humanoid, autonomous, and made of precision-machined aluminum. DARWin is only three years old, but moves and thinks independently. He comes in two versions, 16 and 24 inches tall, and is currently training to be a soccer player. He competed in the 2007 RoboCup competitions at Atlanta, Georgia, where teams from around the world put autonomous soccer-playing robots through their paces.

You can also see DARwin in action in this YouTube video.

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