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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 39
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 39

by Mark Frauenfelder
May 2014
Intermediate to advanced
116 pages
5h 50m
English
Make: Community
Content preview from Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 39

IN OUR OWN IMAGE

The state of the art in humanoid robotics

Written by Gareth Branwyn

IT’S THE PERENNIAL DEBATE: R2-D2 VERSUS C-3PO, Astromech versus Protocol Droid, utility versus usability, function versus form. When the maker movement took off 10 years ago, a bottom-up, keep-it-super-simple approach to amateur robotics made more sense, especially from a cost perspective. But now, thanks to cheaper, smaller control systems and access to sophisticated technologies like 3D printing and networkable servos, more makers are starting to tackle much more complex, fussier, high-end robotics projects like androids, gynoids, and anthropomorphic arms. Here are just a handful of the most exciting developments in the world of anthrobotics — whether military, ...

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