Launched as a wireless programmable robot specifically designed for the Linux platform, Tux Droid is a smart companion providing a new way to access the digital world without sitting in front of yourcomputer. Looking as a cute penguin resembling the Linux mascot, Tux Droid reacts to PC events and talksin more than 10 different languages.
Tux Droid Smart Talking Penguin for Linux users, is designed to keep you company as you use yourcomputer! Because it can be connected to the web, it receives and reads RSS feeds, tells you when you've got mail, and lets you listen to your favourite internet radio, and even make internet VOIP calls!
You've got to be a complete geek to want this wireless USB linked thingy. It can double as a VOIP phone, accept commands from an IR remote, and can be programmed to have seizures and other cool stuff. 4 AAA rechargeable batteries included. $100. What a bargain. Oh yeah...there's a fish involved as well. Yup.
What you need is a smart companion!Staying connected has never been more exciting! In the shape of a Penguin, Tux Droid the COOL computer companion/robot connects wirelessly to your computer within 15 to 20 meters and tells you the latest info on your PC from anywhere around the house!This is what Tux Droid is all about and more!
The fully programmable Kysoh Tux Droid brings the much-loved Linux mascot to life. Tux can blink, flap its wings, spin around, and even talk. Ars reviews the Tux Droid and shows you how to hook it up to IRC so it can say incoming messages out loud, and more.
Kysoh Tux Droid Robot Penguin - Bookshelf
116 pages
R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots)
Čapek's play, likened to a modern retelling of the Jewish Golem legend, is set in a robot factory where a robot rebellian leads to the extinction of the human race.
About this book
Čapek's play, likened to a modern retelling of the Jewish Golem legend, is set in a robot factory where a robot rebellian leads to the extinction of the human race.
753 pages
The robot builder's bonanza
Just look inside. This updated edition of Gordon McComb's best-selling "Robot Builder's Bonanza" features fascinating science tidbits, field-tested projects, and modular organization to make it easy to invent and build your own designs.
About this book
A major revision of the bestselling "bible" of amateur robotics building--packed with the latest in servo motor technology, microcontrolled robots, remote control, Lego Mindstorms Kits, and other commercial kits. Gives electronics hobbyists fully illustrated plans for 11 complete Robots, as well as all-new coverage of Robotix-based Robots, Lego Technic-based Robots, Functionoids with Lego Mindstorms, and Location and Motorized Systems with Servo Motors.Features a pictures and parts list that accompany all projects, and material on using the BASIC Stamp and other microcontrollers.
632 pages
Robotics, modelling, planning and control
This text is suitable for use in senior undergraduate and graduate courses in automation and computer, electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses with strong robotics content."--BOOK JACKET.
