Bleh. It's the middle of the week. Two-and-a-half days down, and two-and-a-half more to go. For a little bit of inspiration (and a bit of distraction), check out this week's round of neat-o links from around the office: The Stream : The future of drone technology This YouTube video features some interesting discussion about Drones […]
University BEAM Projects
Dave Hrynkiw
June 16, 2002
The University of of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been running a BEAM-style mechatronics program (GE100) for the last few years. The purpose of the class is to build a self-powered device that can propel itself over both smooth and rough terrain, using a pair of servos and a BEAM-style servo-controller circuit (similar in function to our own BEP Servocore module).
They've recently updated their page showing off the creations they've made, all quite inspirational - well worth the visit!
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