Dynamixel and ROS: Towards Affordable Manipulators — Part 1 by Michael Ferguson Meet some of the cool technology that is available right now that you can use to build a sophisticated sensor-based robot arm for a reasonable price. Page 40
Creating a SpindleBot — Retro Turtle Robot Construction Tutorial by Robert Doerr Witness the birth of a whole new class of robots that can be affordably used for education and hobbyists. Page 44
Sounding Off by Gordon McComb This time, build a music-controlled Arduino Tunebot. Page 54
Robytes by Jeff Eckert Robytes Stimulating Robot Tidbits. Page 08
GeerHead by David Geer GeerHead Roboticist Achieves Human-Aided Robot Hand-Eye Coordination. Page 10
Ask Mr. Roboto by Dennis Clark Ask Mr. Roboto Your Problems Solved Here. Page 14
The NXT Big Thing by Greg Intermaggio The NXT Big Thing Chariot of Fire. Page 68
Then and Now by Tom Carroll Then and Now Robot-Assisted Prostate Surgery. Page 74
BUILD REPORT: Nyx, Sportsman, and Dragon*Con 30 lb Bot — Part 2 in Combat Zone: Features With a fresh pile of parts and Motorama just over a month away, I got a quick jump on assembling Nyx. Page 32
The History of Robot Combat: The Rise of the Insects — Part 1 in Combat Zone: Features This article was difficult to put together, to say the least. Once again, the robot combat builders haven’t proven to be the most diligent record keepers (with one notable exception). Page 35
