Bruce Boyes, CEO of Systronix, describes TrackBot, a small robotic device with built-in sensor modules that provide beaconing, obstacle avoidance, spatial awareness, communication, and navigation. Add a SunSPOT device to TrackBot, and the result is a powerful but affordable strategy for large-scale deployments in swarms and collaborative robotic behavior. (See also TrackBot on YouTube.)
Bruce Boyes, CEO of Systronix, describes TrackBot [3], a small robotic device with built-in sensor modules that provide beaconing, obstacle avoidance, spatial awareness, communication, and navigation. Add a SunSPOT device to TrackBot, and the result is a powerful but affordable strategy for large-scale deployments in swarms and collaborative robotic behavior. (See also TrackBot on YouTube [4].)
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[1] http://www.java.net/pub/au/23
[2] http://www.java.net/pub/ct/8
[3] http://www.trackbot.systronix.com/
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9bValJVCKg
[5] http://download.java.net/mobileembedded/podcasts/061807.mp3
[6] http://feeds.feedburner.com/MobileandEmbeddedPodcast
[7] http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=252690205
[8] http://today.java.net/pub/ct/mobileandembedded
[9] http://dimsumthinking.com/
[10] http://www.java.net/articles/topic/19