Google Sketchup Used for Robot Design
I've used Google Sketchup in the past to design robot parts and sometimes to create 3D graphics to illustrate articles and manuals. It's extremly handy, easy to use, and the price is right. From time to time I run across other robot builders using it, but I'm not aware of any forum, blog, or website specifically devoted to robot design using Sketchup.
A good example would be the 'Design. Click. Build' Blog that features all types of tips, tricks, and techniques for applying Sketchup for woodworking. If anyone knows, or publishes, a similar website for robotics, please let me know.
David Calkins "Robots Everywhere" Presentation
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Using the Kinect with Willow Garage ROS as a Master/Slave Robot Control (Video)
Taylor Veltrop explains and demonstrates his Master/Slave implementation of the Kinect with the Willow Garage ROS system to control a Kondo KHR-1HV humanoid robot, including a few surprises. 
The contest description says:
“We invite you to combine an RGB-D sensor (e.g. Kinect, PSDK5.0) with ROS to produce something new, interesting, and fun. It could be anything, from a novel robot control interface to a data-driven art project to pure computer vision. Bonus points if it's also useful (see below). We're offering $8K in prizes. We encourage participants to share, and our rules and judging will reward participants who act in the spirit of collaboration.”
Pretty sweet with $8K in prizes. 
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UncleBot’s Humanoid Robot Walking Tutorial (Video)
To say that Robert Lam has a talent for humanoid robots would be a gross understatement. Not only does he build robots, he also blogs under the nickname “UncleBot” about what he discovers to help others, and he even creates tutorial videos to share his know-how.
Robert recently modified a Bioloid Premium Robot kit to give it proportions closer to the classic Kondo KHR series. Of course that mean that all the existing walking motion sequences had to be tweaked, modified, or completely recreated from scratch. Here's his latest tutorial on creating walking motions for humanoid robots:
We're guessing that it won't be very long before we see a completely custom humanoid robot, designed from the ground up, walking proudly out of Robert's workshop. It's the natural next step. 
IEEE webinar to address the biggest challenge facing advanced robot development
IEEE Spectrum has a free robotics webinar coming up entitled "The Future of Robotics."
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Want to build a Brain Machine? (Video)
Tokyo Hackerspace has a Brain Machine Workshop scheduled for Sunday, October 11th from 1pm to 4pm at the THS facility in Shiroganedai, Tokyo. The workshop is open to the public, though pre-registration is required.
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