Robotics is becoming an increasingly hot topic The reality is humans are fragile and weak Robotic and automated material handling is especially valuable in areas, laboratories and manufacturing plants...
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Power Over Ethernet could fry your equipment I have recently learned a whole lot about CAT5 cables, ethernet and wi-fi since I’ve started working for a new company. The reason the title says &...
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Kids find an old machine Some children playing in the house comes across an old typewriter and asks their dad to show them how it works. The dad takes a sheet of paper and feeds it into the typewrit...
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Some Linux background Although the latest versions of +Linux and +Ubuntu and others have GUIs (graphical user interfaces) where you can point and click with the mouse to navigate around the system and...
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What is UBUNTU … other than the Nguni term, roughly translated to English into “human kindness”? UBUNTU is the name given to the Linux based operating system and it is currently fu...
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This is an amazing piece of 3D printing work! The T8 spider robot from RobugTix ( +Robugtix ) weighs 1.00kg and is about the size of an A4 sheet of paper. Just watch the video and see how smooth ...
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2011 World Robotics Olympiad South Africa This YouTube video was originally shared by MikeRobotScience which is +Michael Ettershank ‘s YouTube channel. Michael’s organisation (previousl...
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African Robotics Network Challenge The following AFRON (African Robotics Network) Challenge has come to my attention and I would like to share it with you: The Ultra Affordable Educational Robot Proj...
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Lego Holiday training program During the school break between the 2nd and 3rd terms there will be a Lego Robotics training program taking place at UNISA aimed at +FIRST Lego League South Africa ‘...
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Revision of an earlier post on the subject This post serves as an update to Robotics in South Africa, and it is being written because the old post is becoming a bit tedious to read because of all th...
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