ROS (Robot Operating System) is a framework for robot software development‚ providing operating system-like functionality on top of a heterogenous computer cluster. ROS was originally developed in 2007 under the name switchyard by the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in support of the Stanford AI Robot (STAIR[1]) project. As of 2008‚ development continues primarily at Willow Garage‚ a robotics research institute/incubator‚ with more than twenty institutions collaborating in a federated
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The Day that changed my life The key moment that set all of this in motion was the day I decided to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. The scheme consisted of a number of sections with service being one of these. I discussed it with my mother and what was expected of me. My mother told me about her friend who had a child with Angelman syndrome (AS)‚ also known as the smiling disease. AS is a neuro-genetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental delay‚ sleep disturbance
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Systems Project Report Group 5: “Ad Hoc”. Frontal view of the vicious “Ad Hoc” robot Team members: Heijkenskjöld‚ Hannes Kalén‚ Martin Malmesjö‚ Stefan Hoc‚ Ad Abstract This is a report of the project for the course 2D1426 Robotics and Autonomous Systems. It describes the ideas and the design of the Ad Hoc robot. It covers the main design goals‚ implementation and results. The goal of the robot was to play table hockey‚ and above all to be able to score a goal. This was actually
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An Incident that Changed My Life An Incident that Changed Young Girl Life matto matt matto matt‚ Yahoo! Contributor Network Oct 9‚ 2008 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." More: Splurges Young Girls Shopping Malls tweet Print FlagPost a comment I used to be a real spoilt brat. My parents are quite well off and I usually get what I wanted. Being the youngest of three children also guaranteed that I get the most attention. I had no lack of luxurious
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MS 210 Tesai Ghany 804C March 3‚ 2014 In the story‚ “La Vida Robot”‚ by Davis‚ I meet four undocumented migrants from West Phoenix. Who would have ever thought these kids would join a robotics team. These four kids have a special position in the team which makes it a perfect team. Now‚ let’s meet these special students. First there is Lorenzo Santillan. He is the master mechanic of the team. His family is in a very tough situation. Davis says‚ “His mother had been
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The Day My Life Changed When I was eighteen my life changed forever. I knew it was time for me to grow up and be serious. It was Black Friday‚ around 2 AM‚ and I was asleep at my sister’s house. I was sleeping on my niece’s little twin bed. It was so much smaller than the bed I was used to sleeping on. All of a sudden‚ my water broke‚ and I was only hours away from being a mother. I was so scared because I didn’t know what to expect at all. When we got to the hospital; they got me checked in
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Personal Experience Monograph SSG John Webb The Worst Day of My Life 20 October 2012 ALC Class 001-13 Unclassified TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Description of events………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1 Outcomes……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Lessons……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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The Greatest Day I Have Ever Lived Have you ever had the feeling of yearning to gain something into your possession so desperately? Well‚ I had. It would probably be best to describe it as the dearest wish that any typical girl my age could ever had: the trendiest‚ most portable‚ and most recently released gadget on the market featuring the most advanced technology a phone could possibly ever been designed with in mankind’s history – the extremely popular iPhone 5s. Whenever I overheard
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21 September 2009 The day my life changed In a life filled with stumbling blocks my father has always been my anchor. Then one day my anchor was taken from me and I was set adrift. The last time I got to see my dad was Christmas Eve of 1998. We had made plans to get together early because that was going to be the first Christmas we didn’t spend together. We gathered together at my grandmothers home for our Christmas dinner and the smell of the food cooking
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ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY It is a fact that for some instances‚ in surgical procedures‚ there are procedures that are not possible with the traditional open surgery or laparoscopic techniques‚ but with the aid of robot-assisted surgery they were made possible to be performed; surgical robots were technologically developed to assist surgeons in conducting surgical treatment and to smooth the progress and lessen the risk of minimally invasive surgery or rather‚ to overcome its limitations. Robotically-assisted
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