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Article: Wiimote Robotics.(two USMechatronics engineers design robot)
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- Design News
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- March 19, 2007
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By Joseph Ogando, senior editor, motion control
A KUKA industrial robot has some fun with wireless control
Expensive industrial robots have little in common with robotic toys, right? Well, don't tell that to Aaron Rasmussen and Brian Mullins, cofounders of USMechatronics. While taking a weekend break from their day jobs designing robotic cells and other complex electromechanical systems, they decided to teach a KUKA KR16 robot to play tennis and, for a few more laughs, do some sword fighting.
Rather than simply program the robot as they would for one of their commercial jobs, they decided to create a wireless control system based on the Wiimote, ...