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Design, prototype and deploy sophisticated robotic architectures

A free Robotic Developer's eResource Kit for engineers and scientists available for download now
 
National Instruments has compiled a free Robotic Developer's eResource Kit for engineers and scientists involved in developing robotics applications.
 
Download your free technical Robotics eResource Kit today
 
See how the next generation of embedded technologies, using graphical system design, is helping roboticists design, prototype and deploy sophisticated robotic architectures. Engineers, researchers, and educators worldwide have used NI LabVIEW and graphical system design to create robots such as autonomous vehicles, humanoid robots, fixed-base industrial robots and personal/home service robots. 

NI Robotics Kit

Explore a collection of robotics tutorials, webcasts, videos and case studies that explore innovative approaches to robotics applications, including:
  • Article: Graphical System Design Inspires a New Age of Robots
  • Case study: Autonomous Driving in the DARPA Urban Challenge
  • Case study: Using Graphical Programming to Rapidly Build an Autonomous Robot and Compete in the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition
  • Case study: Developing a Home Robot
  • Tutorial: Getting Started with the NI LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit
  • Tutorial: Overview of the LabVIEW Robotics Module
  • Webcast: Introduction to NI LabVIEW Robotics
  • Webcast: The Top 3 Challenges in Prototyping Robots

Additional Resources

Download your free technical Robotics eResource Kit today

 

 

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Announcement:

2011 SAIEE National Student Project Competition

R25 000 prize money from EE Publishers up for grabs to undergrads! 

 

 2011 SAIEE Student Project Competition

We are pleased to announce that for the third consecutive year,

 

EE Publishers will be sponsoring the prize money of R25 000 for the
  

2011 SAIEE NATIONAL STUDENT PROJECT COMPETITION

 

Organised by: South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) 

 

2011 event hosted by: School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus

  
DATE: 24 November 2011

VENUE: North West University, Potchefstroom Campus

TIME: Project presentations: Commencing 10h00; Cocktail party and prize giving: Commencing 17h00
 
South Africa's leading tertiary educational institutions of electrical, electronics, computer and information engineering (academic universities and universities of technology) are participating and fielding eligible team(s) of final-year undergraduate students at the contest.
 
You are cordially invited to attend and experience for yourself the top talent emerging from South African Universities and Universities of Technology of electrical, electronic, computer and information engineering.
 
The event will be opened by SAIEE president Andries Tshabalala, divisional MD, ACTOM Head Office.
 
FURTHER INFORMATION
 
For further information on the 2011 SAIEE National Student Project Competition, the prizes, eligibility rules, procedures, judging and adjudication criteria, scoring sheets, map and directions to the venue, etc., please contact:
 
Gerda Geyer, SAIEE, Tel: 011 487-3003, Fax: 011 487-3002

 

Email: geyerg@saiee.org.za; SAIEE website: www.saiee.org.za

 

 

 

 

 
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