Naturally there's a nice feature article about the new Bioloid Premium kit to go along with the cover shot. If you're already familiar with the Premium kit there's not too much new here. For the wider robotics audience it provides a favorable overview of the product, which will likely mean more users.
Some details that I noticed:
Robotis has plans to produce a metallic shell (head and chest) for combat robotics. They already have metal feet that they gave away with the reviewers packages.
The reviewer's software appears to be at the 1.0.15.0 level, showing a screen shot of the new Pose Utility.
Robotis is working on a C/C++ interface much like what comes with the Expert kit. There's also talk about a programming interface for the Dynamixel bus.
Finally, if you wanted to know what the head and chest would look like if you painted them on the inside, take a close look at the cover shot. It's looks about like I thought it would, which is why I painted mine on the outside. That's just my preference.Statistics: Posted by Fritzoid — Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:46 pm
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