{"id":194,"date":"2011-08-10T08:21:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T13:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labviewjournal.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2019-07-30T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T23:08:07","slug":"labview-robotics-at-niweek-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/2011\/08\/labview-robotics-at-niweek-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"LabVIEW Robotics at NIWeek 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was the original NI technical lead for the LabVIEW Robotics products, and very much enjoy the Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles Summit at NIWeek.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, we had some great demonstrations, presentations, and discussions.\u00a0 Fresh off his victory in the Adult Size Humanoid League at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robocup2011.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RoboCup 2011<\/a> in Istanbul, Turkey, the CHARLI-L2 robot from Virginia Tech\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/romela.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory<\/a> was a big hit with the NIWeek crowd.\u00a0 Here\u2019s CHARLI with Dr. Dennis Hong.\u00a0 (And a plug for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/dennis_hong.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dennis\u2019 TED talks on robotics<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0214.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0214.jpg?resize=458%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0214.jpg?w=458&amp;ssl=1 458w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0214.jpg?resize=137%2C300&amp;ssl=1 137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Here\u2019s Bryce Lee, one of Dennis\u2019 graduate students.\u00a0 Bryce Lee is a former student of my friend, Dr. Dave Barrett, a professor at <a href=\"http:\/\/olin.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olin College of Engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0190.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0190.jpg?resize=655%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0190.jpg?w=655&amp;ssl=1 655w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0190.jpg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And because you can never have too many Virginia Tech robots, here&#8217;s DARWIN-OP, which won the Kid Size Humanoid RoboCup 2011 League.\u00a0 He\u2019s an especially charming robot. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0225.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-188 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0225.jpg?resize=1000%2C966&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0225.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0225.jpg?resize=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0225.jpg?resize=768%2C742&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had some great sessions, too.\u00a0 Dr. Sangbae Kim from MIT spoke about his robotic cheetah and other biomimetic robots.\u00a0 (Read this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgetlab\/2009\/10\/animal-inspire-robotic-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wired Magazine article<\/a> about Sangbae\u2019s work.)<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Harry Asada, also from MIT, spoke about his undergraduate robotics course, using LabVIEW and CompactRIO to solve the problem of plugging a miniature oil wellhead.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of Dr. Hong\u2019s lab at Virginia Tech, Dr. Karl Muecke is one of the members of the LabVIEW Robotics R&amp;D team.\u00a0 Here he is showing our updated <a href=\"http:\/\/ni.com\/robot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DaNI robot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0209.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-190 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0209.jpg?resize=1000%2C902&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0209.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0209.jpg?resize=300%2C271&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0209.jpg?resize=768%2C693&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robots showed up in the keynotes, too.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a photo from the Day 2 keynote, Shelley Gretlein (with Matt Spexarth) showing off her dancing skills in front of a LabVIEW-controlled Microsoft Kinect sensor.\u00a0 This powerful sensor is becoming popular in robotics.\u00a0 In front of Matt in this photo are also Boston Engineering\u2019s robotic tuna fish, and Virginia Tech\u2019s DARWIN-OP robot.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0155.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-192 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0155.jpg?resize=1000%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0155.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0155.jpg?resize=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stravaro.com\/lvjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/20110802_0155.jpg?resize=768%2C655&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you missed the keynotes, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni.com\/niweek\/keynote_videos.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NIWeek keynote videos<\/a> are online.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a lot going on with robotics at NI.\u00a0 The new version of <a href=\"http:\/\/ni.com\/robotics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LabVIEW Robotics 2011<\/a> is worth checking out.\u00a0 The biggest new feature is the environment simulator, which lets you test your robot in a virtual world. Because of our integration with the sensor drivers, very little code has to change when moving from the simulated world to the real one.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we can\u2019t talk about robotics at NI without mentioning our work in K-12 education, and our efforts to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.\u00a0 We are proud of our collaboration with LEGO on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni.com\/academic\/wedo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WeDo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legoeducation.us\/eng\/categories\/products\/middle-school\/lego-mindstorms-education\/_\/characteristics\/productType~LEGO%20Sets?gclid=COOVhq7-u6oCFY_D7QodSzo-6w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mindstorms<\/a> products.\u00a0 And we are also proud of our collaboration with <a href=\"http:\/\/usfirst.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FIRST<\/a> robotics.<\/p>\n<p>I want to close with a story of one engineer\u2019s impact on the world. It features Nicole Richard, one of NI\u2019s next generation of outstanding leaders, and my friend.\u00a0 Nicole manages our LabVIEW K-8 product development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was the original NI technical lead for the LabVIEW Robotics products, and very much enjoy the Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles Summit at NIWeek. 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