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Checkout mbed Workspace Version Control!

Posted 14 Jun 2011, by Simon Ford. 3 replies

The new beta version of the mbed Online Compiler now lets any of your programs start using Version Control by simply making your first commit. Here is a video for an intro to some of the features in action:

mbed moves to new offices!

Posted 10 Jun 2011, by Simon Ford. 8 replies

This week, we've been moving house! Come have a look!

Here is what will become our new workshop:

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Can you see my mbed robot?

Posted 08 Jun 2011, by Simon Ford. 1 reply

Can you see the mbed robot prototype in this video?!

TROBOT 4.0: A Miniature Articulated Robot

Posted 03 Jun 2011, by Dan Ros. 0 replies

Toby Baumgartner is looking for pledges to help his TROBOT 4.0 become reality.

Toby: "The TROBOT is a miniature six-axis articulated robot, modeled after large industrial & assembly line robots. The goal of this project is to design and build the next generation TROBOT 4.0. Version 4 will be slightly larger and much improved over its predecessors. Featuring smoother motion, a stronger mechanical structure, more payload capacity, and more precision."

mbed talks to Android via ADK Open Accessory API!

Posted 29 May 2011, by Simon Ford. 6 replies

Google announced that Android 3.1 added "Android Open Accessory" support and the ADK, allowing external USB hardware to interact with an Android-powered device.

Because mbed has a USB Host interface built in already, that means it can theoretically be used to prototype Android Open Accessories. And it looks like some of you are already making great progress! Check this out:

NXP Design Challenge - Distinctive Excellence results

Posted 26 May 2011, by Dan Ros. 0 replies

The results for the Distinctive Excellence category of the NXP Design Challenge are in!

There's an amazing 23 projects in this category, including such things as:

Full list of winners, including project write-ups

3D printed, mbed powered Quadrocopter prototyped in two weeks!

Posted 22 May 2011, by Simon Ford. 0 replies

Check out this custom quadrocopter, taken from concept to flight in just 2 weeks built using a RepRap 3D printer and an mbed for the electronics and control!

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Human exoskeleton developed using mbed

Posted 16 May 2011, by Dan Ros. 0 replies

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After student Austin Whitney was paralysed in a car accident, a few graduate students under Professor Homayoon Kazerooni at Berkeley took on the challenge to get him walking again.