LabVIEW Software Energizes Humanoid Robot

Aug. 23, 2007

LabVIEW software from National Instruments has been used to accelerate development and research in robotic locomotion. While robot programming and control are usually written in C code, LabVIEW has been used for a fully autonomous humanoid robot that plays soccer and acts as a research platform for studying novel locomotion. Called the Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence (DARwIn), the robot' s bipedal locomotion is being studied at Virginia Tech. LabVIEW not only acts as an interface with the robot and as the brain of the robot, but also aids in verifying locomotion research. The robot has already been qualified as the first and only US humanoid robot for the international Robocup soccer competition.

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.