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Defining a Common Architecture for Robotic Systems Course Video Tutorial • 30 min. Learn about the key hardware and software design elements necessary for an unmanned system to Sense, Think and Act in the world around it. This is a high-level view of a typical system architecture of an autonomous mobile robot. Using real-world robots as examples, you will step through each design element and learn about key technologies that are positively affecting what robot designers can do in each of the design elements.
Introduction to NI LabVIEW Robotics Course Video Tutorial • 10 min. NI LabVIEW Robotics is a software package that provides a complete suite of tools to help you rapidly design sophisticated robotics systems for medical, agricultural, automotive, research, and military applications. The LabVIEW Robotics Software Bundle includes all of the functionality you need, from multicore real-time and FPGA design capabilities to vision, motion, control design, and simulation. Watch an introduction and demonstration of LabVIEW Robotics.
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National Instruments offers intuitive design tools for everything from designing autonomous vehicles to teaching robotics design principals.
Designing a Simple Robot with NI LabVIEW
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White Paper The following technical tutorials explain how to use LabVIEW and NI hardware to design and prototype a variety of robotics applications.
Robotics 4-1-1: Four Platforms for One Prototype in One Month or Less
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White Paper Robots are often deployed in dynamic environments that make development more challenging. To know how a robot will respond to different situations prior to production, a functional prototype is vital.
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