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Wireless Communications
News Release from: Atop Technologies | Subject: GW21SW-MAXI
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 April 2005
Robot competitors embed wireless LAN
technology
A number of competitors in last month's RoboGames in San Francisco controlled their machines using embedded wireless serial servers from Atop Technologies.
Robot competition has rapidly gained popularity in recent years internationally as an intellectually stimulating and creative event The event combines such technological disciplines as artificial intelligence, automatic control, electrical machines, and even wireless communication
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 31 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is truly an embodiment of high-tech, entertainment, and competitive spirit, and has begun to draw substantial interest from the public in general.
In the international robot competition called RoboGames (formerly Robolympics) held last month in San Francisco, some 400 plus robots from 12 leading countries entered the event for a series of elimination-round competitions like robot football, robot as fire fighter, robot as sumo wrestler, robot dancing, robot going through a maze, and robot speed race.
This year's event not only put the research and development results in intelligent robotics on display for all to see, but it has also demonstrated the unlimited potential of wireless control applications.
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Among the numerous participants in this international event, a number used the Atop Technologies embedded wireless serial server (GW21SW-MAXI), which allows robots to be controlled via the IEEE802.11b technology over wireless networks.
Control commands are received in real time and are successfully executed by the competing robots without any delay.
Such outstanding results have proven that the skepticism about the reliability of wireless networks for real-time control application is unfounded; the real-time control solution offered by Atop's integrated serial communication equipment has gained both recognition and acceptance from participants in this international event.
Difficulties of networking still exist in modern industrial automation sites, such as the requirement to install dedicated cables for connecting devices and the need of increased maintenance and input capital.
On the other hand, cabling does not apply to certain impossible environments or highly mobile devices.
An Atop Product Manager commented: "To meet our customers' need for wireless device networking, Atop Technologies, a veteran in system integration with a nose for market opportunities, adopts the more mature and popularly deployed wireless LAN technology IEEE802.11b, before everyone else, and develops a family of device wireless networking products".
The IEEE802.11b technology not only works with the popular existing Ethernet, but voids the need of cabling.
It provides the market with the best wireless solution that satisfies our customers' needs who demand data transmission but can't do it with physical cables.
The benefits and value resulted exceed greatly the simple reduction of expenses.
Atop Technologies, leader in serial device wireless networking products, provides a wide range wireless products including single port, dual ports and embedded wireless serial-Ethernet servers and even GPRS serial servers for long distance communications.
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