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57 57  <h2 id="learn-more"><span id="learnmore">Learn More</span></h2>
58 58  <h3>What is FlowBotics Studio?</h3>
59 59  <p>FlowBotics Studio is a new development platform for robotics software: it boasts the powerful FlowBotics graphical programming language, and includes many demo robotics projects to get you started. It can be used to control just about any robotics platform, data acquisition board, motor controller, servo board, sound card, or webcam.</p>
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61 61  <p>FlowBotics Studio includes hundreds of built-in components that allow you to interface your PC to many of the standard computer peripherals and, using the FlowBotics programming language, you can quickly create new components for new hardware. You can also easily create new projects with custom GUI screens, knobs, buttons, switches, etc. that will run live from within FlowBotics Studio without needing to wait for compilation.</p>
62 62  <p>Using the FlowBotics programming language is as easy as dragging new components out of the library into the project's schematic, and making green links to connect one component's output of another one's input. FlowBotics even has support for writing custom modules in Ruby, a traditional procedural language.</p>
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64 64  <h3>FlowBotics Studio Demo Projects</h3>
65 65  <p>There is a growing collection of pre-made demo projects for use with your robotics hardware: the demos range from GUIs for simple interface card and sensor — that give you access to real-time analogue and digital signals — to full-blown robotics control applications — that have visual representations of your robots that can be manipulated directly with the mouse: the project calculates the inverse kinematics and moves the robot immediately.</p>
66 66  <p>The projects also have a powerful pattern sequencer component that is used to build reusable patterns that allow you to program the gait of a walking robot within minutes or hours, instead of days or weeks.</p>
67 -<p class="tac"><img alt="FlowBotics Pattern Sequencer" src="https://www.robotshop.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/flowbotics/learn-more/WebHome/fbs-pattern-sequencer.jpg" width="550" height="114"></p>
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68 68  <p>Since the demo projects are open source, they can be modified to tailor a specific purpose or parts can be extracted for use in new projects, and the new demos will be available through FlowBotics updates.<br>
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71 71  <h3>Graphics in FlowBotics Studio</h3>
72 72  <p>The FlowBotics programming language includes a powerful graphics engine that allows you to make custom graphical objects by using standard bitmaps or by drawing your own shapes on the screen. Using this system, you can build entirely custom interfaces for your projects and integrate photographs, drawings, and graphs.</p>
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80 80  <h3>Interface to the outside world</h3>
81 81  <p>FlowBotics has a huge range of supported computer interfaces, from data acquisition boards, home automation, webcams, soundcards, networking, serial ports and USB devices. There are thousands of supported devices, including parts from Lynxmotion, Phidgets, Pololu, and Robot Electronics and also parts implementing standard Bluetooth, Xbee, Modbus, TCP/IP, UDP/IP, HID, RS232, RS485, CAN Bus, SPI, I2C, X10, DMX512, and other popular protocols.</p>
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93 93  <h3>STEM Education</h3>
94 94  <p>FlowBotics Studio is the perfect tool for education. It is simple enough that it can be used by children from secondary and high school, but also powerful enough to be used by university students for undergraduate and graduate studies. The rapid development capabilities of the software mean that you can achieve much more in a short lesson than you could with traditional programming tools.</p>
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96 96  <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Science:</span> Use FlowBotics Studio to create applications for science experiments, test and measurement, data logging, graphs, saving files to disk and more.</p>
97 97  <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Technology:</span> FlowBotics Studio can be the heart of your design for things like home automation, A/V recording, video processing, audio processing, more.</p>
98 98  <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Engineering:</span> Use FlowBotics Studio to create mechatronic engineering systems including control systems, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), human-machine interface, and autonomous robot systems.</p>
99 99  <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Math:</span> Use FlowBotics Studio to teach mathematics, from binary numbers and boolean algebra to trigonometry functions and graphs.<br>
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102 102  <h3>Data Acquisition</h3>
103 103  <p>Want an easy way to capture data from the outside world? The FlowBotics language has built in support for many popular data acquisition devices: for example, you can use a Phidgets Sensor Interface Kit 8/8/8 to sample analog and digital signals.</p>
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105 105  <h3>Robotics</h3>
106 106  <p>The serial port communication in FlowBotics allows you to connect to a wide range of low-cost robots. You can use Inverse Kinematics (IK) and Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) modules to manage movement and create impressive interactive user interfaces to control your robot live.</p>
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109 109  <h3>Digital Signal Processing</h3>
110 110  <p>By connecting to external analog I/O devices, you can stream high data rate signals directly into FlowBotics. The Stream data components and DSP code component can then be used to create complex signal processing, and all this happens in real time.</p>
111 111  <p>You can even tweak your algorithms and user interface live – while your data continues to stream. This makes the development process extremely quick as you see the effects straight away.</p>
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114 114  <h3>Image Processing</h3>
115 115  <p>The FlowBotics language has many video functions built in. You can easily connect to external webcams, record video to disk and perform complex tasks like motion, colour and face detection with ease.</p>
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141 141  <ul class="buttons"><li><a href="https://www.robotshop.com/en/robot-app-store.html">RobotShop App Store</a></li></ul>
142 142  <p>Developers can build robot applications with FlowBotics Studio and then add them to the RobotShop App Store to be able to sell them to other robot owners and make money. For example, here is the new SSC-32 Servo Sequencer Utility made with FlowBotics Studio.</p>
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146 146  <p>This utility is available as a <a href="https://www.robotshop.com/en/catalogsearch/result/?q=RB-Dsp-07">free download in the App Store</a> as a standalone App, and is also available as an open source project as part of your purchase of FlowBotics Studio.</p>
147 147  <p>If you have any questions about the App Store, including how to submit an App, please see the Submit a Robot App tab in the <a href="https://www.robotshop.com/en/faq-robotshop-app-store.html#Submitrobotapp">the RobotShop App Store FAQ</a>.</p>
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153 153  <p>FlowBotics Studio comes bundled with many high quality demo Apps. There are six Apps that have visual representations of Lynxmotion robots that can be manipulated directly with the mouse: the App calculates the inverse kinematics and moves the robot immediately. The Apps also support USB game controllers such as the Lynxmotion PS2 Controller for controling the simulated and live robots.</p>
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155 155  <h3>2WD Rover</h3>
156 -<p class="tac"><img alt="Demo App: 2WD Rover" src="https://www.robotshop.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/flowbotics/learn-more/WebHome/fbs-demo-app-2wd-rover.jpg" width="600" height=""></p>
152 +<p class="tac"><img alt="Demo App: 2WD Rover" src="./FlowBotics Studio – Learn More_files/fbs-demo-app-2wd-rover.jpg" width="600" height=""></p>
157 157  <p>The <em>2WD Rover</em> App allows you to control your Lynxmotion 2WD rover with your PC. You can use two sliders to control the speed and direction of the two continuous rotation servos which are used to drive each wheel which will make the robot move and the robot's wheels on the screen will move accordingly.</p>
158 158  <p>The App includes the powerful pattern sequencer component that can be used to build movement patterns. You can start by creating simple patterns such as move forward, turn left, right, etc. and then make more complex patterns composed of combinations of the simple patterns. If go into Edit mode, you can use the FlowBotics language to implement some autonomous logic by using the SSC-32 board's inputs to measure sensor readings and trigger appropriate actions.</p>
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160 160  <h3>AL5 Arm</h3>
161 -<p class="tac"><img alt="Demo App: AL5 Arm" src="https://www.robotshop.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/flowbotics/learn-more/WebHome/fbs-demo-app-al5-arm.jpg" width="600" height=""></p>
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162 162  <p>The <em>AL5 Arm</em> App allows you to control your Lynxmotion AL5A, AL5B, or AL5D Arm with SSC-32 board from your PC. You can directly manipulate the on-screen arm using your mouse cursor and the App calculates the inverse kinematics to moves the robot at the same time.</p>
163 163  <p>The pattern sequencer can again be used to create simple or complex motion sequences where each frame represents a different arm positions. If you want to make the arm move blocks from one location to another, one pattern will represent the first position and another one with represent the second. In addition to using FlowBotics to trigger actions based on sensor readings, the App also includes some on-screen toggle switches that can be used to trigger events or to modify the parameters of the FlowBotics sequence.</p>
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165 165  <h3>BRAT Biped</h3>
166 -<p class="tac"><img alt="Demo App: BRAT Biped" src="https://www.robotshop.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/flowbotics/learn-more/WebHome/fbs-demo-app-brat-biped.jpg" width="600" height=""></p>
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167 167  <p>The <em>BRAT Biped</em> App allows you to control your Lynxmotion BRAT Biped with SSC-32 board from your PC. You can use your mouse to move the legs and feet, and the angles for the hips, knees, and ankles will automatically be calculated.</p>
168 168  <p>The pattern sequencer can be used to quickly create a simple walking gait, and the angle each of the servos can be controlled precisely by using nudge buttons or by entering a specific value.</p>
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170 170  <h3>MH2 Hexapod</h3>
171 -<p class="tac"><img alt="Demo App: MH2 Hexapod" src="https://www.robotshop.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/flowbotics/learn-more/WebHome/fbs-demo-app-mh2-hexapod.jpg" width="600" height=""></p>
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172 172  <p>The <em>MH2 Hexapod</em> App allows you to control your Lynxmotion MH2 Hexapod from your PC. You can move the six legs and the App will update the leg's servo positions accordingly.</p>
173 173  <p>Different walking gaits can be created with the pattern sequencer, including moving forward/back, turning, and tilting.</p>
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175 175  <h3>SQ3 Quadruped</h3>
176 -<p class="tac"><img alt="Demo App: SQ3 Quadruped" src="https://www.robotshop.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/flowbotics/learn-more/WebHome/fbs-demo-app-sq3-quadruped.jpg" width="600" height=""></p>
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177 177  <p>The <em>SQ3 Quadruped</em> App allows you to control your Lynxmotion SQ3 Quadruped from your PC. As usual, you can move each leg individually and the servo angles will be determined. Since the SQ3 has 3DOF legs, it has the capacity for some of the most sophisticated walking gaits.</p>
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179 179  <h3>SSC-32 Sequencer</h3>
180 -<p class="tac"><img alt="Demo App: SSC-32 Sequencer" src="https://www.robotshop.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/flowbotics/learn-more/WebHome/fbs-demo-app-ssc-32-sequencer.jpg" width="600" height=""></p>
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181 181  <p>Finally, the <em>SSC-32 Sequencer</em> App is a general purpose project made for the Lynxmotion SSC-32 Servo Controller Board. The main screen shows 32 sliders that you can adjust left and right to change each servo's position (which corresponds to the output PWM signal between 500us and 2500us pulses). The App also has features such as renaming the channels, setting minimum/maximum positions per channel, and grouping channels as one.</p>
182 182  <p>In addition to the pattern sequencer, the App has other advanced features such as adjusting firmware servo calibrations, direct console access, and the firmware update feature.</p>
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