Robotics

Shakey +

The RALPH self driving Navlab 5 +

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

• SD Robotics ROS Workshop

Platforms

• Automotive systems

Processors

• Raspberry Pi $25-$35 (+peripherals) 700-900MHz ARM + GPU
• Arduino (Atmel AVR) <$20 20MHz Massive Codebase^
• ESP-8266 System On Chip <$5 w/Wifi 32-bit 80MHz
• Microchip PIC Wide range, low level, massive codebase.

Sensors

• Eyes: Cameras, Image Recognition Methods, Optical ranging, Easy Vision Systems,
• Ears/Hearing: DSP, DTMF
• Sensing people

Actuators

• Arms, Wheels, Wire Bots, Cable Bots,
• Motion Control Methods
• Motors: DC, Steppers, Servos, Solenoids
• Sound Speech
• Displays

Suppliers

• http://towerhobbies.com/ Tower Hobbies
• http://www.robotstore.com the Robot Store (now part of Jameco)
• http://robolink.com/ RoboLink
• http://www.andymark.com/ FIRST Robotics Competition
• https://www.servocity.com/kits/robot-kits

Methods

• Localization (computing position over time from sensor readings) +

Applications

• Automated Gardening
• Robots in our world

Examples:

• PIC Lego Robot Controller
• http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/brooks/brooks.html
• http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/genghis/
• http://www.isr.com
• http://members.tripod.com/robomaniac_2001/id149.htm Really cheap and simple.
• http://www.alife.co.uk/links/robots/index.html Artificial Life, specializing in robots (a list of links):
• http://www.hornerrobotics.com/ Carpet Sweeper.
• http://www.mindspring.com/~dfansler/lawn.htm lawn grazer
• http://www.hip.atr.co.jp/~degaris/robokoneko/index.html robot kitten .

links about Evolvable hardware in general:

• http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/evol/e-hard.htm
• http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/adrianth/EHW_groups.html

Papers on Agent Oriented Methodology using robotic soccer agents

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• http://www.wkap.nl/sample.pdf?165946
• http://www.wkap.nl/sample.pdf?183334

See also:

• https://buildersdb.com/beta A web site focused on robotics events especially robot combat leagues. Free hosting of an organization web page and listing of events.+
• https://www.instructables.com/id/Soft-Robots-Making-Robot-Air-Muscles/ Making Soft Robotic actuators from 3D printed molds with "oogoo"; hardware store caulking and corn starch
  https://www.instructables.com/id/Soft-Robots-Make-An-Artificial-Muscle-Arm-And-Gri/+
• http://underactuated.mit.edu/underactuated.html Underactuated Robotics: Algorithms for Walking, Running, Swimming, Flying, and Manipulation+
• http://gramlich.net/projects/robobricks/index.html RoboBRiX:
• http://www.convict.lu/Jeunes/RoboticsIntro_old.htm Amazing what you can do with Lego RCX and a few odds and ends...
• http://www.accs.net/users/cefpearson/mobot.htm +
• http://mapage.noos.fr/chrismaker/air-muscle.htm Air Muscles from ballon and cable organizer sleeve" +
• http://voronoi.sbp.ri.cmu.edu/papers.english.html#mobile research papers+
• http://elm-chan.org/works/ltc/report.html Tiny Desktop Line Following Robot +
• http://perso.freelug.org/legway/LegWay.html A two wheel balanceing robot made with legos+
• http://www.pololu.com/ Nice kits, gear trains, motors, parts, etc...+
• http://www.bugbotwars.com/kits/index.htm Many sensor and control kits. Low cost. Based on the islands+
• http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.m.avos/pathfinder.htm Easy to build line follower.
• http://www.mil.ufl.edu/imdl/
• http://192.195.23.217/robots/brb.html
• http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~shc/robots.html ...people may mostly let their legs swing as they would on their own, then add a little control and power, yielding a gait with inherently low energetic and control demands. In contrast to rigidly joint-controlled robots, walking robots based on passive-dynamic principles can have human-like efficiency and actuation requirements
• http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~robot/
• http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r/robotics.htm
• http://www.rdrop.com/~marvin/
• http://www.mit.edu:8001/courses/6.270/home.html MIT lego robot contests (very advanced in many cases)
• http://home.infi.net/~wtnewton/otherwld/index.html simulating a nervous network on a processor
• http://www.nondot.org/sabre/java/GRAS/index.html GRAS is a simulator for mechanical robots. The GRAS program is written in the Java language for maximum portability and ease of use.
• http://www.oricomtech.com/emerge4.htm

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