Links
Beginners
MindRover
Intelligent robot simulation strategy game.
What's an H-Bridge?
Easy to understand document about how H-Bridges work. Starts simple and builds up.
Robo Code
Write code in Java to control the behaviors of a virtual battle robot.
Cool Robots
RHex
An awesome autonomous hexapod with only one actuator per leg.
iRobot
Maker of PackBot and Roomba.
Autonomous NanoTechnology Swarm
Another one of NASA's futuristic ideas. Check out the videos!
BDI's Four-legged "BigDog"
An amazing four legged robot that balances as if it were alive!
Competitions
RoboRodentia
The autonomous robot competition held every year during Open House by the IEEE-CS Branch.
SRS Robo-Magellan
Robo-Magellan emphasizes autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance over outdoor terrain. Robots are given the GPS waypoints of several orange traffic cones and must navigate from a starting point to an ending point in the least time.
PDXBOT
A yearly robotics gathering that includes several competitions, robotics booths, etc.
DARPA Grand Challenge
Created in response to a Congressional and DoD mandate, the DARPA Grand Challenge is a field test to accelerate research and development in autonomous ground vehicles that will help save American lives on the battlefield.
Robotics Sites
plyojump.com
Overview of the capabilities of current robots.
Parts Suppliers
See our Parts Pool page if you want to combine your order with other members to reduce shipping costs.
Jameco Robot Store
Kits, Components, Parts
CS Gear
Planetary Gearheads for Servo and Stepper Motors
Solarbotics
Small Motors, Raw materials, Solar Pannels. Solarbotics offers competition robot kits, solar-powered robots, books, electronic components, motors, parts and information on the expanding field of BEAM Robotics.
Acroname
Sensors, Parts, Microcontrollers, Kits
Automation Sensors
All kinds of industrial sensors
Devantech Robotic Electronics
Sonar range finders
Glolab Corp.
Pyroelectric infrared sensors
Kodenshi Korea Corp.
Optical Sensors, Infrared LEDs, Photo Sensors
Lynxmotion
Kits, Motors, Electronics, Parts
Mark III Robot Store
Sensors, Parts
Massa Products Corp.
High End Ultrasonic Sensing
Parallax
Ultrasonic sensors, Basic Stamps, Project examples
Paul's Cheap Sonar Range Finder Design
Stock Drive Products
Small mechanical components of all shapes and configurations
SensComp
Ultrasonic sensor development kits
Sharp Microelectronics
Infrared proximity detectors
SICK, Inc.
High-end industrial sensors, LIDAR
Spark Fun Electronics
Their slogan says it all – “Your source for protyping supplies”
Thermo Controvision
Photodiodes, infrared, ultraviolet, eye response sensors
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
IR, LEDs, photo detectors, optical sensing
Wright Hobbies Robotics
A nice collection of useful robotics parts, both mechanical and electrical.
Pololu
They sell robot kits, parts, and electronics. The Tamiya gearboxes are great.
BalBots.com
A site that sells kits to create balancing robots.
Electronic Goldmine
A surplus supplies web site for cheap “selected” motors/component
Marlin P. Jones & Assoc. Inc
A surplus supplies web site for cheap “selected” temperature adjustable solder iron/component
Atmel Atmega32 Microcontroller
PolyBot Board
Dr. Seng created a custom board for his CPE482 Mobile Robotics class and for RoboRodentia bots. Unassembled kits are now available for $70 from IEEE.
AVRcam
The AVRcam is a small, opensource camera module with a real-time image processing engine capable of tracking colorful objects. Dr. Seng is using it with his PolyBot board in his CPE482 Mobile Robotics class. Unassembled kits available for just $99.95.
RoboRodentia Bundle Installer
Installs everything you need to get started with the ere boards that Dr. Seng loans out. WinAVR, AVRLib, AVR Studio, MEGA32ISP, TortoiseCVS, Open Command Prompt Here, Documentation, Examples in C and Assembly.
Dr. Seng's RoboRodentia Page
Explains how to get started with the Atmel. We recommend getting the RoboRodentia Bundle Installer above because all the software and Atmega32 documentation mentioned on Seng's page are included in the bundle. (however, the bundle is over a year old now)
GNU Development Environment
GNU Development Environment for the AVR Microcontroller. GNU Binutils, AVR-GCC, AVR-LIBC, etc.
Useful Tools
GanttProject
Use it to set a timeline and goals for your projects and stay organized. Exports images and HTML for easy web display.
