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+====== Links ======
+===== Beginners =====
+[[http://www.mindrover.com|MindRover]]\\
+Intelligent robot simulation strategy game.
+[[http://www.dprg.org/tutorials/1998-04a/|What's an H-Bridge?]]\\
+Easy to understand document about how H-Bridges work. Starts simple and builds up.
+[[http://robocode.sourceforge.net|Robo Code]]\\
+Write code in Java to control the behaviors of a virtual battle robot.
+===== Cool Robots =====
+[[http://www.rhex.net|RHex]]\\
+An awesome autonomous hexapod with only one actuator per leg.
+[[http://www.irobot.com|iRobot]]\\
+Maker of PackBot and Roomba.
+[[http://ants.gsfc.nasa.gov|Autonomous NanoTechnology Swarm]]\\
+Another one of NASA's futuristic ideas. Check out the videos!
+[[http://www.bdi.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog|BDI's Four-legged "BigDog"]]\\
+An amazing four legged robot that balances as if it were alive!
+===== Competitions =====
+[[http://ieee.ee.calpoly.edu/ieee_cs/roborodentia.php|RoboRodentia]]\\
+The autonomous robot competition held every year during Open House by the IEEE-CS Branch.
+[[http://www.robothon.org/robothon/challenge.php|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.
+[[http://www.pdxbot.org/cms/|PDXBOT]]\\
+A yearly robotics gathering that includes several competitions, robotics booths, etc.
+[[http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge|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.
+[[http://www.autobytel.com/content/research/channels/index.cfm/channel/CarTV_Motorsports_Videos/Megablurb/103/|DARPA Grand Challenge videos]]
+===== Robotics Sites =====
+[[http://www.plyojump.com|plyojump.com]]\\
+Overview of the capabilities of current robots.
+[[http://www.roboticsclub.org|The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club]]\\
+===== Parts Suppliers ====
+See our [[:parts pool]] page if you want to combine your order with other members to reduce shipping costs.
+[[http://digi-key.com|Digi-Key]]
+[[http://www.robotstore.com/|Jameco Robot Store]]\\
+Kits, Components, Parts
+[[http://www.csgearusa.com/|CS Gear]]\\
+Planetary Gearheads for Servo and Stepper Motors
+[[http://www.solarbotics.com|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.
+[[http://www.acroname.com|Acroname]]\\
+Sensors, Parts, Microcontrollers, Kits
+[[http://www.automationsensors.com/|Automation Sensors]]\\
+All kinds of industrial sensors
+[[http://www.robot-electronics.com/|Devantech Robotic Electronics]]\\
+Sonar range finders
+[[http://www.glolab.com/|Glolab Corp.]]\\
+Pyroelectric infrared sensors
+[[http://www.kodenshi.co.kr/en/index.asp|Kodenshi Korea Corp.]]\\
+Optical Sensors, Infrared LEDs, Photo Sensors
+[[http://www.lynxmotion.com/|Lynxmotion]]\\
+Kits, Motors, Electronics, Parts
+[[http://www.junun.org/MarkIII/store.jsp|Mark III Robot Store]]\\
+Sensors, Parts
+[[http://www.massa.com/|Massa Products Corp.]]\\
+High End Ultrasonic Sensing
+[[http://www.parallax.com/|Parallax]]\\
+Ultrasonic sensors, Basic Stamps, Project examples
+[[http://www.hamjudo.com/sonar/|Paul's Cheap Sonar Range Finder Design]]\\
+[[https://sdp-si.com/eStore/|Stock Drive Products]]\\
+Small mechanical components of all shapes and configurations
+[[http://www.senscomp.com/|SensComp]]\\
+Ultrasonic sensor development kits
+[[http://www.sharpsma.com/|Sharp Microelectronics]]\\
+Infrared proximity detectors
+[[http://www.sickoptic.com/sickhome.htm|SICK, Inc.]]\\
+High-end industrial sensors, LIDAR
+[[http://www.sparkfun.com/|Spark Fun Electronics]]\\
+Their slogan says it all -- "Your source for protyping supplies"
+[[http://www.centrovision.com/|Thermo Controvision]]\\
+Photodiodes, infrared, ultraviolet, eye response sensors
+[[http://www.vishay.com/|Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.]]\\
+IR, LEDs, photo detectors, optical sensing
+[[http://www.wrighthobbies.net|Wright Hobbies Robotics]]\\
+A nice collection of useful robotics parts, both mechanical and electrical.
+[[http://www.pololu.com|Pololu]]\\
+They sell robot kits, parts, and electronics. The Tamiya gearboxes are great.
+[[http://balbots.com|BalBots.com]]\\
+A site that sells kits to create balancing robots.
+[[http://www.Goldmine-elec.com|Electronic Goldmine]]\\
+A surplus supplies web site for cheap "selected" motors/component
+[[http://www.mpja.com|Marlin P. Jones & Assoc. Inc]]\\
+A surplus supplies web site for cheap "selected"  temperature adjustable solder iron/component
+===== Atmel Atmega32 Microcontroller =====
+{{http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~jseng/ATMegaControlBoard.jpg?nolink}} [[http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~jseng/PolyBot_Board.html|{{http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~jseng/polybot_board/polybot_board1.jpg?400}}]]
+[[http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~jseng/PolyBot_Board.html|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.
+[[http://www.jrobot.net|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.
+[[downloads:start#Software|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.
+[[http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~jseng/robotics.html|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)
+[[http://users.rcn.com/rneswold/avr/index.html|GNU Development Environment]]\\
+GNU Development Environment for the AVR Microcontroller. GNU Binutils, AVR-GCC, AVR-LIBC, etc.
+[[http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/|Cornell Microcontroller Class Page]]\\
+[[http://ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/pid2004/lectures/programming/programming/programming.html|AVR Basics]]\\
+===== Useful Tools =====
+[[http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net|GanttProject]]\\
+Use it to set a timeline and goals for your projects and stay organized. Exports images and HTML for easy web display.