I have gotten back into robotics in a big way after many years out of the hobby.
There has never been a better time to be a robot hacker! I am finding that I
like providing sensor and control pieces of the puzzle as much as actually building
my own robots. I have now built five robots and two walking ones. I have a couple
of the Lego Mindstorms kits as well to experiment with and man are these cool!
Anyway, look around, there is bound to be something useful. Have fun!
I've changed my pages some, in the hopes of reducing what I get charged for
folk coming by! All the information and pictures are still here, they are just
out on their own pages now.
Source Code Projects
Bookmarks That are Really Useful
The
Robotics FAQ
The
Robotics MiniFAQ
IR Proximity Sensor
Comparisons (Compiled by LRB from my posts, thanks guys!)
"What robot controller
is best?" My comparisons of the most popular ones (That I've used)
Electronics Retailers
- Alltronics Home Page
- http://www.findchips.com
- Marlin P Jones - Great for
cheap video, pyroelectric and motors
- Avnet Electronics
(Bulk usually)
- B.G. Micro - Electronics
and Surplus
- Digikey Electronics
- Douglas Electronics, Inc.
- EE Design Center
- ExpressPCB -
PC board layout software and low cost board manufacturing service.
- Jameco Electronics
- JDR Microdevices
- All Electronics
- Newark Electronics
- Abacom Tech. Radio Frequency
Components, very inexpensive for us!
- http://www.weedtech.com/
- WZMicro, very good
motor driver source
- BALSA
Products - inexpensive RC items
- MECI - a great motor and hobbiest
supplier for "bigger" robots too.
Compilers and Assemblers
- C2C
Free PIC and Scenix compiler
- CodeVision AVR C compiler - Free
limited memory model!
- BASCOM AVR Basic
compiler for the AVR controllers Free demo! Must see!
- CCS Pic Compilers and Stuff
- ImageCraft Compilers
- RCX CC for
Mindstorms
- NQC for Lego
Mindstorms
- Java for
Lego Mindstorms!
- Oh yeah, Microchip!
- And of course, Parallax
- Simple Real Rime Java
Electronics Design and Hobby Pages
- 4QD Circuits
Page
- SAMs Photofax
- The place for schematics to stuff
- Easy PC
boards with no laser printer!
- Harry's Homebrew circuits
pages
- Speed
Controller Project (look to the bottom for FET design)
- MOSFET
data sheets
- MOSFET Design
notes
- CADsoft, has demo
software
- Circuit Cellar Home
- Nuts & Volts Magazine
- Supercircuits Inc.
- DATABOOKSHELF
ELECTRONIC COMPONENT DATABOOK DATA SHEETS
- Tandy
IC reference stuff
- Electronics
info page
- Electronics
Bullitin Boards
Microcontroller Merchants
- DonTronics Home Page.
- Vesta Technology - boards and Basic
compilers, great value
- DonTronics -
Scott Edwards Electronics.
- Welcome to Parallax,
Inc.
- BASICX Microcontrollers
- Servo Controller by
FerretTronics
- Peter Anderson/Morgan
State University(very good values)
- Wirz Electronics Home Page
- Microchip Technology Inc.:
Welcome to Planet Microchip
- Robotic
and Microcontrollers Products
- Newfound Electronics PIC
Programmers
- Igruana
Labs - AVR and misc electronics products.
- LEGO RCX sensor
stufff
- OOPIC
Microcontroller Pages and Designs
- MAPP Excellent
AVR sources pages
- M68HC11
Literature
- Dissecting
the Polaroid Pronto for its SONAR
- What
is I2C?
- Great
68HC11 programming information
- UC/OS RTOS pages
- DonTronics
- David Tait's PIC Links
- Stanford
U Robotic Control Course
- Robots
and AI
- Some Speech
circuits
- OOPIC Robotic Projects
- OOPIC
SONAR/Polaroid -1
- OOPIC
SONAR/Polaroid -2
- BASIC
Stamp Decoded
- Linux Embedded Project UCLinux
- Macintosh Robotics Pages
- Hacking
the GameBoy Camera
Mechanical and Tools
- AS&S
Home Page
- W.M. Berg, Inc
Precision Mechanical Components
- McMaster-Carr
Supply Company
- Sherline
Miniature Machine Tools
- Motionex Home Page
Robotics Kits, Supplies, Components
- Lynxmotion Robot Kits
- Mark III Robot Store -
THE source for the PARTs Mark III sumo robot
- Budget Robotics
- Gordon McComb's family robot store.
- Bluebell Designs,
home of LIBBY the robot and robot controllers
- RoboCam - cameras for
your robot
- Really inexpensive
motor stuff! WZ Micro
- Zagros Robotics Kits
and Supplies
- Acroname, Robotic Kits
and stuff
- NovaSoft Robots - Mr. Robot
- Arrick Robotics
- Mondotronics,Robot Store
- HVW TECHNOLOGIES: Robotics
Equipment & Accessories
- Welcome to New Micros
Inc
- LEGO Worlds
- Norland Research and
the SAM robot
- Dinsmore Sensors
- Speach synth
boards, pricey but standalone
Magazines and Personal Robot pages
- Max's
Little Robot Shop - Robots, CNC, molding, processor projects. Lots of
cool stuff
- Stephan Adelsberger's Handyboard
robots
- ROBOWHO- Kinda robotic info
clearing house
- Ed LeBouthillier's
ebot pages - good information
- Robot
Location Methods and "Where am I?" by Johann Borenstein
- Robot Books - Good information
resources
- Karl Lunt's Home
Page
- Roger's Embedded Controller
Pages
- Lego Mindstorms
Internals
- Mindstorms
sensors explained
- LEGO Mindstorms
add-on: BotKit
- ROBOT Science
& Technology Magazine's Online Supplement for Educators, Students, Hobbyists
& Enthusiasts
- Ade's Page Balancing
leg
- Robotics
FAQ Table of Contents
- Cricket
the Robot
- Stepper
Motors Explained
- Polaroid
Camera SONAR Hack
- Some
old SONAR notes
- Pitronics
Spider, very cool
- PID
Loops Explained
- comp.speech
FAQs
- Legged
Robot Builder Links
- LOSA - List of Stamp Applications
- LOAA - List of AVR Applications
Groups and Clubs
- TRCY Robotics
club
- Atlanta Robotics Group
- PARTS
- Seattle Robotics
Society
- DPRG - Dallas Personal Robotics
Group Web Page
- Society of Robotic Combat
- Robotics
Society of Southern California
- legobot
memelink
- LUGNET
Robotics group
- Legged Robot Builder
Robotic Behaviour and Programming
- Neural Network Construction
explanations - very nice stuff by M. Verlinden
- Fuzzy Logic
Construction
- Machine Intelligence
Lab
- Fuzzy
Logic and Autonomous Robots
- Robot
Navigation Papers
- Neural
Systems Engineering
Robot Manufacturers
- Mining Robots and RPVs
- Bluebell Designs,
home of the LIBBY robot, controller and products
- ISE Ltd. - Highly Integrated
Engineered Solutions for Subsea, Space and Terrestrial Markets
- K-Team Robotics, Makers of
Khepera and Koala research robot platforms
- Omnitech Robotics, Inc.
- Home Page
- Gecko Systems - Home
Robot, not a kit!
- Naval military robots
- very interesting stuff
- YAER (Yet Another Educational
Robot) site
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