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I've been interested in computer controlled mobile platforms (I didn't
say robot, ok?) since about 1979 or so. I went to the International
Science and Engineering Fair in both
1981 and
1982
with a robot based on a KIM-1 computer. Ok, it wasn't too great, but
given I was running in less than 1K of code, it was pretty cute.
While I was in college, my interest level in robotics resurfaced, and I
rebuilt my ISEF robot around a Hitachi 64180 8-bit uP. The current
robot
is housed in a upturned laundry basket.
In any case, here are some of the WWW robotics resources that I've found
interesting.
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A fairly complete listing of
competitions
always adds a bit of spice to the building challenge.
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Douglas W. Jones has a page on
stepping motors
that is quite complete.
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Dr. Fred Martin
has developed a number of interesting little Motorola 68HC11 based computer
boards for the MIT Media Laboratory. Among these are:
His home page has many interesting links also.
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MondoTronics has just
come online with a WWW page that specilizes on current books in the hobby
robotics fields, their line of shape memory alloy products, and links to
robotic competitions world wide.
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The IEEE Computer Society has an anual
Robotics Contest.
This rather broken www page describes the current version and has some
additional information about the MiniBoard (of comp.robotics & MIT fame)
controller.
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International BEAM Robot Games.
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IU Robotics,
home of Stiquito.
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Robotics Internet Resources Page
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JPL Telerobotics
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RYOBOT is the
personal Rug Warrior of Patrick M. Brennan. His bot has several pictures and
design drawings that make this WWW page quite interesting.
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You may have been there before, but check out some of the latest robots
from builders around the world at Arrick Robotics
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