APPENDIX C

Robot Information on the Internet

Contents

Electronics Manufacturers
Shape-Memory Alloy
Microcontroller Design
Robotics User Groups
General Robotics Information
Books, Literature, and Magazines
Surplus Resources
Commercial Robots
Video Cameras
Ultrasonic Range Finders
LEGO Mindstorms Sources on the Web
Servo and Stepper Motor Information
Quick Turn Mechanical and Electronics Parts Manufacturers

C.1 Electronics Manufacturers

Analog Devices, Inc.
www.analog.com/

Atmel Corp.
www.atmel.com/

Dallas Semiconductor
www.dalsemi.com/

Infineon (Siemens)
www.infineon.com/

Microchip Technology
www.microchip.com/

Motorola Microcontroller
www.mcu.motsps.com/

Precision Navigation
www.precisionnav.com/

Sharp Optoelectronics
www.sharp.co.jp/ecg/data.html

Xicor
www.xicor.com/

C.2 Shape-Memory Alloy

www.toki.co.jp/BioMetal/index.html

www.toki.co.jp/MicroRobot/index.html

C.3 Microcontroller Design

Peter H. Anderson—Embedded Processor Control
www.phanderson.com/

“No-Parts” PIC Programmer
www.CovingtonInnovations.com/noppp/index.html

Iguana Labs
www.proaxis.com/~iguanalabs/tools.htm

LOSA—List of Stamp Applications
www.hth.com/losa/

Myke Predko’s Microcontroller Reference
www.myke.com/

PICmicro Web Ring
http://members.tripod.com/~mdileo/pmring.html

Shaun’s BASIC Stamp 2 Page
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/6633/index.html

C.4 Robotics User Groups

Seattle Robotics Society
www.seattlerobotics.org/

Yahoo Robotics Clubs
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/theroboticsclub

http://search.clubs.yahoo.com/search/clubs?p_robotics The Robot Group
www.robotgroup.org/

Robot Builders
www.robotbuilders.com/

B-9 Builder’s Club
http://members.xoom.com/b9club/index.htm

San Francisco Robotics Society
www.robots.org/

Nashua Robot Club
www.tiac.net/users/bigqueue/others/robot/homepage.htm

Mobile Robots Group
www.dai.ed.ac.uk/groups/mrg/MRG.html

Dallas Personal Robotics Group
www.dprg.org/

Portland Area Robotics Society
www.rdrop.com/~marvin/

C.5 General Robotics Information

Robotics Frequently Asked Questions
www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/robotics-faq/

Legged Robot Builder
http://joinme.net/robotwise/

Tomi Engdahl’s Electronics Info Page
www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/

Boondog Automation Tutorials
www.boondog.com\tutorials\tutorials.htm

Find Chips Search
www.findchips.com/

Robotics Resources
www.eg3.com/ee/robotics.htm

Robotics Reference
http://members.tripod.com/RoBoJRR/reference.htm

Bomb Disposal Robot Resource List
www.mae.carleton.ca/~cenglish/bomb/bomb.html

Introduction to Robot Building
www.geckosystems.com/robotics/basic.html

Robot Building Information, Hints, and Tips
www.seattlerobotics.org/guide/extra_stuff.html

Suppliers for Robotics/Control Models and Accessories
http://mag-nify.educ.monash.edu.au/measure/robotres.htm

Mobile Robot Navigation
http://rvl.www.ecn.purdue.edu/RVL/mobile-robot-nav/mobile-robot-nav.html

Robota Dolls
www-robotics.usc.edu/~billard/poupees.html

BASIC Stamp, Microchip Pic, and 8051 Microcontroller Projects
www.rentron.com/

TAB Electronics Build Your Own Robot Kit Resource Page
www.tabrobotkit.com

Hila Research QBasic
http://fox.nstn.ca/~hila/qbasic/qbasic.html

Dennis Clark’s Robotics
ww.verinet.com/~dic/botlinks.htm

Dissecting a Polaroid Pronto One-Step Sonar Camera
www.robotprojects.com/sonar/scd.htm

Polaroid Sonar Application Note
www.robotics.com/arobot/sonar.html

General Robot Info
www.employees.org:80/~dsavage/other/index.html

Standard Technologies of the Seattle Robotics Society
www.nwlink.com/~kevinro/guide/

Tech Wizards
www.hompro.com/techkids/

Android Workshop
www.tgn.net/~texpanda/library.htm

Hacking RAD Robot
www.netusa1.net/~carterb/radrobot.html

BEAM Robotics
http://nis-www.lanl.gov/robot/

C.6 Books, Literature, and Magazines

Robotics Book Reviews
www.weyrich.com/book_reviews/robotics_index.html

Robot Books
www.robotbooks.com/

Lindsay Publications
www.lindsaybks.com/

Circuit Cellar
www.circellar.com/

Midnight Engineering
www.midengr.com/

Robotics Bookstore
www.bectec.com/html/bookstore.html

Robohoo
www.robohoo.com/

C.7 Surplus Resources

Silicon Valley Surplus Sources
www.kce.com/junk.htm

C.8 Commercial Robots

Electrolux Vacuum Robot
www.electrolux.se/robot/meny.html

Gecko Systems Carebot
www.geckosystems.com/

iRobot
www.irobot.com

IS Robotics
www.isr.com/

Nomadic Technologies
www.robots.com/products.htm

C.9 Video Cameras

Logitech QuickCam
www.quickcam.com/

C.10 Ultrasonic Range Finders

Ultrasonic Imaging Project
http://business.netcom.co.uk/iceni/usi_project/

Interfacing Polaroid Sonar Board
www.cs.umd.edu/users/musliner/sonar/

C.11 LEGO Mindstorms Sources on the Web

LEGO Mindstorms home page
www.legomindstorms.com/

LEGO Mindstorms Internals
www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/ RCX Software Developer’s Kit (from LEGO)\
www.legomindstorms.com/sdk/index.html

RCX Internals
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/

RCX Tools
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/tools.html

Scout Internals (from LEGO)
www.legomindstorms.com/products/rds/hackers.asp

LEGO Dacta (educational arm of LEGO)
www.lego.com/dacta/

Pitsco (educational second sourcing for LEGO)
www.pitsco-legodacta.com/

LUGNET Newsgroups (technical LEGO discussion boards; robotics group is largest)
www.lugnet.com/

NQC (Not Quite C); (popular alternative programming environment for RCX)
www.enteract.com/~dbaum/nqc/

Gordon’s Brick Programmer
www.umbra.demon.co.uk/gbp.html

LEGO on My Mind
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok//LEGOmind/

Mindstorms Add-Ons
http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/sc10003/addon.html

MindStorms RCX Sensor Input
www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/lego.htm

C.12 Servo and Stepper Motor Information

R/C Servo Fundamentals
www.seattlerobotics.org/guide/servos.html

Modifying R/C Servos to Full Rotation
www.seattlerobotics.org/guide/servohack.html

Definitive Guide to Stepper Motors
www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/step/index.html

Servo-Motor 101
www.repairfaq.org/filipg/RC/F_Servo101.html

Dual Axis Stepper Motor Controller
http://members.aol.com/drowesmi/dastep.html

Using the Allegro 5804 Stepping Motor Controller/Translator
www.phanderson.com/printer/5804.html

C.13 Quick Turn Mechanical and Electronics Parts Manufacturers

Mechanical Prototypes and Parts
www.emachineshop.com/

Quick Turn PCB Prototypes
www.apcircuits.com/

Quick Turn PCB Prototypes
www.pcbexpress.com/