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	Robot Room - Sandwich, The Line-Following Robot
		The robot's circuit was originally designed on a solderless breadboard then reproduced on a plain breadboard using #26 AWG standard wire to connect all of the components.
		In any line-following robot, it's important to overcome the shadows and ambient lighting that might cause the robot to mistakenly head towards a brighter or dimmer patch on the ground instead of the line it was supposed to follow.
		The robot never strays off the path, so long as a reasonable contrast between the line and the floor is chosen, and so long as the turns aren't cruelly sharp.
	www.robotroom.com /Sandwich.html (1266 words)

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		This is because the robot is rear wheel drive, and thus this is where most of its load should be located, to improve contact with ground.
		But for a robot that isn't particularly tall, it is probably better to have its eyes closer to the ground, where its environment is, and where it can find most information.
		My robot does not require constant feedback, as there's no use and no need to perform full-time image analysis or recording - so this task is performed only if something that is of any interest for the robot happens - for example, it enters a new unexplored area or encounters new conditions.
	lcamtuf.coredump.cx /robot.txt (15352 words)

	The Barry Web Site - How To Build A Robot
		Clearly it is important that robots are designed and constructed within internationally recognised regulations, given that future competitions, programmes and events may involve robots from all over the world.
		Although the range of robots, their design, construction and on-board equipment is going to vary enormously, all can be split into two basic sections and it's worth giving thought to each of these separately.
		Robots with ingenious weaponry will be more likely to win their bouts as well as impressing the judges, gaining crowd approval and entertaining 5 million viewers at home!
	freespace.virgin.net /chris.sherwood/robotw/build.htm (5870 words)

	Robot Minds, Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, Mobile Robots
		The aspect of robotics that captures the imagination of many enthusiasts is the possibility of robotic intelligence.
		In the overview, for example, she touches upon anthropomorphic robots from classic films and science fiction stories before delving into the nuts and bolts of organizing intelligence in robots.
		These are robots that have left the lab and been tested in natural and unknown environments.
	www.robotbooks.com /artificial-intelligence.htm (2334 words)

	Robot Science and Technology Magazine
		If your robot must be inexpensive, or you are just starting out in robotics and want to keep it simple, a practical solution for you is an insectoid robot.
		Robotic soccer represents a very challenging environment in which multiple robots, acting as teammates, work together to achieve objectives in the presence of adversaries.
		Terry King's FEAR (fire extinguishing autonomous robot) and John Piccirillo's Marv differ in construction, but their purpose is the same: to find and extinguish a candle flame in an 8x8-foot model house.
	www.robotbooks.com /robot-magazine.htm (4859 words)

	First Steps: Setting the State for Building a Robot
		Articles will be focused on a robot that will compete in the Fire Fighting contest, be able to roam around the house and just be a fun learning tool.
		Fire Fighting robot need to be as small as possible to get through the doors quickly and still do the job.
		House robot and building platform needs to be large enough to go on carpets and carry various sensors and have strong enough motors to do the job.
	www.seattlerobotics.org /encoder/sep98/dougl.html (1762 words)

	kensrobo_n081903 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		That year the robot had to find a white block in a eight by eight foot fl robotic play pen and put the block in a six inch square hole under a light bulb.
		In 1987 a tele operated robot was built to evaluate using a video camera to locate the blocks in the club vision contest.
		This robot also ran in the non dead reckoning mode and was able to return to the starting room in the arbitrary starting point mode all of the time.
	users.aol.com /kensrobots/kensrobots.html (4391 words)

	Program pairs teens, NASA to build robot
		The competition pits the robots - which are built by different teams of students, engineers and teachers across the country - against other robots in a sporting-type of event.
		To help design the robot, the students were going to act as robots themselves inside the boxing ring.
		The robot, which will be paired with a robot from another area of the country, must be designed to pick up objects, move to the center of the ring and stand on a rolling platform.
	www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story.mpl/content/interactive/space/news/99/990125c.html (769 words)

	Arrick Robotics --- Building Your First Robot
		First, let's decide what a 'robot' is. In my opinion, a remote controlled car is not a robot since it has no brain of it's own.
		I'm not trying to discourage you from taking the 'from scratch' approach, I just want you to know what size of project this is. If you are willing to spend many months, much money, and potentially disapointment and discouragement, then design and build your own robot from scratch.
		ARobot is also the subject of "Robot Building for Dummies" where the reader is shown how to add a temperature sensor, motion detector, video camera, and speech.
	www.robotics.com /arobot/build.html (1151 words)

	Isaac Asimov's: The Ultimate Robot
		If you or anyone in your household has even a remote interest in robots and how they work, this educational CD will be a must-have.
		This is the place to go to watch videos of Asimov and listen to his views on robots, artificial intelligence, and science and space travel.
		When you're done building your own robot, you can click on the animate button and it will show the moving parts and talk about the 3 laws of robotics.
	www.worldvillage.com /wv/cafe/html/reviews/robot.htm (669 words)

	Cool Robot Of The Week
		ERA - Extra-Vehicular Activity Robotic Assistant (ERA) is a wheeled robot used as a test bed for research into collaboration between suited astronauts and autonomous robots for planetary exploration.
		Robot Skin - polymer tactile sensor skin with embedded contact sensors for robotic applications, developed by Jonathan Engel at the University of Illinois, published in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
		Robotic mitral valve repair - abstract of clinical evaluations on the use of robotic systems in coronary mitral valve repair, as reported in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (subscription required for full article) and Heart Center Online.
	ranier.hq.nasa.gov /telerobotics_page/coolrobots.html (1203 words)

	Robot Room - Robot Building for Beginners Book
		Basically, Robot Building for Beginners targets creative individuals that have the time, budget, and enthusiasm for building their own robots from scratch, but don't have the background in electronics.
		This chapter introduces robot anatomy, followed by a philosophy of building robots that may help you to be successful in happily finishing projects.
		Digital multimeters are so important to robotics, that subsequent chapters provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions for using a multimeter in each stage of building and testing a robot.
	www.robotroom.com /RBFB.html (1401 words)

	TOP SECRET robot page
		After research indicated that the above robot would be economically unfeasable, we arrived at this new improved artist's concept.
		Even worse, building a robot from scratch means learning about "cleaning up" power supplies (yawn,) motors (better,) properly crimping connections, electronic communication, levers, and gears & stuff you wouldn't think even existed.
		They have been building both a robot fish which actually swims like a fish and a tiny robot dinosaur.
	www.bentmachine.com /robot/elma/robot.html (1123 words)

	Robot Mechanics, Linkages, Mechanical Devices, and Gadgets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Robot Mechanisms is one of the most complete compendiums of robot mechanisms and devices ever assembled.
		While most books on robotics focus on the electrical and control systems, Sandler provides engineers, students, and hobbyists with detailed methods and examples of how to design the mechanical parts of robots and automated systems.
		He details the methodology of the design process and provides the calculations needed to achieve proper results when applying the design to real robots, as well as basic information on universal machine devices and the concepts on which they are based.
	www.robotbooks.com /mechanics.htm (3075 words)

	Lost in Space Robot - scratch built (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		We are proud to begin by featuring a robot that was built from scratch by Douglas Vaters.
		The Robot was not a kit, although a kit can be bought from a guy in California that cost $15,000.00.
		The only parts that I could not build were the bubble, the claws and wrists, the collar section, and the neon for the chest light -- that's it.
	chaoskids.com /ROBOTS/LIS/LIS.html (220 words)

	Lost in Space Robot B-9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In honor of this important occasion in the world of robots, we have been featuring, and will continue to feature during the coming year various Lost in Space - related robots.
		This month we present the very collectible new Robot B-9, based on the robot from The Lost in Space classic TV series.
		Pressing the buttons on the front on the robot produces flashing lights, sounds, and a rotating body.
	chaoskids.com /ROBOTS/LISB9/lisb9.html (167 words)

	Re: Info for student on Robot kits
		I wanted to do robotics(> >as in build a robot) as a Science project, and when pebbles was brought to > >my class in Silver Springs, I met Deborah Fels who recommended you to me for > >telling me where I can buy all the equipment for my Robot.
		The robot > >turns using a motor, which is connected to a sprocket, which is, in turn > >connected to a chain.
		Kits are an expensive way to go, and you may find it more interesting to build your robot from scratch.
	www.interaccess.org /arg/arg-list/msg00620.html (994 words)

	Mikey the Robot
		But from an experimenters view, building a simple moving platform using computer control for motion and navigation from scratch is challenging enough.
		One of the keys to building a robot from scratch is that you make do with things you find around the house and with what's in your junk box.
		The whole robot is centered around the Intel 8052AH CPU along with Radio Shack Text to Speech and Speech Processors, 8255 Interface and miscellaneous transistors and parts.
	www.joecool.org /mickey.htm (435 words)

	Intermediate Robot Building
		Intermediate Robot Building, explores more advanced issues than his previous book.
		This one is aimed at the reader ready to move from building robot kits to designing and building a robot from scratch.
		David's experience is that beginners find these wiring diagrams easier to understand, experienced robot builders often prefer them to formal schematics, and he believes his diagrams reduce the chance of mistakes.
	robots.net /article/1237.html (686 words)

	International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems - Robotics Journals
		Every human ‘robot’ starts life as a single cell (like our bacteria), this then grows into an embryo and thus eventually is born as a (more or less) functioning human child.
		If our robot cannot do this, if it fails to ‘adapt’, becoming what we term ‘fragile’, then it has insufficient options (‘requisite variety’ in cybernetic terminology) to cope with the diversity of its environmental perturbations.
		If we are to ‘grow’ some form of robot from scratch then four aspects are necessary.
	www.ars-journal.com /ars/Free_Articles/Chris_Lucas.htm (3781 words)

	Aryan, An Interactive Robot Face (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The most notable feature of Aryan is that it has been constructed from scratch from widely available and inexpensive parts and with elementary equipment, all at home.
		Software is written in c language and the whole image processing program is coded from scratch to optimize the routines for speed.
		I think it is the most detailed article on developing a simple robot face that covers mechanical, electronic and software aspects altogether with theoretical and practical discussions.
	www.digibrain.org /aryan (315 words)

	Robot Store (HK) -- MIT Handyboard system, OOPIC, Dr Robot kits, robot parts, robot kits, sensors, DC motors, gearbox, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		We are an authorized distributor of MIT Handyboard System and Expansion Board developed by Dr. Fred Martin of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab with a Licensed Interactive-C development tool for Handyboard and LEGO RCX.
		We have large collection of parts for science projects and robot constructions such as various robot platforms, sensors, gear box kits, servos, DC motors, stepper motors, drivers, and mechanical parts etc.
		We also carry professional research robot platforms and robots for soccer, micromouse, Robotcon, and Sumo competitions.
	www.patronic.com (216 words)

	Gordon McCombs Robot Builders Sourcebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		If you have been around hobby robotics for a while, there are a few names that you will probably find on your bookshelf at least once or twice.
		Gordon is a well known author of books such as the Robot Builders Bonanza and Lasers, Ray Guns, and Light Cannons.
		While this book is not likely to educate you on how to build a robot from scratch, it is going to help you find resources, parts, and many useful tips.
	www.seattlerobotics.org /encoder/200210/kevinro.html (351 words)

	World Of The Strange Forums-viewtopic-Robot Reproduces Itself (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The researchers add that the ability could be harnessed to drive major advances in nanotechnology, the science of the very small, and may even lead to space colonization by robots.
		A four-module robot could assemble an exact replica of itself in just two and a half minutes.
		The researcher adds that, while the robot is a relatively simple device, it strengthens the case of scientists who believe self-reproduction isn't unique to living organisms and that in the future machines will be able to clone themselves.
	www.worldofthestrange.com /modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3649 (2104 words)

	Yearmix 2004 - Jaarmix 2004
		The leading sound in the intro including gunshots is from the Punisher.
		All vocals till 45 sec are from I-Robot.
		and the scratch+ "don't scratch it!" is a "Shaun Of The Dead" sample.
	www.dizzydj.com /jaarmix2004.html (245 words)

	Computer Buyer: News: Scratch that e-mail
		Sometimes you come across a Web site that leaves you rubbing your chin and wondering, "Why did they do that?" The Scratch Robot site is indeed one of those sites.
		The Belgian site is host to an amazing contraption called the Scratch Robot, a combination of two record decks, pneumatic cylinders, and an Apple Powermac G3 at its heart.
		The site explains that the device is indeed an e-mail controlled scratch robot that will convert your postings into an audio file complete with scratching and post it back to you.
	www.pcpro.co.uk /buyer/news/21786/scratch-that-email.html (191 words)

	Using the CONDENSATION Algorithm for Robust, Vision-based Mobile Robot Localization - Dellaert, Burgard, Fox, Thrun ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Abstract: To navigate reliably in indoor environments, a mobile robot must know where it is. This includes both the ability of globally localizing the robot from scratch, as well as tracking the robot's position once its location is known.
		111 Estimating the absolute position of a mobile robot using pos..
		77 Topological mapping for mobile robots using a combination of..
	citeseer.lcs.mit.edu /dellaert99using.html (751 words)

	NewsAdvance.com \| Students building robot from scratch
		For them, and thousands of other teens taking part in the 2005 FIRST international robotics competition that kicked off this weekend, helping the competition is just as important as building a great robot.
		Teams consisting of students and adult mentors have just six weeks to build a remote-operated robot from scratch.
		Each year, students team up with professionals to design and build a robot to compete in the games.
	www.newsadvance.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA%2FMGArticle%2FLNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031780130025&path= (448 words)

	ELX.com.au (Australia) - Robot Invasion: 7 Cool And Easy Robot Projects, Dave Johnson - ISBN 0072226404
		Discover how simple it is to build a working robot from scratch--using toys you have lying around the house plus a little imagination.
		He is the author of 18 books, including the best-selling titles How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld (written with Rick Broida) and How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera.
		Johnson was a contributing author to Build Your Own Combat Robot, and he has written several childrens stories including The Wild Cookie, which was recently published as an interactive storybook for Windows.
	www.elx.com.au /item/TA6404 (373 words)

	Robots at Taygeta Scientific Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Contact us if you would like to have us help you with your intelligent instrumentation and robotic systems.
		A sample of Forth Dimensions with an article on the Space Shuttle Robot arm, and an article on stepper motors.
		The Robot Store, this is Mondo-Tronics Inc. the shape memory alloy people (they also sell the Basic Stamps).
	www.taygeta.com /robotics.html (427 words)

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