Ericson Mar's Robotics Links

Ericson Mar's Robotics Links
Below are links and videos compiled to give persons involved with robot building and/or investigating careers involving robotics technology a list of internet resources that will help them achieve their goals. If you have a link you would like to see here, please email me! :)

Microcontroller's suitable for robotics projects
"The number of transistors that can be fit onto a square inch of silicon doubles every 12 months." - Moore's Law
Arduino
Raspberry PI
Parallax BASIC Stamp Microcontrollers, Kits and Parts
IntelliBrain Robot Controller
Charmed Labs Vision Based Controllers
VIA EPIA Pico-ITX Board
nVIDIA Jetson
The Handy Board
The Handy Cricket
Blackfin Handyboard (in Development)

Companies that offer parts suitable for robotics projects
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
Acroname, Inc. - Various robotics parts and experimental mobile robot platforms
The Robot MarketPlace - Robotics parts (specializing in Robot Combat competitions)
Pololu - Robots kits and parts
Tinkersphere - Robots, toys, hobby electronics
Trossen Robotics - Robot kits and parts
Zagros Robotics - Mobile robot bases and various robotics parts
Solarbotics - BEAM Robotics, electronics, kits, and parts
Robotshop - Parts, Kits, Drones, Education, Tools, Books, Home Robots, Toys, Professional Robots, Wearable Technology, Software
Andymark, Inc. - Mechanical and electrical parts for robotics education
GoBILDA - Structure, Motion, Electronics, Hardware, Kits, Merch for robotics education
Banana Robotics - Specializing in fun and educational hands on robotics technology
Jameco Robot Store - Robot kits and parts
ServoCity - Motors, motion control hardware and accessories
SparkFun - Robot kits, electronics and tutorials
Lynxmotion - Robot kits and components
CrustCrawler Robotics - Robot kits and components
Active Robots - Robot kits and various robotics parts
Mr Robot - Robot kits and various robotics parts and software
Arrick Robotics - Automation, mobile robots, robot resources
Hobby Engineering - A supply store for people who want to build robots, electronic gadgets, kinetic art or anything else that moves, beeps or flashes.
World of Robotics Online - Large supplier of robot kits
ElecFreaks - Open design house with robot drivers, smart cars, motors, and accessories
Electronix Express - Electronic kits, electronic compnents, motors, robots, and tools
Marlin P. Jones Associates, Inc. - Assorted electronic and electromechanical components
Adafruit Industries - Open source electronics kits and parts
Proto Supplies - Provides evaluated and tested supplies for Arduino and all your other electronic project needs
Arrow Electronics - Electronics components supplier offereing 20% discount to students and teachers
All Electronics Corp. - Thousands of electronics and electro-mechanical parts and supplies at discount prices.
Magnevation - Speech electronics and other accessories for OOPic, Basic Stamp, BasicX, Atom, and other Micro-controllers
DU-BRO Racing - Radio control airplane, car, helicopter, and boat parts
Tower Hobbies - Radio control airplane, car, helicopter, and boat parts
CyberResearch - PC based data acquisition and motion systems
Gamatronix - PID motion controllers
BEI Systron Donner Inertial Division - Providing High Reliability System-Solution Sensors for the World’s Most Demanding Applications
Circuit Specialists - Budget electronics supplies
Velodyne LiDAR - Maker of advanced laser rangefinders
Mouser Electronics - Semiconductors / electronic components
Digikey - Semiconductors / electronic components
Jameco Electronics - Semiconductors / electronics components
Newark - Semiconductors / electronics components
Tenergy Power - Total power solutions
AA Portable Power Corp - Total solution for portable power
BaneBots - Mechanical drive components
Stock Drive Products / Sterling Instruments - Mechanical components supplier with CAD data
Misumi USA Inc. - Huge mechanical components supplier with CAD data (some components with configurable dimensions and dynamic CAD generation)
Associated Spring - Huge spring supplier with affordable precision spring kits
ePlastics - Plastic materials for construction
SchmartBOARD - Modular, scalable circuit prototyping boards, easy to use surface-mount (SMT) to DIP boards
PCB NG - Upload your design, get 6 assembled PCBs in 10 business days (Brooklyn, NY)
expresspcb - Online-order, low volume, fast turn-around PCB service
Sunstone Circuits PCBexpress - Online-order, low volume, fast turn-around PCB service
Custom Circuit Boards - PCB Fabrication for quick turn prototyping (Phoenix, AZ)
WellPCB - 1-4 layer PCB prototypes
McMaster Carr - Giant supplier of machinery, tools, materials, and hardware
Quickparts.com - Online-order, low volume, fast turn-around rapid prototyping service with free layout software
Shapeways - 3D printing marketplace and service
SainSmart - Professional open hardware company
eMachineShop.com - Online-order, low volume, machine shop with free CAD software
ProtoCAM - Rapid prototyping, SLA, rapid tooling, and manufacturing engineering consulting
www.wb-3d.com WB Engineering Rapid Prototyping Services
RedEye On Demand Parts for prototype and production on-demand
nscope - Oscilloscope on a breadboard
Fab@Home - Community of home built 3D rapid prototyping devices for universal fabrication
MFG.com - Online manufacturing marketplace: from prototypes through mass-production runs
PMD Motion Control - Motion control electronics
Aerotech Motion Control Systems - Manufacturers of motion controllers, stages, drives, and positioning systems for applications worldwide.
Sensors Web Portal - Sensors Portal
ThomasNet - Resources in sourching robotics and other technical supplies
GlobalSpec - The Engineering Search Engine

Commercial Robotics Research Systems
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” - Albert Einstein
Gecko Systems
Segway Robotic Mobility Platform
iRobot Create
K-Team Mobile Robots - Swiss company that develops, manufactures and markets high quality mobile robots for use in advanced education and research.
Clearpath Robotics
Wany Robotics
Enabled Robotics - Mobile manipulator robots for research

Useful Robotics Reference Sites
“There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. ” - Hippocrates
Ultrasonic vs Infrared (IR) Sensors – Which is better?
Compare Infrared Ultrasonic Distance Sensors (RobotShop Tables)
Pull-up Resistor tutorial
Inertial Sensors
What Is an Encoder?
Rotary Encoder: Single-turn and Multi-turn
What is GPS RTK?
How to Choose the Right Relay
Instructables on hacking hobby servos for continuous-rotation
SRS on hacking hobby servos for variable-speed continuous-rotation
The Difference between Analog and Digital RC Servos
Douglas W. Jones on Stepping Motors
Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor
Motion Control Handbook by Dover Motion
WPI Gears page
Spur versus planetary gearheads for dc servomotors
Harmonic Drive zero backlash gearing
Disposable Battery Choices
Rechargeable Battery Comparison Table
Internal Resistance of Batteries
Battery Performance Curves
Structutal Materials for Robots
Wikibooks article: Robotics/Design Basics/Building Materials
The WWW Virtual Library
www.robotbooks.com
Ridgesoft Robotics Tutorials
Roboshack - The Source for All Things Robotic (contains random tutorials)
Fritzing - Initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to work creatively with interactive electronics
RobotWorx - An Introduction to Industrial Robot Applications
NASA Robotics Resource Links
How Robot Arms Work (video) - Clip from RobotWorx industrial supplier
How and WHY to Solder Correctly (video) - Clip from Curious Inventor on the basics of eletronics soldering
How to Solder: Removing Solder (video) - Clip from ExpertVillage on removing solder from a joint

Robot Books
"Knowledge is power." - Sir Francis Bacon
Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation, Second Edition by Joseph L. Jones, Anita M. Flynn, Bruce A. Seiger
Building Robot Drive Trains by Dennis Clark, Michael Owings
Programming Robot Controllers by Myke Predko
Personal Robotics: Real Robots to Construct, Program, and Explore the World by Richard Raucci
Sensors for Mobile Robots by H. R. Everett
Build Your Own Robot! by Karl Lunt
Robot Builder's Sourcebook by Gordon McComb
Robot Builder's Bonanza by Gordon McComb
Robotics, Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence: Experimental Circuit Blocks for Designers by Newton C. Braga
Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots by Roland Siewart and Illah R. Nourbakhsh
Designing Autonomous Mobile Robots: Inside the Mind of an Intelligent Machine by John M. Holland
Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Robots: Case Studies of Successful Robot Systems Edited by David Kortenkamp, R. Peter Bonasso and Robin Murphy
Autonomous Robots: From Biological Inspiration to Implementation and Control by George A. Bekey
"Where Am I?": Sensors and Methods for Mobile Robot Positioning book by Johann Borenstein
Quadrupedal Locomotion: An Introduction to the Control of Four-legged Robots by Pablo González-de-Santos, Elena Garcia, Joaquin Estremera
Robotics Demystified by Edwin Wise
Robot Programming: A Practical Guide to Behavior-Based Robotics by Joe Jones and Daniel Roth
Mobile Robotics : A Practical Introduction by Ulrich Nehmzow
Principles of Robot Motion: Theory, Algorithms, and Implementations by Howie Choset, et al.
Electric Drives and Electromechanical Systems by Richard Crowder
Electromechanical Devices & Components Illustrated Sourcebook by Brian Elliott
Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, Fourth Edition by Neil Sclater, Nicholas Chironis
Technology of Machine Tools by Steve Krar
Product Design and Development by Karl Ulrich, Steven Eppinger

Publication Organizations Containing Robotics News
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty." - James Madison
Roboshack - The Source for All Things Robotic
Robotics Trends
Robotics Online
The Robot Report - Tracking the Business of Robotics
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Robotics on IEEE Spectrum
Circuit Cellar
NASA Tech Briefs Publication
Motion Control and Automation Technology
Robots.Net - The place to read the latest news on personal and industrial robotics, robot competitions, and other cool stuff
Robot-Dreams
Robots Rule

Robotics on the Cutting Edge
"Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible." - M. C. Escher
NASA Robonaut - Extravehicular astronaut designed to use human tools
NASA Valkyrie (R5) – Space humanoid robot
EUROBOT - ESA Extravehicular astronaut designed for work on the International Space Station
Scarab Lunar Robot - NASA/Carnegie Mellon's lunar drilling robot testbed
DARPA Grand Challenge / DARPA Urban Challenge - Driverless car competition
Waymo - Google self-driving taxi fleet springoff from DARPA Urban Challenge results
Cruise - General Motor's self-driving taxi
Zoox - Custom electric vehicle designed from scratch to be a ride hailing robotic taxi
Torc Robotics - Self-Driving Truck Technology - Autonomous Vehicles
Nuro - Self-driving cabinless food delivery vehicle
udelv - Self-driving cabinless compartmented delivery vehicle
TIGER - Hyundai’s first uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) concept
iRobot - John Deer R-Gator - Unmanned Ground Vehicle for logistics
Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) - Robot mule UGV
Crusher - Carnegie Mellon University / DARPA Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Black Knight - Tank UGV
Ripsaw - Howe and Howe Technologies, Inc. high-speed Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Black I Robotics - Affordable Robust Chassis
General Dynamics Land Systems - Tactical Robots
Ghost Robotics - Tactical Quad-legged UGV dog robot
BEAR - Vecna Robotics Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot
AgBot II - Robotic Site-specific Crop and Weed Management Tool
Cave Crawler - Carnegie Mellon University Subterranean Robotics
Sharp Intellos A-UGV - Automated Property Patrol
SandBot - Georgia Tech hexapod robot made for traversing across sand
Work Partner - Interactive mobile service robot
Ballbot - Single-wheeled balancing mobile robot
Boeing AH-6X Little Bird UAV - Old helicopter upgraded to be autonomous as well as piloted
V-STAR - Vertical Take Off and Landing Swift Tactical Aerial Resource
Linkoping University Autonomous UAV Research Group - Surveillance and intelligence gathering helicopter robots
Talisman UUV - Unmanned underwater vehicle stealth submarine
WHOI Underwater Robots - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research AUVs
Crabster – Large six-legged sea floor robot
Madeline - Robotic Turtle
Eelume - Underwater operations snake robot
Boston Dynamics - Legged rough terrain robots, climbing robots
ANYbotics – Autonomous legged robot for challenging environments
New Horizon's Studio - Wheeled legged vehicle concept car
MIT Mini Cheetah – MIT Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory backflipping legged robot
Stickybot - Wall climbing robot inspired by the gecko lizard leads to powerful nanotech adhesive
Electroadhesive Robots - Enabling wall-climbing robots for security/military, inspection, and service applications
Cyborg Insects - Universities interfacing electronics and insect brains to control robots
RedBot - Robot legs controlled by spinal cord implant
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab - Prosthetic limbs that interface directly with the human nervous system
Neurorobotics - Brain machine interfaces (cyborgs)
Vanderbilt Bionic Arm - Prosthetic limb development under DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency)
Mobius Bionics DEKA Luke Arm - Dean Kaman's prosthetic limb (dubbed after Luke Skywalker) development under DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency)
Anthroform Arm Project - Artificial pnuematic muscle robot arm mimicking the human arm
SRI M7 Surgical Robot - Extreme environment tele-surgury robot
Stiquito - Low-cost insect robot uising nitinol muscle wires
SARCOS Exoskeleton and slave arms - Human strength enhancer suit
Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Project - Human strength enhancer suit (a.k.a. Lockheed Martin HULC)
Power Assist Suit Exoskeleton - Human strength enhancer suit for nurses
Honda Walking Assist Device - Lower extremity exoskeleton device research for assisting elderly and mobile laborers
Nasa GM Robo-Glove - Exoskeleton power-grip glove
Shadow Robot Company - Advanced dexterous humanoid hand
Tokyo University of Science SAYA - Receptionist robot
DARPA Robotics Challenge - Humanoid emergency response robot competition
Nexi ("Mobile Dexterous Social" aka MDS Robot) - MIT humanoid robot research platform for social interaction with humans
QRIO - Videos of Sony's experimental 2 foot tall running humanoid robot
Nao - Softbank Aldebran Robotics humanoid robot
Robo-Garage Kirobo companion robot - University of Tokyo humanoid and walking robots with "cartooney" design
Google DeepMind OP3 Soccer - Neural network reinforcement learning for DARWIN OP3 Humanoid Robot
WABOT-2 - Waseda University Humanoid Robot
SARCOS Humanoid Robot - Carnegie Mellon humanoid robot research platform
Secondhands - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology humanoid coworker robot
SAFFIR - Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot
Cassie and Digit - Agility Robotics ostrich type walker
RobotCub - Humanoid cognition robot
BeatBots - Robots with a rythm
RoboCup - Robot Soccer completion whose dream is to introduce a robot team capable of defeating World Cup champions by the middle of this century
CONRO - Transforming self-reconfigurable robots
Modular Snake Robots - Carnegie Mellon University Biorobotics Laboratory
Tokyo Institute of Technology snake robot
Festo AquaJelly - Robot using jellyfish propulsion |
Contour Crafting - University of Southern California giant building-printer robot
The Robotics Institute - Carnegie Mellon's pioneering robotics institute
Mobile Robot Research at the MIT AI Laboratory - Birthplace of many intelligent robot technologies used today
Willow Garage - Delivering Open Source Robotics
Q.bo - Open source platform for developments in robotics and artificial intelligence
Nasa Robotics Education Project - The Robotics Alliance Project
Johann Borenstein's (Robot Researcher) site with downloadable publications
KISS Institute of Practical Robotics - Non-profit middle/high school Botball competition organizers and Interactive C robot programming language maintainers
Seattle Robotics Society - Non-profit robotics club
dorkbot / dorkbot-nyc - NYC division of monthly meeting of people interested in creative uses of electricity

Real World Robots and Robotics Technology Application
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission - Robot extraterrestrial surface explorers and geologists
JPL Robotics - NASA's robotics research and implementation laboratory
National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) - Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute's commercial arm (over 40 projects)
AutonomousStuff - Products and engineering services for autonomous road vehicles
FLIR (formerly iRobot Endeavor) PackBot - Mobile robot systems for hazardous-duty operations
Foster-Miller Talon - Mobile robot systems for hazardous-duty operations
Norththrop Grumman Remotec Unmanned Vehicle Systems - Mobile robot systems for hazardous-duty operations
Knightscope - Autonomous robots for predicting and preventing crime
SMP Robotics - Outdoor security patrol robots
Recon Scout - Security and combat robot
Guardium - G-NUIS security unmanned ground patrol robot
Transcend Robotics - Mobile robot platform that climbs stairs
TiaLinx, Inc. - RADAR security and surveillance unmanned ground and air systems
DOK-ING - Demining UGV
iRobot Home Cleaning Robots - Autonomous consumer cleaning robots
Cub Cadet RG3 - Precise Path Robotics turf and grounds maintenance applications
Friendly Robotics Robomow- Robot lawnmowers
Husqvarna EPOS (Exact Positioning Operating System) - RTK GPS enabled robotic lawnmowing
AgXeed - Autonomous agriculture tractors
Carbon Robotics - Autonomous laser weeder
Starship Technologies - Autonomous delivery robots
badger technologies - Automating Retail via mobile robotics
simbe - Automating Retail via mobile robotics
LoweBot - Lowe's sales representative mobile robot
Pepper - SoftBank Robotics cloud-connected customer-service and companion robot platform
Transbotics - Industrial automated guided vehicle systems
Seegrid - Robotic Industrial Trucks - 3D Vision robotic logistics vehicle
Vecna Robotics - Vecna’s® robotic logistics solutions are a family of autonomous mobile robots, built to operate within human-centric environments.
Aethon Tug - Industry 4.0 delivery vehicle systems
Amazon Robotics (formerly KIVA Systems) - Complete automated guided vehicle system for shipping warehouses
Fetch Robotics - Warehouse logistics
Locus Robotics - Warehouse logistics
6 River Systems - Warehouse logistics
inVia Robotics – Warehouse robot with extendable platform
Exotec - Warehouse robot that climbs racks in automated storage retrieval system
Brightpick - Warehouse logistics robot that picks items out of bins
Omron Automation - Industrial mobile robots from ActivMedia Robotics pioneering work
Mobile Industrial Robots - Heavy load pallet robots
OTTO Motors – Heavy-lift mobile robots
Swisslog - KUKA's entry into mobile robotics for healthcare and warehousing
Savioke - Healthcare, hospitality, high-rise, and logistics mobile robots
InTouch Health - Telemedicine solutions for doctors
Telebotics Pebbles - Remote presence solutions for ill students
Gecko Systems - Elder Care mobile robots and mobile robot research systems
Amazon Astro - Home monitoring robot
Blue Ocean Robotics – Robot Venture Factory
United Robotics Group - Robots that work hand in hand for people: Cobiots
HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) - Cyberdyne exoskeleton physical therapist
Black Hornet VRS - Airborne vehicle reconnaissance system for military operations
AeroVironment - Tactical unmanned aircraft systems
Lockheed Martin K-MAX - Power lift helicopter modified to be and unmanned aircraft system
Fire Scout - Robot helicopter drone
PrecisionHawk - Unmanned aerial vehicle scientific sensors platform
CyPhy Works - Aerial Reconnaissance Robotics
NorthStar - Robot localization system by Evolution Robotics
VideoRay - Small underwater ROV systems
Deep Ocean Engineering - Underwater ROV systems
Shilling Robotics - Heavy-duty underwater ROV systems
Protector - Unmanned patrol boat
CRASAR - Center for Robot Assisted Search and Rescue
Intuitive Surgical Robotic Surgery - Minimally invasive da Vinci Surgical System
Robotic Systems & Tecnologies, Inc. - Penelope surgical assistant robot
Touch Bionics i-Limb Hand - Prosthetic dexterous modular hand
Victhom Human Bionics Bionic Leg: the POWER KNEE - Microprocessor controlled leg for amputees
SuitX - Exoskeletons for mobility disorders and workplace tasks
Indego - Exoskeletons for gait therapy
Honda ASIMO - Humanoid Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility robot
AIST Japan HRP-4C - Fashion model humanoid robot
AIST Japan HRP-5 – Generalized helper humanoid robot
TALOS and REEM - PAL Technology guide service robots and humanoid experimental robots
Toyota THR3 – Humanoid robot controlled by teleoperator “force (torque)”
Robot Fish - Essex Human Centered Robotics developing robots in environments coexisting with humans
AIBO - Sony Entertainment Dog Robot
Pleo - Robot Dinosaur Pet
Baxter - rethink robotics robot arms that can safely operate alongside humans
Robocoaster - Industrial robot arm refitted for amusement park rides
OC Robotics - Snake-arm robots - reaching the unreachable
HoneyBee Robotics - Designer, developer, and producer of spacecraft, defense, medical, mining, oil, and gas robotic mechanisms
RedZone Robotics - Civil infrastructure maintenance
Independence iBOT Wheelchair System - Active-balance stair-climbing wheelchair based on Dean Kaman's 2-wheel balancing technology
International Robotics, Inc. - "Techno-Marketing"
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio - Robotics development and simulation software
AWS Robomaker - Cloud-based simulation service that enables robotics developers to run, scale, and automate simulation without managing any infrastructure

Robotics Conferences
"Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce." - John F. Kennedy
Robotics Summit & Expo
Automate
Design and Manufacturing East
RoboBusiness
RoboNexus
Robotics TechZone
RoboDevelopment
Advanced Robotics E-Symposium
Upcoming Robotics Conferences & Events List