CS482: Robotics - May 2003
Chris Hardie - Department of Computer Science - Earlham College

This page contains pointers to websites, printed materials, and other resources related to the course.

Robotics General Links / Resources

• Wildman Science Library Resources Page
• Robots.net (Slashdot-like Robots/Robotics Community)

HandyBoard / Fred G. Martin

• Main HandyBoard website
• Companion Website for Robotic Explorations
• Fred Martin's personal websites: MIT or UMass Lowell
• Fred's PhD Thesis: Circuits to Control: Learning Engineering by Designing LEGO Robots [ftp directory]
• Fred's instructions for Building the LEGObug
• Fred's instructions for Building Sensors and Motors for the HandyBoard

Interactive C

• Source code
• Base Distribution (free)
• Commercial Distributions
• KIPR's Interactive C
• Other IC resources

Other Robotics Courses

• MIT's original Robotics course (designed by Fred Martin)
• Case Western Reserve's Autonomous Robotics course
• Wellesley College's Robotic Design Studio course

Specific Topics

• Stepper Motors
• The Art of LEGO Design by Fred Martin [PDF]
• Building / Enhancing a Robot Laboratory for Teaching Artificial Intelligence

Companies / Organizations related to Robotics

• LEGO Mindstorm website (Mindstorms are a HandyBoard-like robotics package for public consumption)
• KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (makers of an IC version)
• Newton Labs (makers of a commercial IC package)

Robotics Events and Spectacles

• RoboCup American Open
• Robot Wars
• Big list of Robot Competitions

Course Resources / Logistics

• Earlham College
• Earlham College CS Department
• Earlham Academic Calendar
• Past Course Websites
  • 2002, Spring Course
  • 1997 Senior Seminar

In the News

• Marvin Minsky blasts modern AI/robotics research (Wired, May 13, 2003)
• Intel's XScale/Linux robotics platform (LinuxDevices.com, May 2, 2003)

Miscellaneous

• Robotics on the Mac

CS482: Robotics - May 2003
Chris Hardie - Department of Computer Science - Earlham College