RoboTics

Object detection

 * http://www.roborealm.com/
 * http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/289767902/oculus-telepresence-robot Control robot over Android phone
 * Openservo.com

Futaba reverse engineered
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/futaba-sbus-rc-protocol-reverse-engineered

ONline book vision planning
http://planning.cs.uiuc.edu/web.html

shaped deposition planning, sprawl

Gears
https://sdp-si.com/ All gear types, pulleys See PepperBall for robot turret kits

Irobot

 * http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=109 has the best obstacle climbing frame, but it is patented - HackPatents.
 * http://roborium.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=148 similar frame

Robot chassis

 * http://www.orionrobotics.com/Odyssey-6-Wheel-Drive-Robot_p_250.html six motors with spring tension.
 * http://www.superdroidrobots.com/shop/item.aspx/tamiya-4wd-chassis-kit/464/ Tamiya
 * Traxxas

http://ufactory.cc uArm miniature industrial robot arm on your desk.

http://www.cubespawn.com/  , https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cube-spawn/bDYGODBKkKM

http://www.smokierobotics.com/

Vision software
Cognisight is a neural network based image analysis program retailing for $5000. Stream an image from a http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/QuadroCopter to the base. A PC doesn't post processing to stabilize the image using fuzzy logic. The image is then again processed using neural network pattern recognition software. (Get the FPGA dual object tracing stuff somewhere under a uuav http://www.general-vision.com/product_CS_chipset.htm Cognisight vision software for FpGa, using http://www.actel.com/ asic tech.
 * http://www.roadnarrows.com/robotics/store/v1ku-verilog-igloo-fpga-source-code-and-cognisight-engine.html
 * http://bit.ly/9DxvYS Cognisight documentation
 * See ObjectTrackingUav for object tracking using two cams on fpga.

Robot store and parts
http://superdroidrobots.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=535
 * http://www.bubbleskylight.net/domes.htm Camera domes

Hardware

 * http://www.rowetel.com open source hardware
 * http://www.ros.org/wiki/

Roboguard and line following robot
* http://code.google.com/p/feh-robot-project/ * http://code.google.com/p/roboguard/

See embeddedpc on bookmarks. * Slam Allows PC with camera only to navigate robot around obstacles * http://www.freeduino.org/ * http://openprosthetics.org/ * http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?p=37 * http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/asterisk/forum/?action=index * http://groups.google.com/group/village-telco-dev?hl=en * http://www.theoscarproject.org/ * http://www.chumby.com/ * http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing * http://www.megasquirt.info

make magazine
* http://www.homepower.com solar energy projects * http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/11/the_open_source_gift_guid.html * http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/16-11/ff_openmanufacturing * http://www.fsdaily.com/Industry/Open_source_camera_could_pave_the_way_for_open_source_hardware/related_links OS camera Open-source hardware has a loud and passionate following in the hobbyist community. In 2005, O'Reilly Media began publishing Make magazine, a quarterly how-to guide for all sorts of engineering and science projects. Make now has more than 100,000 subscribers and has spawned events known as Maker Faires, which are a cross between souped-up science fairs and high-tech craft shows. Last spring, 65,000 professionals and amateurs flocked to the San Francisco Bay Area Maker Faire to demonstrate projects that ranged from arts and crafts to engineering and science--and many that blurred the boundaries. And as they showed off their creations, attendees also shared ideas and met potential collaborators.

Instructables website
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructables * http://www.instructables.com/ Around the time that Make was getting off the ground, Eric Wilhelm '99, SM '01, PhD '04, launched the Instructables website, which provides a template for step-by-step instructions that lets people document their engineering projects online. Since its users are allowed to comment on other people's projects, Instructables has created a vibrant community of technology enthusiasts who share information on building just about anything--including a computer mouse made from an actual dead mouse, an eight-foot-long match, and biodiesel fuel. http://www.technologyreview.com/article/21495/page3/

Microsoft vision SDK
* http://research.microsoft.com/vision * See http://www.atomiczombie.com and their book from TAB publisher: "Build Your Own All-Terrain Robot". * http://www.evolution.com/products/northstar/spec.masn Localization object avoidance

OSMC yahoogroups Robotics study
Build a radio controled robot using OSMC yahoogroups robotics H-bridge mosfet power electronics.
 * OsmcRobotics
 * http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-16564.html
 * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osmc/files/
 * http://www.robot-solutions.com
 * http://www.4qd.co.uk/prod/index.html

Flying robots
* FlyingRobot

Blackfin
* http://www.surveyor.com/blackfin See SerialCameras From RateGyro2 * http://www.roborealm.com/help/Surveyor_SRV1b.php * http://www.trossenrobotics.com/surveyor-srv-1-kit.aspx

Machine vision

 * Myro - http://wiki.roboteducation.org/Myro_Hardware - Myro is a new framework for programming robots. Myro is written in the language Python and designed for use in Introductory Computing courses, and has been developed by the Institute for Personal Robots in Education. The goal of the project is to provide a programming environment for easily exploring advanced topics in artificial intelligence and robotics without having to worry about the low-level details of the underlying hardware.
 * Webots - http://www.cyberbotics.com - SRV-1 support is now included in Webots mobile robotics simulation software. Webots provides a rapid prototyping environment for modelling, programming and simulating mobile robots under Windows, Mac OS/X and Linux. The 3D modeling and physics are outstanding.
 * RoboRealm - http://www.roborealm.com/help/Surveyor_SRV1.php - The SRV-1 can now be directly controlled from RoboRealm, a very popular Windows-based machine vision software package for robots. The RoboRealm extensions for SRV-1 allow creation of scripts that combine image processing on live video feeds from the robot, e.g. color filtering, blob detection/tracking, edge detection/outlining and feature extraction, with decision processing and robot motion control, making it easy to create behaviors such as object location and tracking, obstacle avoidance, motion detection, notification, etc, with a web interface, and control can be scripted from C/C++, Python, Java, C#, Lisp, Visual Basic, WScript and COM through the RoboRealm API.
 * Microsoft Robotics Studio - http://www.surveyor.com/MSRS.html - Drivers for the SRV-1 in Microsoft Robotics Studio are now available. MSRS is a Windows-based environment for academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to create robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware. Key features and benefits include: end-to-end robotics development platform, lightweight services-oriented runtime, and a scalable / extensible platform.

Gostai Urbi

 * http://www.urbiforge.org
 * http://www.gostai.com

Microsoft robotics

 * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/default.aspx

Head tracking units
* http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=590190 Keywords: Video Goggles, Head tracking

Pan Tilt controllers
* http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=646972 * http://www.robotshop.ca/home/products/robot-parts/mechanics/chassis-accessories/lynxmotion-pan-and-tilt-kit-aluminium.html

Battery balancer
* http://www.tmenet.com/Xtrema_balancer.htm

South Africa electronics design
*http://www.natcom.co.za

Guide path wires
VibratoryPlow around farm and lay guidpath wires to keep robot on it's track.
 * http://www.omnitech.com/mars.htm
 * http://www.dprg.org/articles/1997-07a/

Trossen
TROSSEN ROBOTICS crawller

http://www.trossenrobotics.com/Quadruped-Robot-Hexapod-Robot-Kits.aspx Mount Quad frameson hexapod walks around patrolling making less noise and using less power.

http://makerfaire.com/makers/wifi-video-surveillance-robot-powered-by-pcduino/ Wi-fi surveillance robot

Magazine links
Servo magazine

HObby RC robotic parts

 * https://www.servocity.com/html/actobotics.html
 * http://www.fingertechrobotics.com/

Links
* http://www.stanford.edu/~sangbae/index.htm From Hexapod links * http://mnoone.illinexus.org/ Hexapod robot Eagle cad, Autocad drawings. * http://www.ni.com/labview/ * http://www.solutions-cubed.com/ * http://www.amazingrobotics.com/ * http://www.robotmagic.com/ Robot platform with six wheels for handling pepperball gun/Camera transmission * http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theroboticsclub/links * http://rcpilot.sourceforge.net/modules/rcap/index.php GPS controlled vehicle PIC circuit and code * http://roboticnation.blogspot.com/2005/06/robostix-expansion-board.html Player on Gumstix OPS * http://www.aai.ca/robots/h_arm_2.html * http://www.quasarelectronics.com * http://www.modelsandall.co.za * http://www.robot-electronics.co.uk * http://www.futaba-rc.com/radioaccys/futm0807.html * http://www.friendlyrobotics.co.za * http://www.sammag.co.za * http://sdcc.sourceforge.net * http://www.compucutters.com Numerical control drill PCB. * http://home.classicnet.net/dgps/ * http://robots.net/ * http://www.robots-dreams.com/2007/02/kondo_rcb3_robo.html * http://www.k-team.com/kteam/home.php?rub=0&site=1&version=EN * http://www.k-team.com/kteam/index.php?rub=118&site=1&page=news&version=EN Odour tracking * http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theroboticsclub * http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=109 * See CompHomeAutomation for Robotic arm manipulator * GyroCompass
 * CncControllers, OsmcRobotics, MechoGecko, Slam
 * http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/mcr/mcr001.html
 * http://www.microrobotics.com
 * http://www.crustcrawler.com/?gclid=CJWY8baI0pUCFQocQgodZEoGiw
 * http://www.nedo.go.jp/english/expo2005/robot-04.html
 * http://www.trendrobotics.com/
 * http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/
 * http://mind.sourceforge.net/mind4th.html
 * http://www.robotbooks.com Printed circuit boards
 * http://www.daveswebshop.com C & Ku band satellite equipment
 * http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/%7Epnewman/TheMOOS/index.html
 * http://www.dimensionengineering.com/ Triple axis accelerometer $35
 * http://www.solutions-cubed.com Motion controllers
 * http://www.servomagazine.com/
 * http://www.hvwtech.com