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Microcontroller’s suitable for robotics projects
- Arduino
- The Handy Board
- Handyboard Hacker’s Resource Guide
- [The Handy Cricket](http://www.handyboard.com/cricket” ADD_DATE=”908235315” LAST_VISIT=”935879243” LAST_MODIFIED=”908235252)
- Blackfin Handyboard (in Development)
- OOPic: Object-Oriented Programmable Integrated Circuit
- Parallax BASIC Stamp Microcontrollers
- Sumo11 Robot Controller
- IntelliBrain Robot Controller
- Qwerk Linux based telepresence Robot Controller
- Raspberry PI
- Intel Edison
Companies that offer parts suitable for robotics projects
- Acroname, Inc. - Various robotics parts and experimental mobile robot platforms
- The Robot MarketPlace - Robotics parts (specializing in Robot Combat competitions)
- ServoCity - Motors, motion control hardware and accessories
- Jameco Robot Store - Robot kits and parts
- Pololu - Robots kits and parts
- Trossen Robotics - Robot kits and parts
- Budget Robotics - Robotics and animatronics parts
- Mr Robot - Robot kits and various robotics parts and software
- Arrick Robotics - Automation, mobile robots, robot resources
- Adafruit Industries - Open source electronics kits
- Gamatronix - H-Bridges, Microcontroller Boards, Motor Controllers, Speech Synthesizers, Accessories
- BaneBots - Mechanical drive components
- Lynxmotion - Robot kits and components
- Zagros Robotics - Mobile robot bases and various robotics parts
- CrustCrawler Robotics - Robot kits and components
- DU-BRO Racing - Radio control airplane, car, helicopter, and boat parts
- Tower Hobbies - Radio control airplane, car, helicopter, and boat parts
- Hobby Express - Radio control airplane, car, and helicopter parts
- Solarbotics - Your BEAM Robotics Resource
- Active Robots - Robot kits and various robotics parts
- Robotics World - Robots, kits and parts
- Robotshop - Parts, Kits, Drones, Education, Tools, Books, Home Robots, Toys, Professional Robots, Wearable Technology, Software
- K-Team Mobile Robots - Swiss company that develops, manufactures and markets high quality mobile robots for use in advanced education and research.
- 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
- Banana Robotics - Specializing in fun and educational hands on robotics technology
- All Battery - Total power solutions
- AA Portable Power Corp - Total solution for portable power
- Mouser Electronics - Semiconductors / electronic components
- Digikey - Semiconductors / electronic components
- Jameco Electronics - Semiconductors / electronics components
- Newark - Semiconductors / electronics components
- Nasa Tech Briefs Partfinder - Electronic component finder search-engine
- GlobalSpec - The Engineering Search Engine
- SparkFun - Electronics and Tutorials
- SainSmart - Professional open hardware company
- All Electronics Corp. - Thousands of electronics and electro-mechanical parts and supplies at discount prices.
- Marlin P. Jones Associates, Inc. - Assorted electronic and electromechanical components
- McMaster Carr - Giant supplier of machinery, tools, materials, and hardware
- 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)
- Titanium Distributors - Our first-rate customer service, experience, and quality products can meet your titanium needs
- SPEC (Stock Precision Engineered Components) - Huge spring supplier with affordable precision spring kits
- ePlastics - Plastic materials for construction
- BEI Systron Donner Inertial Division - Providing High Reliability System-Solution Sensors for the World’s Most Demanding Applications
- Magnevation - Speech electronics and other accessories for OOPic, Basic Stamp, BasicX, Atom, and other Micro-controllers
- CyberResearch- PC based data acquisition and motion systems
- Circuit Specialists - Electronics supplies
- SchmartBOARD - Modular, scalable circuit prototyping boards, easy to use surface-mount (SMT) to DIP boards
- PCBexpress.com - Online-order, low volume, fast turn-around PCB service
- expresspcb - Online-order, low volume, fast turn-around PCB service
- Custom Circuit Boards - PCB Fabrication for quick turn prototyping (Phoenix, AZ)
- Quickparts.com - Online-order, low volume, fast turn-around rapid prototyping service with free layout software
- eMachineShop.com - Online-order, low volume, machine shop with free CAD software
- ProtoCAM - Rapid prototyping, SLA, rapid tooling, and manufacturing engineering consulting
- Paramount Industries, Inc. - Rapid prototyping and product design/development
- www.wb-3d.com WB Engineering Rapid Prototyping Services
- RedEye On Demand Parts for prototype and production on-demand
- PMD Motion Control - Motion control electronics
- Electronics Manufacturers Directory - Comprehensive B2B industry portal
- MFG.com - Online manufacturing marketplace: from prototypes through mass-production runs
- Fab@Home - Community of home built 3D rapid prototyping devices for universal fabrication
- 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
Semiconductor chip reference sites
- SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics Home Page
- Vishay Semiconductor
- Fairchild Semiconductor
- Texas Instruments Semiconductors Products Page
- Best of the Web - Semiconductors
Commercial Robotics Research Systems
Useful Robotics Reference Sites
- RobotWorx - An Introduction to Robotic Technology
- NASA Robotics Resource Links
- ikalogic.com - Robotics and Electronics Projects, Tutorials, Resources and Downloads
- Machine Grid.com
- [Robotics FAQ Table of Contents](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/robotpg/robofaq/” ADD_DATE=”932348823)
- Robotics Competition FAQ
- Construction Materials for Robot Building
- Douglas W. Jones on Stepping Motors
- Animated presentation on the Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor
- DPRG on hacking hobby servos for continuous-rotation
- SRS on hacking hobby servos for variable-speed continuous-rotation
- Article on MEMS Sensors
- Infrared vs. Ultrasonic - What You Should Know
- How to Choose the Right Relay
- Battery Chemistry Comparison
- What’s the Best Battery?
- Internal Resistance of Batteries
- Battery Performance Curves
- The WWW Virtual Library
- www.robotbooks.com
- Square 1 Electronics
- Ridgesoft Robotics Tutorials
- 21st Century Robotics - Robotics portal
- forengineers.net - Collection of scientific papers on robotics and mechatronics
- Fritzing - Initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to work creatively with interactive electronics
- [How Assembly Line Robots are Made (video) - Clip showing the manufacturing of industrial robot arms] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkDbmWAyHYw)
Robot Books
- Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation, Second Edition by Joseph L. Jones, Anita M. Flynn, Bruce A. Seiger
- Building Robot Drive Trains - Dennis Clark, Michael Owings
- Programming Robot Controllers - 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 - Gordon McComb
- Robot Builder’s Bonanza - Gordon McComb
- Robotics, Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence: Experimental Circuit Blocks for Designers by Newton C. Braga
- Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots - 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 bookby 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 - Joe Jones and Daniel Roth
- Mobile Robotics : A Practical Introduction by Ulrich Nehmzow
- Principles of Robot Motion: Theory, Algorithms, and Implementations -Howie Choset, et al.
- Electric Drives and Electromechanical Systems - Richard Crowder
- Electromechanical Devices & Components Illustrated Sourcebook - Brian Elliott
- Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, Fourth Edition - Neil Sclater, Nicholas Chironis
- Technology of Machine Tools - Steve Krar
- Product Design and Development - Karl Ulrich, Steven Eppinger
Publication Organizations Containing Robotics News
- Robots.Net - The place to read the latest news on personal and industrial robotics, robot competitions, and other cool stuff
- Robotics Trends
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
- IEEE Spectrum Robotics
- Circuit Cellar
- NASA Tech Briefs Publication
- Motion Control Technology
- RobotDigest
- Robot-Dreams
- Robots Rule
- The Robot Report - Tracking the Business of Robotics
Robotics on the Cutting Edge
- NASA Robonaut - Extravehicular astronaut designed to use human tools
- 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 - Driverless car competition
- 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
- Ripsaw - Howe and Howe Technologies, Inc. high-speed Unmanned Ground Vehicle
- Black I Robotics - Affordable Robust Chassis
- General Dynamics Robotic Systems - Tactical Robots
- BEAR - Vecna Robotics Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot
- Cave Crawler - Carnegie Mellon University Subterranean Robotics
- SandBot - Georgia Tech hexapod robot made for traversing across sand
- Work Partner - Interactive mobile service robot
- Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS - Aircraft Carrier Unmanned Combat Air System
- 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 Underwated Robots - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research AUVs
- Madeline - Robotic Turtle
- Future Combat Systems - Soldiers and robotic technology networked on the battlefield
- Systems Center Pacific - Air, ground, sea surface and underwater robotics research and development
- Boston Dynamics - Legged rough terrain robots climbing robots
- Stickybot - Wall climbing robot inspiredby 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
- The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Bionic Arms - Prosthetic limbs that interface directly with the human nervous system
- Neurorobotics - Brain machine interfaces
- Vanderbilt Bionic Arm - Prosthetic limb development under DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency)
- DEKA Luke Arm - Dean Kaman’s prosthetic limb (dubbed after Luke Skywalker) development under DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency)
- Anthroform Arm Project- Artificial 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](http://www.sarcos.com/] Exoskeleton and slave arms - Human strength enhancer suit
- Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Project - Human strength enhancer suit
- Lockheed Martin HULC
- Power Assist Suit Exoskeleton
- Human strength enhancer suit for nurses
- HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) - Cyberdyne exoskeleton human strength enhancer
- 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 (MDS) - MIT humanoid robot research platform for social interaction with humans
- QRIO - Videos of Sony’s experimental 2 foot tall humanoid robot
- Nao - Aldebran Robotics humanoid robot
- Robo-Garage - University of Tokyo humanoid and walking robots with "cartooney" design
- WABOT-2 - Waseda University Humanoid Robot SARCOS Robot - Carnegie Mellon humanoid robot research platform
- 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 championsby 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
- 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
- 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)
- iRobot Home Cleaning Robots - Autonomous consumer cleaning robots
- iRobot PackBot - Mobile robot systems for hazardous-duty operations
- Foster-Miller Talon - Mobile robot systems for hazardous-duty operations
- Remotec Unmanned Vehicle Systems - Mobile robot systems for hazardous-duty operations
- MacroSwiss - Security and combat robotic systems
- Recon Scout - Security and combat robot
- G-NUIS - Security unmanned ground systems
- TiaLinx, Inc. - RADAR security and surveillance unmanned ground and air systems
- Cub Cadet RG3 - Precise Path Robotics turf and grounds maintenance applications
- Friendly Robotics- Robot lawnmowers
- KIVA Systems - Complete automated guided vehicle system for shipping warehouses
- Transbotics - Industrial automated guided vehicle systems
- Seegrid - Robotic Industrial Trucks - 3D Vision robotic logistics vehicle
- Tug - Hospital automated guided delivery vehicle systems
- 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
- Lockheed Martin K-MAX - Power lift helicopter modified to be and unmanned aircraft system
- Fire Scout - Robot helicopter drone
- CyPhy Works - Aerial Reconnaissance Robotics
- NorthStar - Robot localization systemby Evolution Robotics
- VideoRay - Small underwater ROV systems
- Deep Ocean Engineering - Underwater ROV systems
- Shilling Robotics - Heavy-duty underwater ROV systems Underwater Forensics Robot - Robot submarine used to search for evidence underwater
- 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
- Honda ASIMO - Humanoid Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility robot
- HRP-4C - Fashion model humanoid robot
- REEM - PAL Technology guide service robots and humanoid experimental robots
- Robot Fish - Essex Human Centered Robotics developing robots in environments coexisting with humans
- Sony Entertainment Dog Robot - AIBO
- 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 wheelchair system based on Dean Kaman’s 2-wheel balancing technology
- International Robotics, Inc. - "Techno-Marketing"
- Microsoft Robotics Studio - Robotics development and simulation software<p>