Open Directory - Computers: Robotics: Building
See also: - Lots of detailed information about designing and building fighting robots, including the physics behind different weapons, speed controllers, motors and batteries. - An online community for Australian robotics hobbyists. Membership is free and all members are provided with a journal to document or discuss their projects. - An assortment of microcontroller projects for robotics and other embedded applications. Projects include a software component, a hardware component, or both. The information and source code is proprietary. The license allows free (gratis) download and use for non-commercial purposes only. - Offers an affordable, nearly plug and play and fairly well documented microcontroller board supporting several digital and analogue ports, the ability to control four motors, and an LCD. - Robot projects information resource site with tutorials, video clips, articles and a forum covering core robotics topics such as navigation, micro-controllers, motor control, sensors and more. - A tutorial on the use of computer controlled stepping motors. - This site spotlights my testbed robot named "OR". There are a few tips for starting your own robot. - An open PC-based mobile robot reference design, for navigating autonomously in home or office environments. The project goal is provide a standard implementation based on the best available standards for mobile robot design. The source code, circuit schematics and documentation may be freely downloaded. - Tutorials on the use of computers in automation, control and robotics. Includes simplified descriptions of feedback, proportional control, derivative control, and integral control. - The Palm Pilot Robot Kit is a design for an easy-to-build, fully autonomous robot controlled by a Palm handheld computer. - Electronics Projects using PIC microcontrollers including EEPROMs, USB, LCD, wireless modules, i2c, compass, and tilt sensor. Projects may be used for educational purposes but not commercially. - UK based site for robot builders of all levels; tutorials, resources, competitions and forums for electronics, programming, mechanics, B.E.A.M. and fighting robots. - General robot and circuit building information down to the component level and information on the author's robot projects. - Plenty of links to other hobby robotics sites. - Support site for the book, Robot Builder's Bonanza, and, hopes to become a repository of useful robotics information. - Information and photos that detail the construction of three similar robots based on the 68HC11 microcontroller. - Tutorials on how to build a robot at any skill level with pictures, parts lists, and basic term definitions. - Detailed construction notes for creating robots based on direct-drive stepper motors salvaged from disk drives. A PIC 16F84 is used for control. Diagrams and schematics.
