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Last Modified: Mon Sep 16 01:00:38 EDT 1996 _________________________________________________________________ This FAQ was compiled and written by Kevin Dowling with numerous contributions by readers of comp.robotics. Acknowledgements are listed at the end of the FAQ. This post, as a collection of information, is Copyright 1995 Kevin Dowling. Distribution through any means other than regular Usenet channels must be by permission. The removal of this notice is forbidden. This FAQ may be posted to any USENET newsgroup, on-line service, or BBS as long as it or the section is posted in its entirety and includes this copyright statement. This FAQ may not be distributed for financial gain. This FAQ may not be included in commercial collections or compilations without express permission from the author. Please send changes, additions, suggestions and questions to: Kevin Dowling tel: 412.268.8830 Robotics Institute fax: 412.268.5895 Carnegie Mellon University net: [2]nivek@cmu.edu Pittsburgh, PA 15213 url: [3]http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~nivek See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge
This FAQ may be referenced as:
Dowling, Kevin (1995) "Robotics: comp.robotics Frequently Asked
Questions" Available as a hypertext document at
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/robotics-faq. 90+ pages.
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This is the Frequently Asked Questions list for the internet robotics
newsgroups comp.robotics.misc and comp.robotics.research. This list
provides a resource of answers to commonly (and some uncommonly) asked
questions regarding robotic systems, organizations, periodicals, and
pointers to numerous other resources on the net.
If you have suggestions and comments please send email to Kevin
Dowling, [2]nivek@cmu.edu Thank you.
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+ [3][0] Errata
= [4][0.1] Where to find this FAQ and comp.robotics archives
= [5][0.2] Related FAQ's and Mailing Lists
= [6][1] What is Robotics?
= [7][1.1] What is the definition of a 'robot'?
= [8][1.2] Where did the word 'robot' come from?
= [9][2] Where can I find robotics resources on the net?
= [10][3] Organizations
= [11][3.1] Robotics Related Organizations
= [12][3.2] Robotics Associations of Many Countries
= [13][3.3] Robotics Clubs
= [14][4] What Periodicals and Publications are there?
= [15][4.1] Magazines, Journals, Newsletters
= [16][4.1.1] Robotics Publications
= [17][4.1.2] Trade magazines
= [18][4.2] Books, Online Information and Videos
= [19][4.2.1] Books
= [20][4.2.2] CDROMS
= [21][4.2.3] Magazine Articles
= [22][4.2.4] Online Technical Reports
= [23][4.2.5] Videos
= [24][5] Conferences and Competitions
= [25][5.1] Conferences
= [26][5.2] Competitions
= [27][6] What University Programs are there?
= [28][6.1] Graduate Programs in Robotics
= [29][6.2] Student Who's Who
= [30][7] What is the State of the Robot Industry?
= [31][8] What companies sell or build robots?
= [32][8.1] Mobile robot companies
= [33][8.1.1] AGV Companies
= [34][8.1.2] Underwater robots
= [35][8.2] Manipulator companies
= [36][8.3] Other Organizations doing robotics
= [37][8.4] Small Inexpensive Robots
* [38][8.5] Entertainment Robots
= [39][9] What is a Robot Architecture?
= [40][10] What Robotics related products are there?
= [41][10.1] Sensors
= [42][10.1.1] Cameras
= [43][10.1.2] Inertial, acceleration and heading sensors
= [44][10.1.3] Rangefinding devices
= [45][10.1.4] Force/torque, accelerometers, tactile
= [46][10.1.5] Sonar sensors
= [47][10.1.6] Pan/tilt mechanisms
= [48][10.1.7] Measuring robot position
= [49][10.1.8] Measuring linear motion
= [50][10.1.9] Interfacing sensors
= [51][10.2] Actuators
= [52][10.2.1] RC-Servos
= [53][10.2.2] Shape Memory Materials
= [54][10.2.3] Other Actuators
= [55][10.2.4] Stepper Motors
= [56][10.2.5] Controllers
= [57][10.3] Imaging for Robotics
= [58][10.4] Wireless Communication
= [59][10.4.1] RF Modems
= [60][10.4.2] RF Video
= [61][10.4.3] RF Ethernet
= [62][10.5] Robot Parts: Suppliers and Sources
= [63][11] Whatever happened to Heathkit Hero Robots?
= [64][12] What's available for Puma Manipulators?
= [65][13] What kinds of Robotics Simulators are there?
= [66][13.1] Commercial Simulators
= [67][13.2] Shareware and Freeware Simulators
= [68][14] What Real-Time Operating System should I use?
= [69][15] What is NuTank?
= [70][16] Survey of Mobile Robot Development Environments
= [71][17] Robot Controllers
= [72][17.1] What is the Miniboard?
= [73][17.2] What is the F1 Board?
= [74][17.3] What is the Bot Board?
= [75][17.4] What is the Handy Board?
= [76][17.5] Other Robot Controllers
= [77][18] What is the XXX Microcontroller?
= [78][18.1] Motorola 68XX
= [79][18.2] Motorola 683xx
= [80][18.3] Intel 80C186
= [81][18.4] Intel 8051
= [82][18.5] Intel 8096
= [83][18.6] Microchip PIC16/17
= [84][18.7] Parallax BASIC Stamp
= [85][18.8] National Semiconductor LM628/629
= [86][18.9] Hewlett-Packard HCTL 1000, 2000
= [87][18.10] Motor Drivers
+ [88][19] Acknowledgements
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[1] What is robotics?
In this section we define the words 'robot' and 'robotics' and look a
little at the history of robots.
[3][1.1] What is the definition of a 'robot'?
[4][1.2] Where did the word robot come from?
[5][1.3] When did robots, as we know them today, come into
existence?
1.1 What is the definition of a 'robot'?
"A reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move
material, parts, tools, or specialized devices through various
programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks"
Robot Institute of America, 1979
Obviously, this was a committee-written definition. It's rather dry
and uninspiring. Better ones for 'robotics' might include:
Force through intelligence.
Where AI meet the real world.
Webster says: An automatic device that performs functions normally
ascribed to humans or a machine in the form of a human.
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[1.2] Where did the word 'robot' come from?
The word 'robot' was coined by the Czech playwright Karel Capek
(pronounced "chop'ek") from the Czech word for forced labor or serf.
Capek was reportedly several times a candidate for the Nobel prize for
his works and very influential and prolific as a writer and
playwright. Mercifully, he died before the Gestapo got to him for his
anti-Nazi sympathies in 1938.
The use of the word Robot was introduced into his play _R.U.R._
(Rossum's Universal Robots) which opened in Prague in January 1921.
The play was an enormous success and productions soon opened
throughout Europe and the US. R.U.R's theme, in part, was the
dehumanization of man in a technological civilization. You may find it
surprising that the robots were not mechanical in nature but were
created through chemical means. In fact, in an essay written in 1935,
Capek strongly fought that this idea was at all possible and, writing
in the third person, said:
"It is with horror, frankly, that he rejects all responsibility for
the idea that metal contraptions could ever replace human beings,
and that by means of wires they could awaken something like life,
love, or rebellion. He would deem this dark prospect to be either
an overestimation of machines, or a grave offence against life."
[The Author of Robots Defends Himself - Karl Capek, Lidove noviny,
June 9, 1935, translation: Bean Comrada]
There is some evidence that the word robot was actually coined by
Karl's brother Josef, a writer in his own right. In a short letter,
Capek writes that he asked Josef what he should call the artifical
workers in his new play. Karel suggests Labori, which he thinks too
'bookish' and his brother mutters "then call them Robots" and turns
back to his work, and so from a curt response we have the word robot.
R.U.R is found in most libraries. The most common English translation
is that of P. Selver from the 1920's which is not completely faithful
to the original. A more recent and accurate translation is in a
collection of Capek's writings called _Towards the Radical Center_
published by Catbird Press in North Haven, CT. tel: 203.230.2391
The term 'robotics' refers to the study and use of robots. The term
was coined and first used by the Russian-born American scientist and
writer Isaac Asimov (born Jan. 2, 1920, died Apr. 6, 1992). Asimov
wrote prodigiously on a wide variety of subjects. He was best known
for his many works of science fiction. The most famous include _I
Robot _(1950), _The Foundation Trilogy _(1951-52), _Foundation's Edge_
(1982), and _The Gods Themselves_ (1972), which won both the Hugo and
Nebula awards.
The word 'robotics' was first used in _Runaround_, a short story
published in 1942. _I, Robot_, a collection of several of these
stories, was published in 1950. Asimov also proposed his three "Laws
of Robotics", and he later added a 'zeroth law'.
* Law Zero:
A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow
humanity to come to harm.
* Law One:
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow
a human being to come to harm, unless this would violate a higher
order law.
* Law Two:
A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where
such orders would conflict with a higher order law.
* Law Three:
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection
does not conflict with a higher order law.
An interesting article on this subject:
Clarke, Roger, "Asimov's Laws for Robotics: Implications for
Information Technology", Part 1 and Part 2, Computer, December 1993,
pp. 53-61 and Computer, January 1994, pp.57-65.
The article is an interesting discussion of his Laws and how they came
to be in his books, and the implications for technology today and in
the future.
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[1.3] When did robots, as we know them today, come into existence?
The first industrial modern robots were the Unimates developed by
George Devol and Joe Engelberger in the late 50's and early 60's. The
first patents were by Devol for parts transfer machines. Engelberger
formed Unimation and was the first to market robots. As a result,
Engelberger has been called the 'father of robotics.'
Modern industrial arms have increased in capability and performance
through controller and language development, improved mechanisms,
sensing, and drive systems. In the early to mid 80's the robot
industry grew very fast primarily due to large investments by the
automotive industry. The quick leap into the factory of the future
turned into a plunge when the integration and economic viability of
these efforts proved disastrous. The robot industry has only recently
recovered to mid-80's revenue levels. In the meantime there has been
an enormous shakeout in the robot industry. In the US, for example,
only one US company, Adept, remains in the production industrial robot
arm business. Most of the rest went under, consolidated, or were sold
to European and Japanese companies.
In the research community the first automata were probably Grey
Walter's machina (1940's) and the John's Hopkins beast. Teleoperated
or remote controlled devices had been built even earlier with at least
the first radio controlled vehicles built by Nikola Tesla in the
1890's. Tesla is better known as the inventor of the induction motor,
AC power transmission, and numerous other electrical devices. Tesla
had also envisioned smart mechanisms that were as capable as humans.
An excellent biography of Tesla is Margaret Cheney's _Tesla, Man Out
of Time_, Published by Prentice-Hall, c1981.
SRI's Shakey navigated highly structured indoor environments in the
late 60's and Moravec's Stanford Cart was the first to attempt natural
outdoor scenes in the late 70's. From that time there has been a
proliferation of work in autonomous driving machines that cruise at
highway speeds and navigate outdoor terrains in commercial
applications.
Articles on the history of personal robots:
What ever happened to ... Personal Robots? by Stan Veit The Computer
Shopper, Nov 1992 v12 n11 p794(2)
What ever happened to ... Personal Robots? (part 2) by Stan Veit
Computer Shopper, April 1993 v13 n4 p702(2)
I have the text to these online but am trying to find out if I can
include these as part of the FAQ or as separate files that are
ftpable.
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[2] Where can I find robotics resources on the net?
Within this FAQ are a wide variety of URL's and pointers to ftp sites
for robotics resources. There are a few URL's that go beyond this and
some of those are presented here:
Robotics Internet Resource Page:
This is an excellent source of pointers to a wide variety of Robotics
related work on the Internet. This includes files, video, images,
teleoperation etc etc. - Use your favorite browser (Mosaic, Netscape,
MacWeb etc. to check it out) [3]Robotics Internet Resouces Page
European Robotics Archive:
Eurobots is an archive dedicated to storage of robotics related
information. It can be accessed via WWW at [4]European Robotics
Archive and [5]here for ftp.
In addition to holding a collection of general information, the WWW
version has "Hot Links" to useful documents (such as this FAQ!) and
pointers to other mobile robot sites. There is also a dedicated
section for those working in Europe. This archive is intended to
provide a service to all mobile robot developers, so check it out and
send us material that others might find useful, or give us your
suggestions for improvement.
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Virtual Reality (VR) related: For sci.virtual-worlds: [6]Virtual
Worlds Also see:
[7]ftp://ftp.ipa.fhg.de//pub/VIRTUAL_REALITY/WWW/hmepage.html Site
includes papers, product sheets, publications and information.
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_Tutorial and Overview of Estimation and Navigation work at Notre-Dame_
I highly recommend this - it is an excellent use of the www and a
well-done overview of the work. - nivek
[8]http://www.nd.edu/NDInfo/Research/sskaar/Home.html
_Part I: Camera Space Manipulation_
Part I relates to the positioning of a rigid body in three-dimensional
space relative to a specific, second body accomplished with either a
holonomic system, such as a typical industrial robot, or a
nonholonomic system, such as a forklift.
_Part II: Estimation Based Navigation_
Relates to the navigation of a vehicle relative to a known environment
such as a home, office, or warehouse.
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3. http://piglet.cs.umass.edu:4321/robotics.html
4. http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/Eurobots
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[3] Robotics Organizations
There are a number of organizations and societies related to robotics.
Some are related specifically to industry, several to academia and a
number of hobbyist groups. In addition, a number of the groups, such
as the ASME or IEEE, (see below) are very large organizations and
robotics is one of many sub-disciplines in their respective fields.
Many of these organizations also have periodicals associated with
robotics.
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[3][3.1] Robotics Related Organizations
[4][3.2] Robotics Associations of Many Countries
[5][3.3] Robotics Clubs
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[3.1] Robotics Related Organizations
_Advanced Robot Technology Research Association _(Japan)
Kikai-shinko Bldg
3-5-8 Shiba-Kohen, Minato-ku, Tokyo
tel: (03) 434-0532
fax: (03) 434-0217
Has joint research programs with member companies. Members are
20 or so Japanese companies including: Ishikawajima-Harima, Oki
Electric, Kawasaki Heavy Industry, Kobe Steel, Komatsu,
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Toshiba, JGC, NEC, Hitachi,
Fanuc, Fujitsu, Fuji, Matshushita Research Institute, Mitsui,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Yaskawa.
_American Nuclear Society_
Robotics and Remote Systems Division
555 North Kensington Avenue
LaGrange Park, IL 60525 USA
tel: 708.352.6611
fax: 708.352.6464
email: [6]Toni Bishop
-
current Division Chair
Lori Kostelnik
1385 Scott Place
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
tel: 208.522.4017
fax: 208.528.9248
email: loisam@aol.com
Has interests and promotes robotics, particularly in remote
applications in nuclear and other hazardous environments. Has
robotics and remote systems sessions at ANS meetings in June
and November. Has a Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote
Systems in spring of odd numbered years (i.e., 1997).
Typically, there are well over 100 papers presented at topicals
and attendance is around 400. Membership includes monthly
Nuclear News magazine as well as division newsletter twice a
year
_American Society of Mechanical Engineers, (ASME)_
345 E. 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
Mechanical Engineering magazine, like the IEEE's Spectrum, is
an excellent general publication on aspects of mechanical
engineering. There are often publications on robotics and the
ASME sponsors a number of other publications and conferences
that are relevant to robotics. The ASME also has a BBS service,
MechEng, with an email server. send email to with 'send info'
in the body.
_The Association for Robotics in Hazardous Environments (RHE)_
net: [7]ria@bizserve.com
url: [8]http://www.robotics.org
900 Victors Way, P.O. Box 3724
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
tel: 313.994.6088
fax: 313.994.3338
One of the several Robotic Industries Association
Organizations. See [9]RIA. The Association for Robotics in
Hazardous Environments is committed to promoting the global
commercialization of robotic systems for use in hazardous
environments by:
+ Improving operational capabilities and minimizing human
exposure.
+ Defining common terminology and promoting performance
standards.
+ Gathering and disseminating industry information.
+ Influencing public policy.
+ Bringing users, developers and suppliers together with the
common goal of advancing U.S. industry in the global
marketplace.
_Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (AUVS)_
1735 North Lynn Street
Suite 950
Arlington, VA 22209-2022
tel: 703.524.6646
fax: 703.524.2303
email: [10]smc@auvs.com
Promoting worldwide advancement of unmanned vehicle systems.
Membership includes subscription to Unmanned Systems magazine,
AUVS News Bulletin, regional seminars, annual symposium and
trade show, and other opportunities. AUVS also sponsors an
annual aerial Robotics Competition. See Conference
announcements for more details. or see:
[11]http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/robotics/other/auvsarc/auvsarc.htm
l and [12]ftp://usc.edu/pub/nn_robotics/other/auvsarc/ Student
membership: $15/year, Educational Institutions/Libraries
$100/year, Individual: $40/year, Corporate memberships also
available.
_Automated Imaging Association (AIA)_
net: [13]ria@bizserve.com
url: [14]http://www.robotics.org
900 Victors Way, P.O. Box 3724
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
tel: 313.994.6088
fax: 313.994.3338
One of the several Robotic Industries Association
Organizations. See [15]RIA.
The AIA promotes the use of industrial machine vision and
scientific image analysis technology through programs that
provide value to members. AIA programs help members identify
and/or enhance their market position, establish their
technology, and promote their products.
_Center for Autonomous and Man-controlled Robotic and Sensing Systems_
ERIM
PO Box 8618
Ann Arbor, MI 48107
tel: 313.994.1200 X2457
Charles Jacobus, CAMRSS director
Member companies include: Ball Aerospace, Coulter Electronics,
ERIM, Fairchild, Ford Aerospace, Geospectra, Grumman,
Industrial Technology Institute, KMS Fusion, Michigan State,
UofM.
_American Insitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)_
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW
Washington, DC 20024
tel: 202.646.7400
tel: 212.247.6500 (Technical Information Service)
Conferences and publications, several cover automation
technologies for servicing on the ground and in space as well
as exploration.
_Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)_
Service Center
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-4150
tel: 201.981.0060
tel: 800.678.IEEE
[16]ftp://ftp.ieee.org/
A large organization with hundreds of publications including
journals, transactions, Spectrum, sponsoring conferences,
workshops and meetings.
IEEE membership is $95 regular ($23 students)
For membership in the IEEE Computer Society, add $22.
$20 for IEEE Expert (Intelligent Systems and their Applications)
$12 for Transactions on Neural Networks
$12 for Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
$15 for Transactions on Robotics and Automation
$19 for Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
$24 for Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine IntelligenceIEEE
_International Service Robot Association_
net: [17]ria@bizserve.com
url: [18]http://www.robotics.org
900 Victors Way, P.O. Box 3724
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
tel: 313.994.6088
fax: 313.994.3338
One of the several Robotic Industries Association
Organizations. See [19]RIA.
ISRA is an individual and corporate member association
dedicated to providing information on the emerging field of
service robots in applications such as health care, education,
security, education, and space exploration. Key activities
include publication of a quarterly newsletter, sponsorship of
conferences & exhibits, and distribution of market studies,
books, and related resources.
_The International Society for Optical Engineering, (SPIE)_
P.O.Box 10
Bellingham, Washington 98227-0010.
tel: 206.676.3290 (PST)
fax: 206.647.1445
tlx: 46-7053
net: spie@mom.spie.org
ftp: [20]ftp://mom.spie.org/
SPIE has publications, meetings and conferences in the field of
intelligent robots, mobile robots, teleoperation, machine
vision, etc.
The SPIE is a nonprofit society dedicated to advancing
engineering and scientific applications of optical,
electro-optical, and optoelectronic instrumentation, systems
and technology. Its members are scientists, engineers, and
users interested in the reduction to practice of these
technologies. SPIE provides the means for communicating new
developments and applications to the scientific, engineering,
and user communities through its publications, symposia, and
short courses.
The SPIE has listservers, covering robotics, fiber optics,
optical computing and processing, and optomechanical
engineering/instrument design.
SPIE maintains several e-mail Listserver Groups dedicated to
various technical specialties. These groups are a way for
colleagues to share information, solve problems, and discuss
issues related to their interests. While the topics are tied to
the various International Technical Working Groups of SPIE,
membership is not required to join a listserver group.
Currently available e-mail listservers maintained by SPIE:
+ Listname Group
+ -------- -----
+ info-bios BIOS (Biomedical Optics Society)
+ info-ei Electronic Imaging
+ info-holo Holography
+ info-adopt Adaptive Optics
+ info-fibers Fiber Optics
+ info-opcom Optical Computing and Processing
+ info-robo Robotics
+ info-optomech Optomechanical and Instrument Design
To subscribe to one of these groups, send an e-mail message to
[21]info-optolink-request@mom.spie.org and include the words:
_subscribe info-listname_ in the message body area, where
listname matches one of the names listed above. For a complete
set of instructions, send a message to
[22]info-optolink-request@mom.spie.org with the word _HELP_ in
the message body. For an up-to-date list of SPIE listserver
groups at any time, send the word _LISTS_ to the same address.
_The Material Handling Institute_
8720 Red Oak Blvd, Suite 201
Charlotte, NC 28217
Primary robotics related focus of MHI is on AGV's.
_Robotic Industries Association (RIA)_
net: [23]ria@bizserve.com
url: [24]http://www.robotics.org
900 Victors Way, P.O. Box 3724
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
tel: 313.994.6088
fax: 313.994.3338
Founded in 1974, RIA is the industry's "central clearinghouse" for the
exchange of technical and trade related information between robot
manufacturers, distributors, corporate users, accessory equipment and
systems suppliers, consultants, research groups and international
organizations. RIA is the common ground where these groups can come
together to discuss problems and solutions dealing with the
implementation of robot and vision automation technology.
Robotic Industries Association is the umbrella organization to four
specialty associations. See the [25]RIA homepage for more details.
* Automated Imaging Association (AIA)
* The Association for Robotics in Hazardous Environments (RHE)
* International Service Robot Association (ISRA)
* Global Automation Information Network (GAIN)
_Society of Manufacturing Engineers, (SME)_
One SME Drive
PO Box 930
Dearborn, MI 48121
tel: 313.271.1500
_Utility/Manufacturer Robot Users group (UMRUG)_
Contact: Harry T. Roman
MC: 16-H
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
80 Park Plaza
PO Box 570
Newark, NJ 07101
tel: 201.430.6646
_________________________________________________________________
[3.2] Robotics Associations of Many Countries
Compiled from a list provided by the British Robot Association.
Alphabatized by English spelling of country.
_Australian Robot Association Inc_
G.P.O. Box 1527
SYDNEY 2001
New South Wales
Australia
Contact: Mr Michael Kassler
tel: +61-2-959-32-39
fax: +61-2-959-46-32
_Osterreichisches Forschungszentrum_
Seibersdorf GmbH
Hauptabteilung Fertigungstechnik und Automation
A-2444 SEIBERSDORF
Austria
Contact: Mr Erwin Fugger
tel: +43-2254-80-22-13
fax: +43-2254-80-21-18
_SOBRACON - Sociedade Brasileira de Comando_
Numerico, Automazacao e Computacao Grafica
Rua General Jardim, 645-7 andar, cjto.72
01223 011 - Sao Paulo, SP
Brazil
Contact: Mr. Arnaldo Pereira Ribeiro
tel: +55-11-256-1192 / 258 3320
fax: +55-11-256-94-96
_British Robot Association (BRA)_
BRA Aston Science Park
Love Lane
Birmingham B7 4BJ
England
tel: +44 (0)21-628 1745
fax: +44 (0)21-628 1746
Meetings, newsletters, information, contacts, sponsor of
several events in the UK. Individual and Student rate is 60
pounds UK.
_Robot Interindustry Research and Production Association (MNTK
"Robot")_
Izmailovskaya sq.,7
MOSCOW - Russia
CIS
Contact: Mr. Vladimir P Stepanov
tel: +7-095-367-85-36
fax: +7-095-367-88-81
_China Society of Industrial Automation and Automated Industries_
8, 7F, Tun Hwa N. Rd.
TAIPEI - China
Contact: Mr. Chen, Chen-Chang
tel: +886-2-751-34-68
fax: +886-2-781-77-90
_Danish Industrial Robot Association (DIRA)_
Teknologiparken
DK-8000 AARHUS C
Denmark
Contact: Mr. John Nielsen
tel: +45-86-14-24-00
fax: +45-86-14-43-55
_Robotics Society in Finland_
c/o Suomen Automaation Tuki Oy
Asemapaallikonk. 12 C
FIN-00520 HELSINKI
Finland
tel: +358-0-146-1644
fax: +358-0-146-1650
Contact: Mr. Hannu Lehtinen
e-mail: Hannu.Lehtinen@vtt.fi
_Fachgemeinschaft MHI im VDMA_
P.O. Box 71 08 64
D-6000 FRANKFURT (MAIN) 71
Germany
Contact: Mr. Berndt Knoerr
tel: +49-69-66-03-466
fax: +49-69-66-03-459
_IPA _
Nobelstrasse 12
D-7000 STUTTGART 80
Germany
Contact: Mr Rolf D Schraft
tel:+49-711-970-12-00
fax: +49-711-970-13-99
_Association Francaise de Robotique_
Industrielle (AFRI)
Tour 66
4, Place Jussieu
F-75252 PARIS CEDEX 05
France
Contact: Mr. Arnauld Laffaille
tel: +33-1-44-27-62-12
fax: +33-1-44-27-62-14
_Hungarian Robotics Association_
c/o Tungsram T.H. Co.Ltd.
Centre of Robotics and Automation
H-1340 Budapest
IV., Vaci ut 77
Hungary
Contact: Dr. Jozsef K. Tar
tel: +36-1-169-6144
fax: +36-1-169-6144
_Government of India_
Ministry of Science and Technology
Dept. of Science and Technology
Technology Bhavan
New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi-110 016
India
Contact: Mr. A.N.N. Murthy, Director
tel: +91-11-662-260, 654-793
fax: +91-11-616-2418
_SIRI - Associazione Italiana di Robotica_
c/o ETAS Periodici
Via Mecenate 91
I-20138 MILANO
Italy
Contact: Mr Daniele Fabrizi
tel: +39-2-580-842-24
fax: +39-2-554-003-88
_Japan Industrial Robot Association_
c/o Kikaishinko Bldg
3-5-8, Shibakoen, Minato-Ku
TOKYO
Japan
Contact: Mr Kanji Yonemoto
tel: +81-3-3434-2919
fax: +81-3-3578-1404
_KIST - Korea Institute of Science and Technology_
P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang
Seoul
Korea
Contact: Mr. Chun Sik-lee
tel: +82-2-967-3505, 963-4497
fax: +82-2-969-1763
_Meininger Automation bv_
P.O. Box 743
NL-2280 AS RIJSWIJK
Netherlands
Contact: Mr Jack B Eijlers
tel: +31-70-340-17-80
fax: +31-70-340-1602
_Federation of Norwegian Engineering Industries (TBL)_
Box 7072 - H
N-0306 OSLO 3
Norway
Contact: Mr Johan Ulleland
tel: +47-2-46-58-20
fax: +47-2-46-18-38
_Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (NOT)_
Czackiego Str 3/5
PL-00950 WARSZAWA
Poland
Contact: Mr. Kazimierz Wawrzyniak
tel: +48-22-26-87-31
fax: +48-22-27-29-49
_Singapore Industrial Automation Association (SIAA)_
151 Chin Swee Road
#03-13 Manhattan House
SINGAPORE 0316
Singapore
Contact: Mr Stephen Teng
tel: +65-734-69-11
fax: +65-235-57-21
_MVVZ Robot_
Nam. Legionarov 3
CZ-080 01 PRESOV
Slovakia
Contact: Mr Vladimir Cop
tel: +42-91-235-77
fax: +42-91-231-95
_"J. Stefan" Institute_
Jamova 39
61000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Contact: Mr Jadran Lenarcic
tel: +38-61-159-199
fax: +38-61-161-029, 273-677
_Asociacion Espanola de Robotica_
Rambla de Catalunya 70, 3r 2a
E-08007 BARCELONA
Spain
Contact: Mr Luis Basanez
tel: +34-3-215-57-60
fax: +34-3-215-23-07
_Swedish Industrial Robot Association (SWIRA)_
Box 5506
S-114 85 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Contact: Mr Thomas Hardenby
tel: +46-8-783-80-00
fax: +46-8-660-33-78
_Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur_
Automatik, Arbeitsgruppe Robotik
Postgasse 17
CH-3011 BERN
Switzerland
Contact: Mr Charles Giroud
tel: +41-31-21-22-51
fax: +41-31-21-12-50
_British Robot Association (BRA)_
Aston Science Park, Love Lane
Aston Triangle
BIRMINGHAM B7 4BJ
United Kingdom
Contact: Mr. Donald Pitt
tel: +44-21-628-17-45
fax: +44-21-628-17-46
_Robotic Industries Assoc (RIA)_
P.O. Box 3724
ANN ARBOR, MI 48106
USA
Contact: Mr. Donald A. Vincent
tel: 313.994.6088
fax: 313.994.3338
_Secretariat of IFR_
c/o Sveriges Verkstadsindustrier
Box 5506
S-114 85 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Contact: Mr Lennart Djupmark
Mrs Kerstin Teglof Delgado
tel: +46-8-783-80-00 or +46-8-783-82-08
fax: +46-8-660-33-78
_________________________________________________________________
[3.3] Robotics Clubs
The original computer club in Silicon Valley was the Homebrew computer
club, out of which evolved a major portion of the personal computer
industry. In that spirit, if not the hope for history repeating
itself, a number of robotics societies and clubs have sprung up.
_Atlanta Hobby Robotics Association_
John W. Gutmann
P.O. Box 2050
Stone Mountain, GA 30086
tel: 404.972.7082
fax: 404.979.3660
net: [26]jgutmann@robot4u.atl.ga.us
bbs: Robots R4U 404.978.7300 - 300-14400 - 8N1 - 24hrs - 7days
Supporting Hobby Robot activity in Atlanta and more. Source of "Robot
Hobby; The Complete Manual, for Individuals and Clubs" See Books
Section.
_Connecticut Robotics Society_
c/o Jake Mendelssohn
190 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
tel: 203.233.2379
net: [27]Jake.Mendelssohn@circellar.com
_Computers, Robotics and Artists Society of Houston [CRASH]_
contact: Jason Asbahr
net: [28]asbahr@crash.org
116 E. Edgebrook #603
Houston, Texas 77034
tel: 713.946.2732
net: [29]info@crash.org
url: [30]http://www.crash.org/crash.html
url: [31]http://fisher.psych.uh.edu/crash.html
C.R.A.S.H is a non-profit organization. We bring together people with
technical, educational, and artistic backgrounds to develop and
distribute software, media, and learning environments. We organize
hands-on events where children and adults construct and interact with
friendly robots, virtual worlds, digital fairy tales, and multimedia
art projects.
_The Dallas Personal Robotics Group_
Dallas Personal Robotics Group
c/o Eric Yundt - President
5112 Hardaway Circle
The Colony, TX 75056
tel: 214.625.4454
fax: 214.612.2035
url: [32]http://www.robotics.com/dprg.html
net: [33]eric@sssi.com, [34]srainwater@ncc.com
[35]garap@utdallas.edu,
BBS: The Interociter BBS 214.650.0237
_LA Area Robotics and Automation Group_
Los Angeles, CA
If you wish to subscribe to the mailing list, please send a message
to: [36]listproc@cad.ucla.edu with a blank Subject: line and the body
of the message reading:
subscribe la-ragroup
_Nashua Robot Builders Club [NRB] _
(formerly Boston Robot Group)
c/o John Cooke
133-A Haines St BBS:
Nashua, NH 03060
net: [37]jdcook@mv.mv.com
tel: 603.595.5953
Meetings second Saturday at 1pm. For those who like computers and
robots to meet and trade ideas, parts, know-how etc.
_Northern New Mexico Robotics Group_
MSD434, LANL
Los Alamos, NM 87545
contact: Mark W. Tilden
tel: 505.667.2902
fax: 505.665.3644
net: [38]mwtilden@lanl.gov
url: [39]http://www.acl.lanl.gov/~mwd/NNMR
Meet last Saturday of month, at noon, at Mesa Public Library.
_Palo Alto Homebrew Robotics Club_
c/o Chuck McManis
561 Hyannis Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
[40]cmcmanis@sun.com
_Portland Area Robotics Society (PARTS)_
821 SW 14th
Troutdale, OR 97060
tel: 503.666.5907
net: [41]marvin@agora.rdrop.com
contact: Marvin Green
[42]PARTS Web Site
Meet 1st Saturday of month at Mount Hood Community College.
The purpose of the Portland Area Robotics Society is to support
and promote the development of personal robotics, and to
facilitate the exchange of information between robot
enthusiasts. P.A.R.T.S will help provide practical and
technical assistance to its members, by promoting
experimentation, construction, discussions, seminars,
exhibitions, and contests, in the field of hobby robotics.
Membership to P.A.R.T.S shall be open to all persons, who are
interested in learning more about robotics, and furthering the
objectives of the club. To get the most from P.A.R.T.S, active
participation is wholeheartedly encouraged. After all, you only
get out of it what you put into it. Membership is $20 a year
and includes the PARTS newsletter.
PARTS also has a newsletter that focuses on robotics for the
hobbyist. Each issue contains valuable information on
electronics, microcontrollers, sensors, hardware construction
and software for robotics. You can obtain a set of twelve
newsletters for only $9.95. This includes shipping and
handling.
_The Robot Group_
POB 164334
Austin, TX 78716
contact: Alex Iles, President
tel: 512.288.9135
url: [43]http://www.robotgroup.org
net: [44]robo@robotgroup.org
Meet every Thursday, Ted's Greek Corner, 417 Congress Ave, 7:30 PM.
_Robotics Club of Maryland_
Computer Science Dept.
A.V. Williams Bldg. (115)
University of Maryland
College Park, Md. 20742-3255
contact: Stephen Klueter, President
net: [45]steveck@Glue.umd.edu
_Robotics Group_
President/founder: Franco Arteseros
13702 East Lehigh Ave, unit E.
Aurora, CO 80014
tel: 303.680.9324
net: [46]kiko2@ix.netcom.com
_The Robotics Society of America_
PO Box 1205
Danville, CA 94526-1205
tel: 415.550.0588
fax: 415.550.0411
bbs: 415.648.6427 (supports 14.4Kb)
net: [47]bsmall@sfrsa.com
Subscription to SFRSA "Magazine" The normal subscription rate will be
$25 for 12 monthly issues.
_Robotics Society of Southern California_
Jess Jackson, President
PO Box 26044
Santa Ana, CA 92799-6044
tel: 909.389.9243 (fax too)
bbs: 714.538.0614
net: [48]rssc@netcom.com
_Rochester Institute of Technology_
Brace Peters, President
net: [49]robotics@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
RIT Robotics Club
1502 Grace Watson Hall
Rochester, New York 14623
Meetings are held every Sunday, 7:00 pm in building 09, room 2139
(Gleason building)
_San Francisco Robotics Society of America_
Brad Smallridge, Director
P.O.Box 1205
Danvile, CA 94526-1205
415-550-0588
BBS 415-648-6427, 14.4K N81
[50]bsmall@sfrsa.com
_Seattle Robotics Society_
contact: Karl Lunt
net: [51]karl@mav.com
P.O.Box 665
Mill Creek, WA 98012
tel: 206.483.0447
url: [52]http://www.hhhh.org/srs
Meet 3rd Saturday, 10:00 AM at Renton Technical College, Rm J-205.
_Triangle Amateur Robotics Club_
P.O. Box 17523
Raleigh, NC 27619
tel: 919.782.8703
net: [53]sasrer@unx.sas.com (Rodney Radford)
tel: 919.677.8001 x7703
hme: 919.469.9359
Meets first Monday of every month at 7:30pm on NCSU campus (110 Clark
Lab)
_Twin Cities Robotics/AI Group _
St Paul, Minnesota
Contact: Alan Kilian
tel: 612.683.5499
[54]tcrobots@cray.com
[55]kilian@cray.com
url: [56]http://lenti.med.umn.edu/~mwd/robot.html
_University of North Carolina Asheville Robotics Club_
contact: Paul Schuh
tel: 704.645.6165
net: [57]schuh@phys.unca.edu
_________________________________________________________________
A related group:
_MicroMechanics Information Clearinghouse_
Requests to join list are sent to: FTP site: [58]ftp://mems.isi.edu/,
directories: /pub/prm, /pub/prospero, /pub/mems, /pub/papers and here:
[59]http://mems.isi.edu/mems
_________________________________________________________________
_Robot related performance art:_
_Survival Research Laboratories_
1458-C San Bruno Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94110
tel/fax: 415.641.8065
contact: SRL director Mark Pauline
net: [60]support@srl.org (may or may not be up on any given day...)
net: [61]mark@SRL.org or [62]support@SRL.org
Survival Research Laboratories is a not-for-profit machine-
performance art group conceived of and founded by Mark Pauline in
November 1978. Since its inception SRL has operated as an organization
of creative technicians dedicated to re-directing the techniques,
tools, and tenets of industry, science, and the military away from
their typical manifestations in practicality, product or warfare.
Since 1979, SRL has staged over 45 mechanized presentations in the
United States and Europe. Each performance consists of a unique set of
ritualized interactions between machines, robots, and special effects
devices, employed in developing themes of socio-political satire.
Humans are present only as audience or operators.
Survival Research Laboratories is accessible via WWW and email:
[63]http://www.srl.org and
[64]http://www.catch22.com/~srl
The site has scanned-in photographs and video images of SRL shows in
GIF and JPG format and news. Questions or comments to
[65]support@srl.org.
Joel Plutchak has a WWW mirror site for SRL at:
[66]http://lager.geo.brown.edu:8080/pub/srl/ and
[67]ftp://lager.geo.brown.edu
There are two SRL tapes carried by Media Magic - a company that has
all sorts of great books, programs, CD-ROMs, laser disks, videos, etc
dealing with computers in science and art. The tapes are:
* #v112a The Pleasures Of Unihibited Excess ($30)
* #v112b The Will To Provoke ($25)
Media Magic
P.O. Box 598
Nicasio, CA 94946
tel: 415.662.2426 or orders
tel: 800.882.8284
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Last-Modified: Sun Aug 11 09:12:13 1996 [68]Kevin Dowling
<nivek@cmu.edu>
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5. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/3.html#3.3
6. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/TBishop@ans.org
7. mailto:ria@bizserve.com
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9. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/3.html#RIA
10. mailto:smc@auvs.com
11. http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/robotics/other/auvsarc/auvsarc.html
12. ftp://usc.edu/pub/nn_robotics/other/auvsarc/
13. mailto:ria@bizserve.com
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15. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/3.html#RIA
16. ftp://ftp.ieee.org/
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24. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/http//www.robotics.org
25. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/http//www.robotics.org
26. mailto:jgutmann@robot4u.atl.ga.us
27. mailto:Jake.Mendelssohn@circellar.com
28. mailto:asbahr@crash.org
29. mailto:info@crash.org
30. http://www.crash.org/crash.html
31. http://fisher.psych.uh.edu/crash.html
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34. mailto:srainwater@ncc.com
35. mailto:garap@utdallas.edu
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39. http://www.acl.lanl.gov/~mwd/NNMR
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41. mailto:marvin@agora.rdrop.com
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46. mailto:kiko2@ix.netcom.com
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48. mailto:rssc@netcom.com
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51. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/karl@mav.com
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60. mailto:support@srl.org
61. mailto:mark@SRL.org
62. mailto:support@SRL.org
63. http://www.srl.org/
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[4.0] What Robotics Related Periodicals and Publications are there?
_________________________________________________________________
[3][4.1] Magazines, Journals, Newsletters
[4][4.1.1] Robotics Publications
[5][4.1.2] Trade magazines
[6][4.1.3] Other sources
[7][4.2] Books, Online Information and Videos
[8][4.2.1] Books
[9][4.2.2] CDROMS
[10][4.2.3] Magazine Articles
[11][4.2.4] Online Technical Reports
[12][4.2.5] Videos
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[4.1] Magazines, Journals, Newsletters
There are a number of academic journals and trade magazines devoted to
robotics. Until recently, there are no magazines currently devoted to
the hobbyist or designer of robotic mechanisms. In the 1980's Robotics
Engineering (nee Robotics Age) lasted for 7-8 years but folded.
Hopefully, there is more interest in robotics today to support these
periodicals.
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[4.1.1] Robotics Publications
This list of periodical covers the academic journals, the trade
magazines devoted to both robotics and relevant sub-areas, and the
lone newsletter for hobbyists.
_Advanced Robotics _(in English)
The International Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan.
ISSN 0169-1864
Editor-in-Chief, Robotics Society of Japan, 6FL. Bunkyo-Shogaku
Bldg.,
1-15-4, Hongu, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.
Subscriptions and orders:
VSP
PO Box 346,
3700 AH Zeist,
The Netherlands.
Bimonthly, DM525 (1993 price).
_Automation in Construction_
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publisher B. V., Amsterdam.
Desk Editor: Erik de Vries
The Editor of the journal is
Dr. T. Michael Knasel
10324 Lake Avenue
Cleveland, OH 441102-1239.
fax: 216.651.5136.
_Autonomous Robots_
ISSN 0929-5593
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Journal Dept
PO Box 358, Accord Station
Hingham, MA 02018-0358
tel: 617.871.6600
fax: 617.871.6528
subscription: $50/individual
Vol 1, 1994 (2 issues)
Editor-in-chief
George Bekey
_Industrial Robot_
ISSN 0143-991X
Quarterly, $145/year
MCB University Press Ltd.
62 Toller Lane
Bradford, West Yorkshire
England, BD8 9BY
tel: (44) 274 499821,
fax: (44) 274 547143
--in the US
MCB University Press Ltd.
PO Box 10812
Birmingham, AL 35201-0812
tel: 1-800-633-4931 (1-205-995-1567),
fax: 1-205-995-1588
_Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)_
Service Center
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-4150
tel: 201.981.0060
tel: 800.678.IEEE
[13]ftp://ftp.ieee.org/
The IEEE has a formidable array of journals, transactions and
magazines. Here are a few that are relevant to robotics work:
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
IEEE Control Systems Magazine
IEEE Computer Magazine
IEEN Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Cost: Have to join IEEE
and then subscribe. Student rates are much less expensive than
non-student rates.
_International Journal of Robotics and Automation_
Published 4 times annually. ISSN 0826-8185
ACTA Press,
PO Box 354,
CH-8053,
Zurich, Switzerland
or
ACTA Press
PO Box 2481
Anaheim, CA 92814
Subscriptions: $165 US or 313.50 SFr. ($12 US or 22.80 SFr postage and
handling). A special rate is available to members of IASTED.
_International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)_
MIT Press
28 Carleton Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Cost: $50/year to individuals
_Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems_
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
PO Box 322,
3300 AH Dordrecht,
The Netherlands
in the US:
PO Box 358
Accord Station,
Hingham, MA 02018-0358
Three issues per volume, $58.50 per volume (individual)
_Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan_
Robotics Society of Japan
6Fl. Bunkyo Shogaku Bldg.,
1-15-4 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
tel: (03)3812-7594 fax: (03)3812-4628.
The table of contents (TOC) are posted to comp.research.japan and
comp.robotics as they are available, although there is some delay. All
of the TOC for this and other Japanese CS journals are archived for
anonymous FTP at
[14]ftp://cs.arizona.edu/japan/table.contents/robotics.TOC/jrsj.TOC
_Journal of Robotic Systems_
G. Beni and S. Hackwood, editors
College of Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521-0425
Publisher:
Interscience Division
Professional, Reference, and Trade Group
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
605 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10158
_Mechatronics (Mechanics, Electronics, Control)_
Editors-in-Chief:
Dr. R. W. Daniel
Department of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford,
Parks Road,
Oxford, OX1-3PJ
United Kingdom:
tel: +44-865-273153
fax: +44-865-273153
-
Professor J. R. Hewit
Engineering Design Institute
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Technology, Loughborough
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU
UNITED KINGDOM
tel: +44-509-222936
fax: +44-509-268103)
Published by Pergamon Press Ltd, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 0BW
UK. 1993 subscription rates: 193 pounds Sterling (US $312) Personal
subscription rates for those whose library subscribes at a regular
rate are available on request. Subscription rates for Japan are
available on request.
* _Military Robotics_
L&B Limited
19 Rock Creek Church Road
N.W., Washington, DC 20011-6005
tel: 202.723.1600
fax: 202.723.5031
net: [15]jlovece@dgs.dgsys.com
This bi-weekly publication reports on government and military unmanned
vehicles in land, sea and air applications and has been published
since 1986.
The newsletter subscription cost is $350 (U.S.) and $375 (outside
North America).
_Robot (Japanese)_
Industrial Robots and Application Systems
published bimonthly
Japan Industrial Robot Association (JIRA)
Kikai-Shinko Building
3-5-8, Shiba-Kohen,
Mina To-ku
Tokyo, Japan
tel: (03) 3434-2919
fax: (03) 3578-1404
_Robot Explorer_
Appropriate Solutions
145 Grove Street
PO Box 458
Peterborough, NH 03458-0458
tel: 603.924.6079
fax: 603.924.9441
net: apsol@world.std.com
ISSN: 1060-4375
'The newsletter of motile systems' $14.95/year in the US, $29.95 to
the rest of the world.
_Robotica _
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building
Shaftesbury Road,
Cambridge CB2 2RU (UK)
in the US:
Cambridge University Press
Journals Department
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011-4211
International Journal of Information, Education and Research in
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Quarterly publication, US $179
per year
_Robotics and Autonomous Systems_
In Europe:
Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
Journals Department
PO Box 211, 100 AE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Editors in Chief:
Prof. F.C.A. Groen
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Mathematics and CS
Dept. of Computer Systems
Kruislaan 403
1098 SJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
net:
In the US and Canada:
Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc.
Journal Information Center
655 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10010
Editor in Chief:
Prof. T.C. Henderson
University of Utah
Dept. of Computer Science
3160 Merrill Engineering Bldg.
Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
net:
_Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing_
Elsevier Science Inc,
660 White Plains Road,
Tarrytown, NY 10591-5153, USA
or
Elsevier Science Ltd,
The Boulevard,
Langford Lane,
Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK.
Pergamon Press, ISSN 0736-5845
Editorial Office: Dr. Andre Sharon, Associate Editor, damien@mit.edu
_The Robotics Practitioner_
Footfalls, Ltd.
483 S. Kirkwood Road, Suite 130
Kirkwood, MO 63122
net: trp@footfalls.com
Published quarterly. The charter subscription rate is $29. This will
go up to $36 after March 31, 1995. MO residents add $1.73 tax, Canada
and Mexico add $6 postage. All other foreign add $16 postage.
_Robotics Today_
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
One SME Drive
PO Box 930
Dearborn, MI 48121
tel: 313.271.1500
_Robotics World_
Communication Channels
6255 Barfield Road
Atlanta, GA 30328
tel: 404.256.9800
"The end-user's magazine of flexible automation." Published quarterly
They also publish the Robotics World Directory $49.95
+ _Unmanned Systems_
1735 N. Lynn Street, Suite 950
Arlington, VA 22209-2022
tel: 703.524.6646
Editor: Sarah M. Cook. Subscription: $40/year (US), $50/year (outside
USA) (4 issues) Published by [16]The Association for Unmanned Vehicle
Systems International.
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_InterLingua Retrieval Service_ InterLingua, an information retrieval
and translation company, will be making available (starting January,
1995) at no cost the tables-of-contents of selected Japanese
publications every month. This is part of a larger project in the
science / technology arena that we are engaged in, so it is possible
for us to make this information available at no obligation.
T-O-Cs of Japanese publications in the computer/electronics cateogry
will be posted on the Usenet group (comp.research.japan). However,
other T-O-Cs can be delivered via e-mail to you if you contact us with
your address and category preferences at the e-mail address below.
(Sorry, we are unable to deliver via post office or fax).
Below is a list of categories in which we are currently translating
T-O-Cs and making them available at no cost. Should you have any other
suggestions, please let us know. If there is sufficient interest in
other categories, we will consider making arrangements with Japanese
publishers.
Tables-of-contents from Japanese magazines will be available in the
following categories:
1. General engineering (robotics, materials, inventions and patents)
2. Mechanical engineering
3. Transportation engineering
4. Metal engineering
5. Chemistry and chemical engineering
6. Energy engineering
7. Nuclear engineering
8. Electrical engineering
9. Electronics and communication technology
10. Information science (software and hardware)
Again, these are the subject areas in which InterLingua is currently
engaged in translations and information retrieval. Any additional
suggestions are more than welcome.
To subscribe to our e-mail delivery service contact us by e-mail at:
japanese@aol.com
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[4.1.2] Trade Magazines
Usually free, mostly ads or industry news. Many articles written by
advertisers. Great sources of product information. Our lab at CMU
receives 50-60 trade magazines and journals per month and while no one
reads all of the articles, pointers are passed on to people around the
lab. This keeps the group abreast of new products and developments.
_Advanced Imaging_
445 Broad Hollow Rd.
Melville, NY 11747
tel: 516.845.2700
fax: 516.845.2797
Subscription free to qualified professionals, $50/yr otherwise.
_ComputerCraft_
CQ Communications
76 N. Broadway
Hicksville, NY 11801
tel: 516.681.2922
fax: 516.681.2926
Cost: $18.97/yr, ISSN: 1055-5072
_Computer Applications Journal_
Circuit Cellar Inc.
4 Park St. Suite 20
Vernon, CT 06066
Subscriptions: P.O. Box 7694
Riverton, NJ 08077
tel: 203.875.2751
Cost: $21.95/yr. ISSN: 0896-8985 Excellent for those building
hardware, programming microcontrollers, etc. Also a very good source
for companies who have products in these areas.
_Design News_
Cahners Publishing Co.
275 Washington Street
Newton, MA. 02158
News and Applications for design engineers. Cost: Free to qualified
recipients.
_EE Times_
CMP Publications, Inc.
600 Community Drive
Manhasset, NY 11030
Cost: Free to qualified recipients (in the U.S.); otherwise $159/yr
(U.S. and Foreign)
_Electronic Design_
Penton Publishing Inc
1100 Superior Ave
Cleveland, OH 44114-2543
611 Route #46 West
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
tel: 201.393.6060
fax: 201.393.0204
Cost: $95.00/yr (free if qualified) ISSN: 0013-4872
_Electronics Now (formerly Radio Electronics)_
Gernsback Publications Inc
Subscription Dept
Box 55115
Boulder, CO 80321-5115
500-B Bi-County Boulevard
Farmingdale, NY 11735
tel: 516.293.3000
Cost: $19.97/yr. ISSN: 0033-7862
_Embedded Systems Programming_
Miller Freeman
600 Harrison St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
tel: 800.829.5537 (customer service)
tel: 415.905.2200
bbs: 415.905.2689.
Cost: $49.95 for 12 issue
_Laser Focus World_
10 Tara Blvd., Fifth Floor (Editorial Office)
Nashua, NH 03062
tel: 603.891.0123
fax: 603.891.0574
internet: lfworld@pinet.aip.org
Subscription Inquiries: 918.831.9424
_Machine Design_
Penton Publishing Inc.
1100 Superior Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114-2543
tel: 216.696.7000
fax: 216.621.8469
Cost: Free to qualified recipients in the U.S.; otherwise $100.00/yr
in U.S., $140/yr in Canada, $160/yr for all others
_Midnight Engineering _
Published by William E Gates, [No, not that Bill....]
111 E. Drake Road
Suite 7041
Fort Collins, CO 80525
tel: 719.254.4558
fax: 719.254.4517
One-year (6 issues) $24, canada and mexico $29, other foreign $49
(airmail) Perhaps marginal for this list but focus is on "resources
and insight for the entrepreneurial engineer" Issues and articles on
developing hardware, software, micro-controllers, product development,
marketing, patenting issues, startups, etc etc. Excellent if you need
this info.
_Modern Materials Handling_
44 Cook Street
Denver, CO 80206-5800
tel: 303.388.4511
Trade magazine covering productivity solutions for manufacturing,
warehousing and distribution. Typically includes articles on factory
automation, etc. Cost: Free to qualified recipients; otherwise - $75
for US subscribers.
_Motion Control_
Tower Media Corp.
800 Roosevelt Rd.
Bldg. C, Suite 206
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Trade magazine for Motion Control applications and Technology. Cost:
Free to qualified recipients in the U.S.; otherwise - $50/yr in U.S.
$90/yr foreign subscriptions.
_NASA Tech Briefs_
Associated Business Publications Co., Ltd.
41 E. 42nd St.
New York, NY 10017-5391
Contains useful technology transfer information which very often
includes robotics research performed at various NASA centers. Cost:
Free to qualified recipients; otherwise - $75.00/yr in the U.S.,
$150.00/yr for Foreign subscriptions.
_Nuts and Volts_
430 Princeland Court
Corona, CA 91719
tel: 800.783.4624
net: 74262.3664@compuserve.com
Electronics classifieds and ads. Lots of devices and products relevant
for robot builders. Often features articles on robot building by Karl
Lunt.
_Sensors_
Helmers Publishing
174 Concord Street
PO Box 874
Peterborough, NH 03458-0874
tel: 603.924.9631
Trade magazine devoted to sensing devices. Publishes directory. Cost:
Free to qualified subscribers, $55/yr otherwise.
_To be added:_ GPS World (Global Positioning System related), RF
Design, Sea Technology, Laser Focus, POB (surveying profession),
Broadcast Engineering.
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[4.1.3] Other sources:
_Thomas Register_
Thomas Publishing Company
One Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10117-0139
tel: 212.695.0500
fax: 212.290.7362
About $250 for a 20-odd volume encyclopedia of US industry.
Concentration on heavier industries - but still an amazing source for
information. No company or lab building products should be without
one. Available on CD-ROM for about $300.
_EEM_
[Address to add]
The 'Thomas Register' for Electrical engineers.
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[4.2] Books, Online Information and Videos
[17][4.2.1] Books
[18][4.2.2] CDROMS
[19][4.2.3] Magazine Articles
[20][4.2.4] Online Technical Reports
[21][4.2.5] Videos
The readership of this group ranges from the beginner to experienced
robot designers and users. Accordingly, this list covers the gamut as
well. I would like to include net resources as well such as papers or
tech reports so send me your sites!
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[4.2.1] Books
Some of these books may be out of print. Check with your local
bookseller or try a used bookstore that provides a search service.
_Advanced Robot Systems_
Mark J. Robillard
Howard Sams and Co. 1984
_Autonomous Robot Vehicles_
I.J. Cox and G.T. Wilfong (eds)
New York, Springer-Verlag, 1990
Collection of seminal papers on autonmous robot vehicles.
_Build Your Own Universal Computer Interface_
Bruce Chubb
TAB Books
_Control System Design Guide_
George Ellis
ISBN 0-12-237470-3 Covers hardware,software and theory of ordinary PID
control.
_Directed Sonar Sensing for Mobile Robot Navigation_
by John J. Leonard and Hugh F. Durant-Whyte
Kluwer Academic Press
Boston (1992)
ISBN 0-7923-9242-6
An expansion on John's thesis work at Oxford.
_The Illusion Of Life, Lifelike Robotics_
by Gene Poor
Published by Creative Learning Systems.
It has lots of pictures and shows lots of different companies and
their animatronic designs and what is used to control them. If anyone
has further information on this book please send email to me. Thanks.
_Industrial Robots: Computer Interfacing and Control, Wesley E. Snyder_
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1985.
LOC # TS191.8.S67
Fair amount of detail on inductrial robot controllers and connecting
to them.
_Inside the Robot Kingdom: Japan, Mechatronics and the Coming
Robotopia_
Frederik L. Schodt
Kodansha International
New York, NY 1988
Lots of interesting views of robots in Japan and Japan's fascination
with robots.
_Interfacing Test Circuits With Single-Board Computers_
Robert H. Luetzow
TAB Books
_Machines That Walk_
Shin-Min Song and Kenneth J Waldron
ISBN 0-262-19274-8
Like it says: legged locomotion. Focus is on the OSU Adaptive
Suspension Vehicle.
_A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation_
R. M. Murray, Z. Li, and S. S. Sastry
CRC Press, 1994
For more information, see [22]http://avalon.caltech.edu/~murray/mls
_Microprocessor Based Robotics_
Mark J. Robillard
Howard Sams and Co. 1983
_Microcontroller Technology: The 68HC11_
Peter Spasov
Regents/Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN 0-13-583568-2
Aimed at the 68HC11 family, good reference.
_Minimalist Mobile Robotics_
Jonathan H Connel
ISBN 0-12-185230-X
Brooks subsumption architecture robots. Shows complex behaviors are
possible with little of the massive architectures done in other
programs.
_Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation._
Joseph L. Jones and Anita Flynn,
This book grew out of the Mobot Lab at MIT and covers many aspects of
mobile robots including design and the mechanics and electronics of
construction as well as robot programming. Good for the beginner and
experienced robot builder. A Mobile Robot kit is also available. See
the Rug Warrior in the section on Small, Inexpensive Robots. Check out
AK Peters web page as well for a variety of books, kits and other
mobile robot products.
Klaus Peters
President and Publisher
AK PETERS, LTD.
289 Linden Street
Wellesley, MA 02181
tel: 617.235.2210
fax: 617.235.2404
net:
ulr: [23]http://www.tiac.net/users/akpeters
* _Navigating Mobile Robots: Systems and Techniques_
Joahann Borenstein, H.R. Everett, and Liquang Feng
A K Peters, Ltd., 1996
ISBN 1-56881-058-X
An excellent overview and introduction to navigation sensors, methods
and techniques. If you are at all concerned with tracking, guiding and
mapping of mobile systems, then you need this book.
* _Recent Trends in Mobile Robots_
Edited by Y. F. Zheng
World Scientific
tel: 201.487.9655
Singapore/New Jersey/London/Hong Kong (1993)
ISBN 981-02-1511-8
Written by the members of the Mobile Robots Technical Committee of the
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
_The Robot Book_
Richard Pawson
Windward, 1985, 192 pages.
Utilizes Lego kits.
_The Robot Builder's Bonanza: 99 Inexpensive Robotics Projects_
Gordon McComb
TAB Books
The general consensus is that this is a good attempt for hobbyists.
Unfortunately this book has a number of errors - comp.robotics.misc
has covered a number of these. I hope to collect a number of these;
perhaps if it is reprinted or a new edition comes out these can be
corrected.
One example: Walkerbot (pg 136)it calls for two pieces of 1x1x1/16
angle stock 23 7/8" and two 17 5/8" these pices should be 24" and 17
7/8 " respectively.
_Robot Evolution: the Development of Anthropomorphics_
Rosheim, Mark E.
1994, John Wiley and Sons
ISBN 0-471-02622-0
_Robot Hobby: The Complete Manual, for Individuals and Clubs_
John W. Gutmann, Foreword by Joe Engelberger
From:
Machine Press Publishing
P.O. Box 870210
Stone Mountain, GA 30087-0006
ISBN 0-9634272-4-5, Soft cover $29.95, Hard Cover $36.95
_Robotic Technology: Principles and Practice._
Werner G. Holzbock
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1986, ISBN 0-442-23154-7
_Robotics_
edited by Marvin Minsky
Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1985
ISBN: 0385194145, LCCN: 84024390
_Robot Motion: Planning and Control _
Brady, Hollerbach, Johnson, Lozano-Perez, and Mason.
Cambridge, MA, MIT Press 1982)
Collection of excellent papers on the topic of robot motion.
_Robots_
Peter Marsh
Crescent (Crown) Publishers, NY 1985
Marsh edited the volume and the book is made up of several
contributions from robotics researchers. A very well illustrated book
that covers the general topic of robots. Excellent source materials
and graphics.
_Safety, Reliability, and Human Factors in Robotic Systems._
Edited by James H. Graham.
Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991.
ISBN 0-442-00280-7
Laws/rules/regulations are governing industrial robot installations in
the U.S.
_Sensors for Mobile Robots_
H. R. Everett
Publisher: A K Peters
net: [24]http://www.tiac.net/users/akpeters/sensors.html
An excellent overview of many sensors useful for robotics (and other
applications)
_Teleoperation and Robotics in Space_
Steven B. Skaar and Carl F. Ruoff, editors;
American Institute of Aerodynamics and Astrodynamics' PROGRESS IN
AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS SERIES, AIAA, Washington D.C., 1994.
This volume discusses many of the practical and theoretical aspects of
on-orbit teleoperation and robotics. Included in the volume are
detailed discussions, diagrams, and photos of international hardware
designed to assist with the assembly and maintenance of the space
station, as well as information about new remote teleoperation systems
and training facilities and programs for their operators. The
economics and politics of robotic vs manned space activities are
discussed at length as are the special issues which affect
long-distance operation, operation in near-zero g, operation using
very-light-weight, nonrigid units, and operation with an unconstrained
base.
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[4.2.2] CDROMS
_Isaac Asimov's The Ultimate Robot._
It is an excellent intro and retrospective on robotics. Includes movie
clips from several cinema robots, robotic terminology defined and
illustrated (linkages, kinmatics, arm types etc), vignettes of many
historically important robots including Moshers work >from the 60's,
many teleoperated devices, several mobile machines including the ASV
and many others. There is also a fun part where you get to select
parts, build a robot and animate it. (Design by Ralph MacQuarrie who
was production designer on Star Wars)
There are video interviews with Asimov and all of his robot stories
and essays as well. Published by Microsoft. Available from a number of
CDROM vendors.
_AICDROM_
Network Cybernetics Corporation is now shipping the second annual
revision of their popular AI CD-ROM, an ISO-9660 format CD-ROM
containing a wide assortment of information on AI, Robotics, and other
advanced machine technologies. The AI CD-ROM contains thousands of
programs, source code collections, tutorials, research papers,
Internet journals, and other resources. The topics covered include
artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, virtual reality,
and many related fields. Programs for OS/2, DOS, Macintosh, UNIX,
Amiga, and other platforms can be found on the disc. The files have
been collected from civilian and government research centers,
universities, Internet archive sites, BBS systems and other sources.
The CD-ROM is updated annually to keep it current with the latest
trends and developments in advanced machine technologies such as AI.
The AI CD-ROM Rev. 1 was a CD-ROM PROFESSIONAL CONSUMER DISK PRODUCT
OF THE YEAR AWARD finalist and has received good reviews in many
magazines including Byte (Jerry Pournelle, March '93) and IEEE
Computer (J. Zalewski, July '93), CD-ROM Professional and others. The
new revision of the AI CD-ROM is now shipping. The price of Revision 2
will remain the same as the Revision 1 CD: $129 + $5 (US) / $10
(foreign) for shipping and processing. If you currently own the
revision 1 AI CD-ROM, you can "upgrade" to the Rev.2 CD for $79 +
shipping. Email or fax to get an upgrade form.
From:
Network Cybernetics Corporation
4201 Wingren Road, Suite 202
Irving, Texas 75062-2763
tel: 214.650.2002
fax: 214.650.1929
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[4.2.3] Magazine Articles
Initial List Provided by Dave Hrynkiw
Best source for most general articles and journal articles is your
library - check online sources too!
Discover Magazine, March 1991, Pg 43
An excellent 6 page article of the goings-on in the MIT AI lab.
"Mathematical Recreations - Insectoids Invade a Field of Robots"
Scientific American Magazine, July 1991.
Another excellent 4 page article about MIT's work in the field of
mobile robotics.
"Gearing Down"
Science News, Vol. 139 No. 2, January 12 1991, Pg 26-27
Referenced from Scientific American Magazine, July 1991 ("Mathematical
Recreations" column)
"Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control"
Research News, May 1990, Pg 959-961
One of the better MIT Lab articles. Worth hunting down.
"Working the bugs out of a new breed of 'insect' robots"
Smithsonian Magazine, June 1991, pgs 63-73.
Another excellent and more technical article on MIT's robot research.
"The Iconoclast - Life in the Anthropomorphic Lane"
Macworld magazine, May 1991, Pg 43-47
Another basic, but decent review of MIT's AI Robot labs.
"People - A Mind of Their Own"
Connoisseur Magazine, May 1991, Pg 42-46
A more personal look at Rodney Brook.
"Robot Insects"
Popular Science, March 1991, Pg 52-55,86
Popular Science does it's regular quality article. Some detail, but
not to technical. Good, basic read.
"New Approaches to Robotics"
Science Magazine, Vol.253, September 1991, Pg 1227-1232
Very complete and technical document by Rodney Brooks. Has a very
complete reference and notes section.
"Artificial Intelligence - Building a Better Mouse"
Omni Magazine, ??, Pg 22,126
Interesting Article about Dave Otten, the micro-mouse champ. Short,
but interesting read.
"Tech Update - Transformer Robots Crawl Up Stairs"
Popular Mechanics, March 1993, Pg 17
Not much to say, but look at the pictures - what innovation!
"Mighty Mouse"
MIT Reporter, July 1991, Pg 12
A short piece about Dave Otten's micromice.
"The OMNI Photovore - How to build a robot that thinks like a roach"
Omni Magazine, October 1988, Pg 201-210,212
MIT developed this basic robot for the magazine. A really interesting
read, with good technical.
"Annual Report of Microbot Technology, Inc."
Omni Magazine, ??? Pg 68,70,76
Omni's interesting futuristic look of the possibilities with micro
robots.
"Tech Update - Mechanical Caterpillar"
Popular Mechanics, June 1992, Pg 24
Another neat idea to look at.
"Tech Update - Silicon Ants Could Prove Tireless Workers"
Popular Mechanics, May 1992, Pg 21
Interesting little bit on the future of solar powered microbots. Neat
graphic.
"Trends - Let's Get Small"
Technology Review, Aug/Sept 1992, pg 18-19
Article on JPL/IS Robotics small robots. Decent article
"Go Robots, Go!"
Popular Science, December 1992, Pg 97-102,138,140
Interesting overview of the AAAI Mobile Robotics Competition held in
San Jose.
"New Trends - Legs win over wheels for moon work"
Machine Design Magazine, February 11 1988
A dated article on Georgia Tech's "Skitter". Short, but has
photograph.
"Light Elements - RoboHockey"
Discover magazine, May 1990, pg 82
Interesting bit about MIT's Mech Eng 2.70 competition.
"Society - Technology - For the Love of Robotics"
Newsweek magazine, March 9 1992, Pg 68-69
Public-robot fodder. Nothing new here but some interesting pictures.
Covers the Austin area Robot Group
"Robots Go Buggy"
Science News Magazine, Vol 140, November 30 1991, Pg 361-3
Very good article about the comparison between "simple" robotics and
biologics (bugs)
"Build This Robot Bug"
Radio-Electronics Magazine, June 1992, Pg 33-38
Very basic robot. Not a bad place to start thoough.
Science Digest, April 1983 p68
"The Rise of the Robot" by Tom Parrett.
Article includes photos of the Atlanta Robotics Special Interest
Group" founded by John W. Gutmann with the support of Bill Dodd, owner
of Hobby Robot CO. The first meeting was held on April 21st of 1981.
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[4.2.4] Online Technical Reports
There are emerging sources on the net for tech reports and papers. If
you know of additional ones please send me email. Thanks.
_________________________________________________________________
_The Kahaner Reports_
This directory archives reports written about computing in Japan by
Dr. David Kahaner, a numerical analyst current on assignment with the
Office of Naval Research Asia (ONR Asia). The file INDEX contains a
short description of each report in alphabetical order. The file
INDEX.bydate contains the same descriptions ordered by the date the
report was written. See [25]japan.html, and [26]robotics Table of
Contents
Other relevant files are [27]Robots, an overview of trends in robot
manufacturing, use, and sales in Japan dated Feb 28, 1993.
Also,[28]robots.93 is a Dec 10, 1993 summary of the 24th International
Symposium on Industrial Robots (ISIR), the 1993 International
Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), and the 1993 International
Industrial Robot Exhibition, all held in Tokyo 1-5 Nov 1993.
_The 6.270 Robot Builder's Guide (See also the Miniboard section in
this FAQ)_ by Fred Martin
[29]ftp://cherupakha.media.mit.edu/pub/6270/docs/ filenames: *.PS.Z
This directory contains "The 6.270 Robot Builder's Guide", the course
notes to the 1992 MIT LEGO Robot Design Competition. Hardcopy also
available for $15 from:
E and L Memo Requests
MIT Media Laboratory
20 Ames Street Room E15-309
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Check should be made out to 'MIT Epistemology and Learning' Contact:
Fred Martin at fredm@media-lab.media.mit.edu.
_Cambridge University_ Tech report on 3D object model acquisition and
recognition: [30]ftp://svr-ftp.eng.cam.ac.uk/reports/
_Carnegie Mellon University SCS Technical Reports_
1. The machine reports@cs.cmu.edu is the offical SCS machine for
ftping SCS technical reports. Directories containing .ps files
(compressed and uncompressed, dependent on size) are stored for
ease of access. You can use the instructions below to browse the
directories.
2. The reports appearing in our ftpable directories are also
automatically transferred into MOSAIC. Authors retain the right to
decide whether their report(s) should or should not appear in the
public ftp directories/MOSAIC.
3. A third mechanism for storing and making reports available is
MERCURY--the scanned image, full text, online database (part of
the LIS system). Whether the report is scanned into the system is
again left up to invidivual author choice. The CMU community is
able to view text for the reports, as they appear, at their desks
using Mercury. This system, supported by ARPA and CNRI, will open
soon to MIT, Stanford, Cornell, and Berkeley...so we can all share
online text of reports. Down the road, it is anticipated that more
and more universities will become a part of this service. We scan
original copies of reports into the system,
URL: [31]ftp://reports.adm.cs.cmu.edu/ The reports are in
postscript format (.ps). The index file is called README.mss. The
reports are listed in the directory by their NUMBER.ps...for
example, CMU-CS-92-100.ps, CMU-CS-92-101.ps and so on. The
majority of the files are not compressed, although any compressed
files will be listed as NUMBER.ps.Z . A very few reports have been
broken down into multiple postscript files. They will appear as
NUMBERA.ps, NUMBERB.ps, etc. The README.mss will indicate the
reports that have multiple .ps files.
_MIT AI Laboratory_
net: publications@ai.mit.edu
tel: 617.253.6773
fax: 617.253.5060
MIT bibliography, general info about the lab and most recent research
publications is choice of ascii or .ps files
[32]ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/bibliography, and
[33]ftp://publications/ai-publications/general-pubs
_NASA Jet Propulsion Labs (JPL)_
[34]ftp://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/gat/ filenames: bc4pe.rtf,
aaai92.rtf, nats.rtf
Note that all files are in Microsoft Word RTF format. Contact
gat@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov if you don't have access to a Mac.
* _NRaD_
[35]http://www.nosc.mil/robots/pubs/PubsIdx.html
_New York University_
[36]file://cs.nyu.edu/pub/tech-reports/tr669.ps.Z
Abstract: Recent experimental and analytical evidence indicates that
direct drive robots become very practical and economical at miniature
and microscopic scales, so it is interesting to understand
quantitatively the properties of direct drive robots under scaling
transformations. This leads to a study of how screws and their dual
co-screws behave under the group of similarity transforms. This group
is the group of isometries together with dilations. Several different
representations are found on the space of screws and complementary
representations are found on the dual space of co-screws. From the
electromagnetic theory of the force and torque on a magnet in a
magnetic field, we derive the scaling properties of the
electromagnetic wrench. Hence, these results can be directly applied
to the scaling of direct drive motors. We conclude by proposing a
scale-invariant measure for direct drive actuator performance.
_LIFIA/INRIA_
Files are at: [37]ftp://imag.fr/pub/LIFIA (129.88.32.1) Several
compressed PS files.
_University of Massachusetts:_
[38]ftp://rabbit.cs.umass.edu/pub/. The files are compressed
postscript, topics include path planning, neuroscience, and control.
_University of Kaiserslautern_
FTP-Server is :
[39]ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/reports_uni-kl/computer_science/mobile_robots/
. Subdirectories: 1993/papers, 1994/papers, etc
_SPIE abstracts_
Abstracts from SPIE conferences can be found at
[40]ftp://mom.spie.org/abstracts/1800/ Filenames include 1831.txt
[From Mobile Robots VII 1992]. SPIE bookorders can be made through
bookorders@mom.spie.org
_JTEC report on Japanese Space Robotics_
A summary of the Japanese Technology Evaluation Center (JTEC) panel's
report on the state of the art of Japanese robot technology. Lots of
pictures of wierd and wonderful robots -- elephant trunk, caterpillar,
space tentacle, wall builder, Komatsu's walking undersea
rubble-leveler, humanoid two-armed assembly robot, 4-legged stair
climber. Also tells where to write for videotapes of these machines in
action. Here's the info (two years old, remember) ... Tape with
narration by William "Red" Whittaker: __
University Video Communications
Box 20006
Stanford, CA USA 94309
tel: 415.327.0131
Cost: $37.50
A shorter tape is available of highlights from many Japanese labs.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA USA 22161
tel: 703.457.4650
Article: "Japan robotics aim for unmanned space exploration" William
L. Whittaker, Takeo Kanade. IEEE Spectrum, December 1990
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_Where Am I? Sensors and Methods for Autonomous Mobile Robot
Localization._ Technical Report, The University of Michigan
UM-MEAM-94-21, December 1994.
A comprehensive survey on Mobile Robot Positioning. This survey is
over 200 pages long, has 130 illustrations and nearly 300 references,
and took well over one man-year to complete. The survey is entitled A
description and table of contents can be found [41]here.
To download the report go [42]here and read [43]this file first.
Alternatively, you can look at a detailed Table of Contents from
within Johann Borenstein's WWW Homepage at: [44]Johann's Home Page
Before you download the actual survey, you should read the
"readme.txt" file for compatibility tips, and you should read the
"um_index.wp5" file to see if you want to download all or only
selected chapters of the report.
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[4.2.5] Videos
[new section - looking for additional material]
_MIT Press_ MIT Press has a number of companion videos - Legged Robots
That Balance and others. See Publications for address etc.
_Video Proceedings from UUST 93_
UUST is the 8th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered
Submersible Technology September 27-29, 1993. It was held at the
Marine Systems Engineering Lab, University of New Hampshire, Durham,
New Hampshire USA
The video proceedings are now available for $35 US for VHS (NTSC)
format and $50 US for PAL format. The video is being made publicly
available on a non-profit basis. Printed abstracts and points of
contacts are included in a pamphlet with each video. The program is
available eclectronically via anonymous ftp to
[45]file://taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil/pub/auv/uust93_video_proceedings.ps.
Z
You may order this video (or printed conference proceedings) by
sending a check or money order to:
Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute (AUSI)
8 Earle Drive
Lee, New Hampshire 03824 USA
(603) 862-4600
postscript copy: [46]ftp://taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil/pub/auv/
Video Contents:
01:20 AUVs for Scientific Research in Hazardous Conditions
07:15 A Versatile Testbed: The "Twin-Burger"
13:55 ARPA/Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)
31:30 Summary of MBARI/Stanford ARL Joint Underwater Robotics Research
Program
43:05 Development of an Aquatic Walking Robot for Underwater
Inspection: "AQUAROBOT"
47:30 Naval Postgraduate School Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
50:15 The Rational Behavior Model (RBM) Software Architecture
57:25 Mobile Undersea Systems Test (MUST) Laboratory
1:02:10 The Advanced Unmanned Search System (AUSS)
1:11:20 credits
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Last-Modified: Mon Apr 1 13:54:49 1996
[47]Kevin Dowling <nivek@cmu.edu>
References
1. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/copyright.html
2. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/TOC.html
3. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.1
4. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.1.1
5. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.1.2
6. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.1.3
7. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2
8. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.1
9. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.2
10. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.3
11. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.4
12. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.5
13. ftp://ftp.ieee.org/
14. ftp://cs.arizona.edu/japan/table.contents/robotics.TOC/jrsj.TOC
15. mailto:jlovece@dgs.dgsys.com
16. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/3.html#AUVS
17. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.1
18. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.2
19. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.3
20. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.4
21. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/4.html#4.2.5
22. http://avalon.caltech.edu/~murray/mls
23. http://www.tiac.net/users/akpeters
24. http://www.tiac.net/users/akpeters/sensors.html
25. ftp://cs.arizona.edu/japan/www/japan.html
26. ftp://cs.arizona.edu/japan/table.contents/robotics.TOC
27. ftp://cs.arizona.edu/japan/kahaner.reports/robots
28. ftp://cs.arizona.edu/japan/kahaner.reports/robots.93
29. ftp://cherupakha.media.mit.edu/pub/6270/docs/
30. ftp://svr-ftp.eng.cam.ac.uk/reports/
31. ftp://reports.adm.cs.cmu.edu/
32. ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/bibliography
33. ftp://publications/ai-publications/general-pubs
34. ftp://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/gat/
35. http://www.nosc.mil/robots/pubs/PubsIdx.html
36. file://cs.nyu.edu/pub/tech-reports/tr669.ps.Z
37. ftp://imag.fr/pub/LIFIA
38. ftp://rabbit.cs.umass.edu/pub/
39. ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/reports_uni-kl/computer_science/mobile_robots/
40. ftp://mom.spie.org/abstracts/1800/
41. http://www.engin.umich.edu/~johannb/position.htm
42.
ftp:://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/people/johannb
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