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64.272 Praktikum: Robot Practical Course


 

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Programm MCGUI
Achtung: Das Programm muss eventuell mit chmod a+x MCGUI ausführbar gemacht werden.

Programm CGUI
Achtung: Das Programm muss eventuell mit chmod a+x CGUI ausführbar gemacht werden.

Telebot-Include-File

Telerobot-Source (Telerobot.cpp)

Telebot- Library

Wheel.class    Java-Klasse, um ein Decoder-Rad zu erzeugen
Das Java-Programm dazu

Modular robot Test GUI (Version Houxiang)
Be careful: This programm can only be used in windows system

Modular robot Test GUI (Version Manfred)
Ein ZIP-Archiv mit dem Programm und Sourcecode

Konsol-Programm als (sinnloses) Beispiel
Ein ZIP-Archiv mit dem Programm und Sourcecode (Visual C)




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Books

  • Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots, R. Siegwart and I. Nourbakhsh, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, ISBN: 0-262-19502-X, 2004.

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  • Embedded Robotics, Thomas Braeunl, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 3-540-34318-0, 2006.[2nd Edition]

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  • Bioinspiration and Robotics: Walking and Climbing Robots, Edited by: Maki K. Habib, ISBN 978-3-902613-15-8, Publisher: I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 2007. (Download)

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  • Climbing and Walking Robots: Towards New Applications, Edited by: Dr. Houxiang Zhang , ISBN 978-3-902613-16-5, Publisher: I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 2007. (Download)

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  • Mobile Robotics Moving Intelligence, Edited by: Jonas Buchli, ISBN 3-86611-284-X, Publisher: Pro Literatur Verlag, Germany / ARS, Austria, Dec. 2006. (Download)

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  • Mobile Robots Toward New Applications, Edited by: Aleksandar Lazinica, ISBN978-3-86611-314-5, Publisher: Pro Literatur Verlag, Germany / ARS, Austria , Dec. 2006. (Download)

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  • Mobile Robots Perception & Navigation, Edited by: Sascha Kolski, ISBN3-86611-283-1, Publisher: Pro Literatur Verlag, Germany / ARS, Austria , Feb. 2007. Download)

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    Other literatures

     
    No.1  Robots for Education and entertainment
     
  • J. Ruiz-del-Solar, R. Avils: Robotics Courses for Children as a Motivation Tool: The Chilean Experience, IEEE Transaction on Education, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 474-480, November 2004.

  • R. Avanzato: Collaborative Mobile Robot Design in an Introductory Programming Course for Engineers, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, on CD-session #3520, June 1998.

  • S. McNamara, M. Cyr, C. Rogers, B. Bratzel: LEGO Brick Sculptures and Robotics in Education, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, on CD-session #3353, June 1999.

  • E. Wang, R. Wang: Using Legos and Robolab (Labview) with Elementary School Children, 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers In Education Conference, Reno, NV, Session T2E, pp. 11, 10-13 October 2001.

  • A. M. Garcia, H. Patterson-McNeill: Learn How To Develop Software Using The Toy Lego Windstorms, Proceeding of 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers In Education Conference, Boston, MA. pp.7-10, 2002.

  • F. Klassner, S. D. Anderson: LEGO Mindstorms: Not Just for K-12 Anymore, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, pp.12-18, June 2003.

  • Houxiang Zhang: Telebot project, http://tams-www.informatik.uni-amburg.de/personal/hzhang/projects/Telerobot.html

  • www.aiboeurope.com

  • www.genrob.com

  • www.fischertechnik.de

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    No.2  Modular Robots
     
  • M. Yim, K. Roufas, D. Duff, Y. Zhang, C. Eldershaw, S. Homans: Module Reconfigurable Robot in Space Application, Autonomous Robots, Vol 14, Issue 2-3, pp.225-237, 2003.

  • A. Pamecha, I. Ebert-Uphoff, G. S. Chirikjian: Useful metrics for modular robot motion planning, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol.13, No.4, pp.531-545,1997.

  • D. Rus, M. Vona: A basis for self reconfigurable robots using crystal modules, Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Takamatsu, pp.2194-2202, Oct.-Nov. 2000.

  • M. Yim, G. David, et al.: PolyBot: a Module Reconfigurable Robot, Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, CA, USA, April, 2000, pp.514-520, 2000.

  • A. Castano, W.M. Shen, P. Will: CONRO: Towards Miniature Self-Sufficient Metamorphic Robots, Autonomous Robots, Vol.13, pp.309-324, 2000.

  • W.M. Chen, M. Krivokon, H. Chiu, J. Everist, M. Rubenstein, ¡°Multimode Locomotion via SuperBot Reconfigurable Robots¡± Auton Robot, Vol20, pp165-177.2006

  • J. Gonzalez-Gomez, H. Zhang, et.al: Locomotion Capabilities of a Modular Robot with Eight Pitch-Yaw-Connecting Modules, The 9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and their Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR2006, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2006.

  • S. Murata, E. Yoshida, A. Kamimura, H. Kurokawa, K. Tomita, S. Kokaji: M-TRAN:Self-Reconfigurable Module Robotic System, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol.7, No.4, pp.431-441, 2002.

  • R. Moeckel, C. Jaquier, K. Drapel, E. Dittrich, A. Upegui, A. Ijspeert: Yamor and Bluemove-an autonomous modular robot with Bluetooth interface for exploring adaptive locomotion, Proceeding of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots, CLAWAR 2005, London, U.K., September, 2005, pp. 685-692.

  • J. Gonzalez-Gomez, J. Aguayo, E. Boemo: Locomotion of a Modular Worm-like Robot Using a FPGA-based Embedded McroBlaze Soft-processor, Proceeding of the 7th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and their Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2005, Madrid, Spain, September, 2006.

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    No.3  Snake-like Robots
     
  • G. Granosik, M. G. Hansen, Johann Borenstein: The Omnitread Serpentine Robot for Industrial Inspection and Surveillance, Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Vol.32, No.2, pp.139-148, 2005.

  • A. Crespi, A. Badertscher, A. Guignard, A.J. Ijspeert: Swimming and Crawling with an Amphibious Snake Robot. Proc. IEEE. Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 2005, pp.3024-3028.

  • B. Klaassen, K.L. Paap: GMD-SNAKE2: a snake-like robot driven by wheels and a method for motion control, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Detroit, MI, 10-15 May, pp. 3014-3019,1999.

  • T.Kamegawa, T. Yamasaki, H. Igarashi, F. Matsuno: Development of the Snake-like Rescue Robot ¡°KOHGA¡±, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 5081-5086, 2004.

  • S.G. Ma: Analysis of creeping locomotion of a snake-like robot, Advanced Robotics, vol 15, Issue 2, Jun 2001, pp. 205-224.

  • I. Tanev, T. Ray, A. Buller: Automated Evolutionary Design, Robustness, and Adaptation of Sidewinding Locomotion of a Simulated Snake-Like Robot, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol.21, No.4, pp.632-645, 2005.

  • K.L Paap, T. Christaller, F. Kirchner: A robot snake to inspect broken buildings, Proceeding of the 2000 IEEE/ RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2079-2082, 2000.

  • S. Hirose: Biologically inspired robots (snake-like locomotor and manupultor), Oxford University Press, 1993.

  • K. Togawa, M. Mori, S. Hirose: Study on three-dimensional active cord mechanism: development of ACM-R2, Proceeding of the 2000 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Takamatsu, Japan, Vol.3, pp.2242-2247, Oct. 2000.

  • J. Ute, K. Ono: Fast and efficient locomotion of a snake robot based on self-excitation principle. Proc. 7th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, 2002, pp. 532- 539.

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    Acknowledgments

  • Special thanks to the E-Learning-Consortium Hamburg (ELCH) for supporting “Telebot” , an educational robotic system.
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  • Also, thanks for the ARMS Group at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) for the technical cooperating on educational robotic projects.
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  • Modular robot project is developed in cooperation with my colleague Juan Gonzalez-Gomez from the School of Engineering, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain.

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