Summer School 2010
R.U.R. - Rusty, Ugly Robots
- NEW! #Projects
90 Years of the Robots and the cultural context of robotics
by prof. RNDr. Jozef Kelemen, DrSc. (Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic)
Further reading
- The Mechanical Mind in History. Edited by Philip Husbands, Owen Holland and Michael Wheeler. MIT Press, April 2008, ISBN-10: 0-262-08377-9.
- Horáková, Kelemen: Čapek, Turing, von Neumann, and the 20th Century Evolution of the Concept of Machine
- Horáková, Kelemen: Robots - Some Cultural Roots
- Horáková, Kelemen: Robot: The True Story of the Word
Digital Signal Processing
by prof. Gerhard Gruhler, (University of Heilbronn, Germany)
- Presentation
- Accompanying Matlab files
Further reading
- Control
- Download and Install F280x Digital Motor Control Library. Then read: C:\tidcs\DMC\c28\v32x\lib\doc\pid_reg3.pdf
- Digital Control Systems (DCS) Group: Digital Motor Control. Software Library. Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas 2003.
- TI Digital Motor Control Solutions. Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas 2005.
- Analog filters
- Bruce Carter and L.P. Huelsman: Handbook Of Operational Amplifier Active RC Networks. Application Report. Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas 2001.
- Ron Mancini: Op Amps for Everyone. Design Reference. Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas 2002.
History of the robotics
by Assoc. prof. Ing. Peter Hubinský, PhD. (FEI STU, Slovakia)
Illustrated lecture about the history of the robotics - from ancient inventions to the latest research projects. Information about technical and also non-technical aspects of the robotics evolution.
- The lecture presentation is not here due to the copyright issues
Links
- History of robotics
- Timeline of Robotics
- History of the Slovak robotics
- History of the Robotics at the STU
Excursion 1: ABB Robotic Training Center
- Indsutrial robots by ABB on YouTube - watch the video.
Further reading
Mobile robots
by Assoc. prof. Ing. Peter Hubinský, PhD. (FEI STU, Slovakia)
Basic types of the mobile robot kinematics - differential drive, tricycle, Ackermann steering, omnidirectional wheels, synchronous drives - basic structures, coordinate transformations, technical solutions.
Further reading
- Roland Siegwart and Illah R. Nourbakhsh: Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots. The MIT Press; Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents. 335 pages, 2004, ISBN-10: 026219502X.
AI Methods for Robotics
by Mgr. Pavel Petrovič, PhD. (Comenius University, Slovakia)
- Presentation
- Some videos from presentation
Further reading
- Pierre Bessiére, Christian Laugier, Roland Siegwart: Probabilistic Reasoning and Decision Making in Sensory-Motor Systems. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics Series. 404pp., February 2009, Springer-Verlag New York, LLC. ISBN-13: 9783540790068.
- Sebastian Thrun, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox: Probabilistic Robotics. Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents Series. MIT Press Book. 667 pp., ISBN-13 978-0-262-20162-9, September 2005.
- Additional papers by Sebastian Thrun.
Visual Systems
by RNDr. Andrej Lúčny, PhD. (MicroStep-MIS, Ltd., Slovakia)
Further reading
by Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. and Ing. Marián Kľučik (FEI STU, Slovakia)
+ live demo
Further reading
- Description of the robot 1
- Description of the robot 1
- Roman Murár and Ladislav Jurišica: Mobile Robot Operating System.
by Assoc. Prof. Anton Vitko, PhD. (FEI STU, Slovakia)
Projects
- How to write Your own project page - manual
- Example Project Page (Summer 2008) - to create Your own, use login: robot, pass: tobor
- This is a project source, You can copy/paste it to Your own project
- Contest proposal
Lego Projects
This space is reserved for YOUR PROJECTS:
- Robot Goooooooo
- Robot Nxtbot
- Robot Line following Robot
- Robot SuDuSsine
- Robot New page
- See also Lego Robotic Workshop
Acrob Projects
This space is reserved for YOUR PROJECTS:
- See also Acrob Workshop
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