Mark Humphrys - Research - AI Links - Robotics Links

Robotics Links

• robotics (and here and here and here)
• FAQ of comp.robotics..

• MIT
  • Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
    • Behavior based AI
    • Memos
    • iRobot Corporation
  • Leg lab
  • Media lab

• CMU Robotics Institute

• Webots (mobile robot simulators)
• The Khepera robot
  • simulator
• Robix construction kits
• LEGO Mindstorms (or via here) (also here)
  • Fred Martin

Humanoid robots

• MIT
  • Humanoid Robotics Group
  • Cog (and here)

• Mark Tilden
  • RoboSapien
  • Roboraptor

• Sony Qrio humanoid robot
• Honda Asimo humanoid robot

• HUBO
• Actroid

Domestic robots

• House robot discussion
• Domestic robots (and here)
• IEEE Technical Committee for Service Robots

• Roomba (vacuum cleaner)
• Scooba (washes floors)
• CyberGuard - security / smoke alarm
• RoboMower - lawnmower
• ROBART - security / military

• Sony Aibo robot dog (and here)

Robot competitions

• robot competitions (and here) (robot soccer, robot wars)

• humanoid robot soccer

• BEAM Robot Games
• International Robot Racing Federation (or via here)
• European Land-Robot Trial

Robots online

• robots online
• Telerobotics online (and here)
• Interesting Devices Connected to the Net
• remote shooting and hunting

• Ken Goldberg
  • The Robot in the Garden
• ICRA 1999: Current Challenges in Internet Telerobotics

• AI programs online
• ALife online

Space robots

• Space robots
• Robotic missions to Mars (and here)

Military robots

• Military robots (and here)
  • Dragon Runner

• Foster-Miller TALON / SWORDS robots (remote controlled)
  • These are now the first armed robots on the ground in a war zone (in Iraq).
  • Remote controlled armed robots in the air have already been used in combat.
  • Foster-Miller MAARS robots

• Boston Dynamics
  • BigDog
  • LittleDog) (see article)

• Robotic exoskeletons.

Autonomous cars

• Car crashes - 0.5 million dead a year worldwide, 25 million dead so far (since the 1890s).
  Road accidents are the single largest killer of men aged 15 to 44.
  If we could stop this, AI could save millions of lives in the next century.

• Driverless cars
• Adaptive cruise control - keep distance.
• Honda ADAS auto-pilot driver assist. Can steer for you, and keep distance, in controlled environment such as motorways.
• Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway Systems

• CMU Navigation Laboratory (and here)
  • ALVINN (autonomous car drove across America)

DARPA Grand Challenge

• DARPA Grand Challenge robot race (and here and here)
• 2004 race
  • Summary - No one got more than 7 miles.

• 2005 race
  • Success! 132 miles! Won by Stanford University under Sebastian Thrun.
  • 2nd place Carnegie Mellon University under William "Red" Whittaker.
• Ghostrider AI motorcycle
  • movies

• 2007 Urban Challenge - through (mock-up of) crowded city streets.
  • Winner - Carnegie Mellon University and General Motors Corporation

2007 footage.

2007 winner.