1. Setup and Construction
Instead of a formal introduction, check out a few videos, highlighting different robots and robot-like devices. Or, if you want to get started right away, you can read an introduction to the Lego Mindstorm NXT set, try to setup the necessary software to program your new robot in Java, or learn how to build a robot known as a differential drive robot.
Robot Videos
- Maillardet's Automaton at The Franklin Institute
- RoboCup 2007 Final, Humanoid League
- RoboCup 2006 SSL Champion Highlights
- Robot Snake (creepy)
- Self-replicating Robots
- Dancing Japanese Robots
- UAV Predator / Reaper target destruction GCS (Ground Control Station) Operations
- ASIMO avoids moving obstacles
- ASIMOs new artificial intelligence. (ASIMO is learning!)