Robotics

Mars Rover Home. This is a website that has information about the robots used to collect data on Mars

This is a link to a Luxembourg School Robotics program. The blog has a lot of practical information about their robot building projects. This includes how they programmed their robots

This links to the Carnegie Mellon robotics academy. This has many online resources to learn about robotics.

One cool Robot! Check out how this car works to drive itself!

Wikipedia entry on robotics. Although you all know that wikipedia can have inaccurate information, it is often a good place to start when looking at a broad topic.

This is a link to the Georgia Tech Robotics Department. If you are interested in pursuing robotics as a career, this is one of the best places to learn the field.

This is an introduction to Enchanting. Enchanting is a bridge program that allows MindStorm robots to be programmed using Scratch.

This website has four movies that introduce the Lego MindStorm robot kits that we will be using duirng the robotics unit. The four movies introduce the kit and shows some of the things that can be built with one.

The article discusses a robot built using a lego robot building kit. The robot separates M&Ms by color using a visual sensor that controls two arms. There is a video that shows this robot in action.

This is a basic introduction to what robots are. The article discusses the basic systems that make a robot and suggest a few ways these systems interact.

This is a text transcript of an interview with five roboticists (someone who makes and/or programs robots). The interview was conducted by a former student intern who was 10th grader at the time. The interview discusses robotics as a career and what a young person needs to do to pursue robotics as a career.