Robotics

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This page contains resources about Robotics in general.

More specific information is included in each subfield.

Subfields and Concepts

See Category:Robotics for some of its subfields.

Online Courses

Video Lectures

Lecture Notes

Robotics and Intelligent Systems by Robert Stengel (from a diverse perspective)
Introduction to Vision and Robotics by Bastiaan Boom and Michael Herrmann (Computer Vision focused)
CS 4758/6758: Robot Learning by Cornell University (Machine Learning focused)
Robotics by Andrew Davison (SLAM focused)
Introduction to Robotics by Harry Asada and John Leonard (Mechanical Engineering focused)
Robotics by Dan Popa (Control Theory focused)
Mobile Robotics
Robotics by Czech Technical University in Prague
Embedded Visual Control by Henk Corporaal
Statistical Techniques in Robotics by Byron Boots

Books and Book Chapters

Practical

Bipin, K. (2018). Robot Operating System Cookbook. Packt Publishing Ltd.
Mahtani, A., Sanchez, L., Fernandez, E., & Martinez, A. (2016). Effective Robotics Programming with ROS. 3rd Ed. Packt Publishing Ltd.
Quigley, M., Gerkey, B., & Smart, W. D. (2015). Programming Robots with ROS: a practical introduction to the Robot Operating System. O'Reilly Media, Inc. (link)
Martinez, A., & Fernandez, E. (2013). Learning ROS for Robotics Programming. Packt Publishing Ltd.
Corke, P. (2011). Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB. Springer.
Craig, J. J. (2005). Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control. Pearson.

Introductory

Russell, S. J., & Norvig, P. (2010). "Chapter 25: Robotics". Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Prentice Hall.
Mataric, M. J. (2007). The Robotics Primer. MIT Press.
Solutions, A. K. (2007). Robotics. Infinity Science Press.
Murphy, R. (2000). Introduction to AI Robotics. MIT press.
Mckerrow, P. (1998). Introduction to Robotics. Addison-Wesley.

Advanced

Braunl, T. (2008). Embedded Robotics : Mobile Robot Design and Applications with Embedded Systems. Springer.
Spong, M. W., Hutchinson, S., & Vidyasagar, M. (2006). Robot Modeling and Control. John Wiley & Sons.
Thrun, S., Burgard, W., & Fox, D. (2005). Probabilistic Robotics. MIT press.

Specialized

See Robotics books by InTech.

Software

See also Robotics Software.

Robot Operating System (ROS) - open-source and more suitable for research robots
RobotC - proprietary and sutitable for LEGO NXT, VEX, RCX, and Arduino robots
Robotics Toolbox - MATLAB
NI LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS
Pyro - Python
MRPT - Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit in C++

Robot Platforms

iCub
LEGO Mindstorms NXT
Edison
BrickPi - a robot with the brains of a Raspberry Pi and the easy build of LEGO
Engino Robotics Platform
Parallax Robotics
mbed Robotics - based on ARM microcontrollers
Arduino Robotics
NAOqi - for NAO and Pepper robots
Robotics Portal
Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab - Case Western Reserve University

Other Resources

Robotics - Google Scholar Metrics (Top Publications)
RoboticsCourseWare - list of free courses lecture notes
Robotics and Intelligent Systems: A Virtual Reference Book - an assemblage of bookmarks for web pages that contain educational material
Robotics by Wikibooks
Advanced Robotics by Wikibooks
Robotics by Wikiversity
Imperial College Robotics Society wiki
OpenServo wiki
"The Robot Group Inc." of Austin TX: many artistic and entertainment robots
Open Circuits wiki: motor drivers
Using ROS with Docker in macOS - blog post
Raspberry Pi
Arduino
ARM Mbed
Robotic Kit (FIRST Global Challenge)
FGC_2018 (GitHub) - FIRST Global 2018 Challenge
ftc_app (GitHub) - FTC Android Studio project to create FTC Robot Controller app