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Welcome to The Robotics Primer Workbook. The Workbook is a stand-alone resource as well as a companion for "The Robotics Primer" by Maja J Mataric', published by MIT Press in June 2007. This workbook is designed as a general introduction to robotic programming. You will find a wide range of exercises in the sections below, from simple sensing to group robotics and robot learning. The exercises make use of the iRobot Create, a low-cost programmable mobile robot platform available from iRobot. An optional addition to the Create robot is the Gumstix computer, a small self contained computer about the size of a piece of gum. The sections are ordered so as to become gradually more challenging, and to cover all levels of robot programming experience and interest. It is generally best to start with the Prerequisites and Introduction sections before moving on.
Robotics Primer Video
Workbook Sections
| Prerequisites Description of the hardware and software needed for the exercises. | Introduction Brief description of what to expect in the sections, with examples. |
| Robot Components Sensors, effectors, and actuators commonly used in robots. | Locomotion Methods for making the robot move around in an intelligent manner. |
| Sensors Infra-red, sonar, laser, and camera sensors. | Feedback Control How to control a robot to achieve and maintain a desired state. |
| Deliberative Control Reasoning on state information to produce control output. | Reactive Control Exercises showing reactive control. Obstacle avoidance, wall following, etc. |
| Hybrid Control Combining reactive control with deliberative control. | Behavior-Based Control Exercises showing how to use behaviors. |
| Emergent Behavior Simple behaviors with complex results. | Navigation Navigation through mazes, building maps, and path planning. |
| Group Robotics Exercises and techniques for using groups of robots. | Learning Reinforcement learning of line following and obstacle avoidance. |
| Glossary List of terms and their definitions. |
Documentation
| Hardware Description of hardware used in the workbook | Software Description of software used in the workbook | ||
| Exercises Full list of all exercises in workbook | Error creating thumbnail: convert: unable to open image `/home/groups/r/ro/roboticsprimer/htdocs/workbook/images/3/3d/Misc.png': No such file or directory. convert: unable to open file `/home/groups/r/ro/roboticsprimer/htdocs/workbook/images/3/3d/Misc.png'. convert: missing an image filename `/home/groups/r/ro/roboticsprimer/htdocs/workbook/images/thumb/3/3d/Misc.png/48px-Misc.png'. | Client Library Doxygen documentation of the software library used in exercises | |
| Wishlist List of feature requests for workbook | Links Links to projects using the RoboticsPrimer or the iRobot Create | ||
| Linux 101 Howto use the Linux operating system | Code Development How to write and compile code | ||
| Contribute How to contribute to the workbook | 48px | Book Review ACM Computing Reviews review of The Robotics Primer, February 2008 |
| Important Links | ||||||
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| Download Workbook Code | Mailing List | Glossary of terms | iRobot Create Documentation | iRobot Create | Gumstix Products | Microsoft Robotics Studio |
