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From: goswami@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Ambarish Goswami)
Subject: Re: Mobile Robot Kits Needed
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In article <1993Apr1.182329.18596@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> pkdutta@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Prabal K Dutta) writes:
>In article <1993Apr1.082652.28568@cs.tcd.ie> gjlacey@cs.tcd.ie (Gerard Lacey) w
>rites:
>>Hi all,
>>    We are looking to buy a mobile robot base but we
>>don't want to break the bank.  Flexibility and ease of
>>programming would be nice.  We would like to experiment
>>with Subsumption Architectures and conventional approaches
>>using sonar, IR and vision as the sensors.
>>Contact addresses would be appreciated particularly in Europe.
>
>     Try IS Robotics in Cambridge MA. I forget the number but you get it by 
>dialing Boston Information at (617) 555-1212. You may want to Colin Angle 
>there. IS Robotics sells quite a few different mobile robots and these are the 
>people that bought the license to sell subsumption architecture (which was 
>developed mainly by Rodney Brooks of MIT). You probably get some subsumption 
>code and some behavior language (newer stuff) thrown in.
>
>     - Prabal Dutta
>
>pkdutta@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

	You may also want to try:

		 Transitions Research Corporation
		 15 Great Pasture Road
		 Danbury  CT 06810
		 (203)798-8988

	I think that they sell a mobile robot base for research purposes.

	Ambarish Goswami
