From nivek@cmu.edu Mon Oct 3 16:08:15 EDT 1994 Article: 14012 of comp.robotics Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!localhost!nivek From: nivek@cmu.edu (Kevin Dowling) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Comp.robotics FAQ updates Date: 03 Oct 1994 18:24:49 GMT Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon Lines: 170 Distribution: world Message-ID: Reply-To: nivek@cmu.edu (Kevin Dowling) NNTP-Posting-Host: sheep.frc.ri.cmu.edu New and improved... The comp.robotics FAQ has a large number of changes, additions and updates. It's over 300K now! Here's the list: General: All location and file descriptors have been updated to URL format. New sections: +++Where can I find Robotics on the Net? +++What is the State of the Robot Industry? +++What is NuTank? +++What is the F1 Board? +++What is the Bot Board? Enhanced section: +++Books, Online Information and Videos Specific changes: +++Where to find this FAQ and comp.robotics archives Added HTML locations and WWW information. +++Robotics Related Organizations SPIE listserver added +++Robot Societies Added Portland Area Robotics Society (PARTS) Updated Atlanta Hobby Robotics Association The Robot Group Survival Research Labs +++Robotics Publications Added Robotica Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan Laser Focus World +++Conferences and Competitions Added: IJCAI-95 Palais de Congres, Montreal August 20-25 1995. Practice and Future of Autonomous Agents ASI-AA-95, Centro Stefano Franscini Monte Verita, Ticino, Switzerland September 23 - October 1, 1995 CVRMed'95 First International Conference on Computer Vision, Virtual Reality and Robotics in Medicine, Nice, FRANCE April 3-5, 1995 Symposium on Autonomous Systems in Mine Countermeasures U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California April 4-7, 1995 Competitions: AAAI Robot Competitions Aerial Robotics IEEE Micromouse Competitions Sumo Robot Competition Walking Machine Competition +++Graduate Programs in Robotics Added table of contents to ease searching Updated many entries and added several. +++What is the State of the Robot Industry? Added this section +++Other Organizations doing robotics Lots of updates. +++Mobile robot companies Added: Action Machinery, Applied AI Machines & Software, OTO MELARA, Oxford Intelligent Machines Updated: Denning, mecos, Real World Interface +++Small Inexpensive Robots Added: The Electronic Gold Mine, M & T Systems, Rug Warrior Updated: Angelus Research, Khepera Support Team, Mondotronics +++Architectures for Robots Added new references +++Sensors ===Cameras Added Elmo, Fortunel, Supercircuits, Xillix Technologies ===Inertial measurement devices and gyros Changed section name Added: Andrew, Summitt, Fredericks, Applied Geomechanics Updated: Gyration, Systron Donner, ===Rangefinding devices Added: Erwin Sick, Intelligent Solutions Inc. ===Force/torque sensors, accelerometers, tactile Added: Bonneville Scientific, Force Imaging, Interlink Electronics, Merritt Systems ===Position determination devices Updated: Ascension, Denning Added: Cheasapeake Laser Systems ===Pan/tilt mechanisms Updated: Remote Ocean Systems, Directed Perception ===Shape memory devices Updated: Mondotronics +++Actuators Enhanced section on R/C Servos +++Imaging for Robotics Added: ImageNation Corporation +++Wireless Communication Added: Pacific Crest new information pointers +++Robot Parts: Suppliers and Sources Added Pure Unobtainium +++Hero Robots updated +++Puma Manipulators Added tech report references and Matlab toolbox +++Simulators Added: Robot Simulations Ltd., MODULSH, Robotica ++What is NuTank? New Section +++Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) New information updates. It is likely this section will actually get smaller as there are a number of groups and lists devoted to this topic. Added: REXIS +++Survey of Robot Development Environments Latest abridged version +++What is the F1 Board? New section +++What is the Bot Board? New section +++Microcontrollers Lots of minor updates. +++Books, Online Information and Videos Added: news books and videos, CDROMS and net-available reports.