LynxMotion 6-DOF Arm (Servo Erector Set)

Tekkotsu

an open source project created & maintained
at Carnegie Mellon University

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Education

Course Websites:

Cognitive Robotics
    Instructor: David Touretzky
    Carnegie Mellon University

CMPUT412: Experimental Mobile Robotics
    Instructor: Michael Bowling
    University of Alberta

Robotics Seminar, Spring 2005
    Instructor: Prof. Tomek Strzalkowski
    SUNY Albany

CS 1567: Programming and System Design using a Mobile Robot
    Instructor: Prof. Donald Chiarulli
    University of Pittsburgh

CSE398/498, Spring 2005
    Instructor: John Spletzer
    Lehigh University

Notes

Implementing Segmented Vision using Tekkotsu (2004) (.pdf)
    Shawn Turner
    Distributed to Spring 2004 class of CSI 660/445, University at Albany

Writing Finite State Automata in Tekkotsu (2004) (.pdf)
    Shawn Turner
    Distributed to Spring 2004 class of CSI 660/445, University at Albany

Introduction to Behaviors using Tekkotsu (2004) (.pdf)
    Shawn Turner
    Distributed to Spring 2004 class of CSI 660/445, University at Albany

Additional Links

Tekkotsu has been used for research at a variety of institutions:

Bar-Ilan University - Israel
Carnegie Mellon University Tekkotsu Lab - U.S.
City University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong
Dutch ARchitecture Project for Aibos (DARPA) - Netherlands
Instituto Superior Técnico - Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - Portugal
Lawrence Technological University - U.S.
Lehigh University - U.S.
Lund University - Sweden
National University of Singapore - Singapore
Spelman College - U.S.
SUNY Albany - U.S.
Università degli Studi di Messina - Italy
University of Alberta (2)- Canada
University of Applied Sciences Gießen-Friedberg - Germany
University of Edinburgh - Scotland
University of Iowa - U.S.
University of Minnesota - U.S.
University of New Orleans Robotics - U.S.
University of Pittsburgh - U.S.
Uppsala University - Sweden
your name here - we try to keep this list up to date, please email info AT tekkotsu org to have your institution added or removed

Other AIBO-related links:

15-491 CMRoboBits: Creating an Intelligent AIBO Robot, Fall 2003
Instructor: Manuela Veloso
Carnegie Mellon University

News

03.14.08 - SIGCSE 2008 Workshop on Computer Vision and Image Processing: Accessible resources for undergraduate CS
01.12.08 - Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact (ARTSI) kickoff event
(also available as PDF)
11.22.07 - Version 4.0 released
08.04.07 - Tekkotsu mentioned in Spelbots article in Black Enterprise, August 2007
08.01.07 - “Regis” AAAI-07 demo video available
07.26.07 - Tekkotsu won a Technical Innovation Award at AAAI'07 (poster)
04.24.07 - Published Dual-Coding paper in Autonomous Robotics
03.07.07 - Presented Cognitive Robotics workshop at SIGCSE

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CVS status

Prototype TeRK and Lynx Motion arm support, revamped particle filter & tutorial, MapBuilder, Pilot, and configuration system (tracker)

Recent Activity

adding voltage and thermo sensors, although thermo should be per-servo... (ejt)

Modified: Shared/HandEyeInfo.h

adding units in comments (ejt)

Modified: Shared/CommonInfo.h

converting to radians so cmath isn't needed (ejt)

Modified: Shared/CommonInfo.h

fixing issue missing M_PI (ejt)

Modified: Shared/CommonInfo.h

finishing rename from ArmRig to HandEye (ejt)

Removed: tools/mirage/media/ArmRig/{ArmRig.blend, Base.mesh, Camera.mesh, Gripper.mesh, Link.mesh, Pan.mesh, ReferenceFrame.mesh, Tilt.mesh}

Modified: project/HandEye.kin

Added: tools/mirage/media/HandEye/{ArmRig.blend, Base.mesh, Camera.mesh, Gripper.mesh, Link.mesh, Pan.mesh, ReferenceFrame.mesh, Tilt.mesh}

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Last modified: 2007-08-21