Links

From MARHES

Blimps and UAVs

• RCToys Home Page - Hobby shop for UAV related parts and accessories
• Blimpguys Homepage - The makers of the MARHES Blimp
• UAV Parts and Blimpguys - Additional UAV related parts from the BlimpGuys

Hybrid Systems

• Hyscom - The IEEE CSS Technical Committee on Hybrid Systems

MARHES in the News

• Bugs 'n 'bots on agenda for 4-Hers - The Stillwater Journal, April 27, 2006
• Robotic games to foster interest in science - The Daily O'Collegian, February 22, 2006
• Robotic Games Encourage Children's Interest in Engineering - Research Week 2006, Research Week Flyer
• OSU Research Explores Intelligent Robots, Mobile Sensors - ECEN, Fall 2002. OSU Research Explores Robots, Mobile Sensors, Stillwater NewsPress, Thursday, August 22 2002.
• Systems Transform Robots into Mobile Sensor Units - The Daily Oklahoman, May 7, 2002.
• OSU Research Explores Intelligent Robots, Mobile Sensors - The Daily O'Collegian, April 19, 2002

Matlab and Demos

• The Mathworks Home Page - The company that produces Matlab
• Matlab Tutorial - An excellent Matlab tutorial at Indiana University
• Mathtools.net - Complementary products for Matlab

Optimization

• Convex Optimization - Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vandenberghe, Cambridge University Press
• SeDuMi - Matlab toolbox for solving optimization problems over symmetric cones (Jos F. Sturm).
• YALMIP - a parser for writing SDPs in MATLAB (Johan Lofberg)
• MOSEK - an optimization software is designed to solve large-scale mathematical optimization problems

Professional Sites

• IEEE Home Page - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IEEE Control Systems Society - An IEEE society dedicated to controls
• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - An IEEE society dedicated to robotics and automation
• IEEE Explore - A website for browsing and searching many IEEE publications.

Research Labs

• GRASP Lab at The University of Pennsylvania
• Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics at UMass, Amherst

Robotics

• Robotics resources - directory of Robotics related websites.
• Acroname - A hobby shop for robotics projects
• Evolution Robotics - This company makes the scorpion robot and the ERSP Software development kit
• MobileRobots - Robot supplier for Developers and OEMs.
• Nova, The Great Robot Race - A PBS Television documentary of the DARPA Grand Challenge
• Segway - A supplier of several small mobile robotics platforms
• Vex Robotic Platform - A supplier of the VEX robot for the Fire Protection Summer Camp.

TXT Platform

• Tower Hobbies Website - Hobby Supply Shop (Sells the TXT-1 Robot & Accessories)
• TXT-1 At New Era Models - Provides high quality modification kits the TXT-1 and other RCs (Specifically, we use the skid plates and dampers they sell)
• Dr. Doug's TXT-1 FAQ - Answers to common questions about the TXT-1 RC
• TXT-1 Modifications - This site details several modifications to help make the TXT-1 somewhat sturdier. We use the Skidplates, Sway-bar retainers, and Foam inserts.