Resources
User Projects
 ATOM - The First Full-Sized Humanoid Robot in the United States
The first self contained Humanoid robot made in the USA by Dan Mathias.
The ATOM-7xp humanoid robot is an almost 8 year project powered by the VIA Nano,
Intel ATOM 330 processors and Microsoft 7 - XP and C++ for AI.
Check out this superbly built robot that was made without the resources of
corporate budgets.
It is a fantastic example of what inovation you can achieve in a small bussiness home
based lab. Please consider donating to help this impressive project move along.
 Bicycle Robot
Autobalance and steering Bicycle Robot by STRI robot team. The bicycle was developed to compete in the Bicyrobo Thailand competition.
The competition challenge was to build a bicycle robot that could balance and run by itself.
The team made it to the quarter finals and also received the Excellent Technique Award.
 Lynxbot
Lynxbot was built to test software for a large 300 lb robot named Ethel. The Lynxbot
was built using a Lynxmotion SSC-32 servo control board and a BoeBot Chassis.
After that a usb hub to my laptop and a usb camera was added to the robot.
Read more here.
 Pick And Place Robot
Delta type robot for a pick and place cookie application using CodeSys for motion and RoboRealm for vision.
 BrainBot Fiducial Recognition
Brainbot is driven around the yard (via R/C) and whenever he sees an "object" that he recognizes, he says
the name of that object. Fiducial recognition is done using RoboRealm...
 DeathBot Vision Tracking
The robot is programmed to follow a red disc. A webcam on an Asus Eee PC running Roborealm provides the
vision system. An Arduino is used to control a 2X25 Sabertooth motor controller.
 SCARABot - A Checkers Playing Robot
A team of engineering students created a robot capable of intelligently playing a game of checkers.
They chosen to modify a SCARA robot used in the wafer processing industry as the platform for their project.
 RTB (Recon Trax Bot)
Pc controlled tank like bot made using RoboRealm plus a velleman K8055 interface board and some spare parts.
 Motion Tracking Webcam Turret DIY
Webcam + USB Missile Launcher + RoboRealm = Motion Tracking Turret!
 Pi Robot
(By Patrick) In one of the cutest robot videos that we've seen Peppy uses his head mounted camera and
range sensors to locate the target (green or red balloon) in 3-dimensional space.
 API Wrappers Classes
Rud Merriam has put together a great extension to the C++ API methods by adding a couple classes that make
working with RoboRealm Variables easier. Check out his blog at Mystic Lake Software for that and other
interesting technology development.
 Hexapod RoboVision over IP
Hexapod, Eyera Anubis, is spider-like robot with robotic vision using RoboRealm. 3 Degress of Freedom, 3 leads on each limb (Coxa,
Femur, Tibia), that determine the mechanics of movement. Additionally 2 drives provide Pan & Tilt on the camera. A total of 20 servos. More
specifcations and material used can be found here.
See the robot in action here.
 Pi Robot
(By Patrick) Obstacle Avoidance Using Omnidirectional Vision. An excellent tutorial
on using Omnidirectional Vision to provide navigation using a 50-cent silver Christmas ornament!
 RC truck robot conversion
(By Orac) This project covers the conversion of a cheap off-the-shelf RC truck into a powerful robot vision platform capable of ball following, etc.
 BOL-BOT Waypoint Navigation with RoboRealm
The Bluetooth Controlled BOL-BOT Kit will allow
robotics enthusiasts to control their BOL-BOT via Bluetooth and use it with packages,
such as the Machine Vision RoboRealm software package and the Microsoft Robotics Studio
virtual robotics environment platform; all with application notes, etc.
 Lego Head Tracking
Uses a Lego NXT system to create a workable head tracking using RoboRealm.
 Controlling a spykee via web cam using your fingers
A project to control a Spykee robot using gestures. He filters out everything but
green through his web cam, then wraps his fingers in green tape. He then runs a series
of filters to clean it up a little bit. The resulting blobs are tracked and converted to
motor commands.
 Sriranjan's Blog - Object Following Robot
The robot coommunicates wireless with the PC using Xbee modules. Wireless camera for live video feed and roborealm for image processing. Developed custom embedded hardware for the robot and the PC USB interface.
 RoboRealm control of an I-Sobot
ProfMason wrote a brief tutorial on how to use the USB-UIRT in roborealm to control an I-sobot, but the
instructions generalize to just about any IR controlled robot.
 Ben Hoad's Blog
During a very boring week at college Ben acquired a novelty USB rocket launcher. The idea of being able to shoot people from the comfort of one's desk was appealing at first but became old fast, partially due to the sheer difficulty of aiming.
 Micromagic Systems' Hexapod Colour BLOB tracking
The tutorial shows the basics of using RoboRealm to control the HexEngine via a bluetooth link,
along with the use of a wireless CMOS camera attached to the pan/tilt head to track colour
BLOB's. The tutorial will also work with a pan only head, and a wired camera if
a wireless type is not available.
 Line Following Spykee Robot
He's on a role! ProfMason shows how he got the Spykee to follow a line even with a 90 degree turn!
 Color Tracking Spykee Robot
ProfMason shows how he got the Spykee to patrol between two red WowWee cones!
iRobot Create Personal Home Robot -
A personal home robot built around the iRobot Create platform and a mini-itx computer system.
It has never been easier and more affordable to design and build robots by leveraging the
economies of scale from the software, PC, toy and other high volume consumer industries.
This robot was created to show people that with a bit of imagination and ingenuity, robots
can be used for real useful work around the home to make our lives more
convenient and entertaining.
The Vision Robot Design -
The first version of the vision robot is using a VEX platform (parts, motor
controller, and motors) The VEX kit is linked via serial to the HP mini 1000. Attached to the HP is
a Microsoft LiveCam (shown in the pictures) this
webcam is used with the software installed on the HP. There is no code on the VEX but rather
takes commands from the HP.
Robot Arm: Phase 1 -
The goal for the software is to guide the arm's end-point to a location we select
arbitrarily. The main idea is for the robot to continually look at his own arm, and make decisions
on how to move it to closer to its goal, until it ultimately achieves it. This allows for
greater flexibility because you don't need the software to contain a precise mathematical
model of your robot's structure prior to running it. Instead it can learn about itself, and
infer this structure on the fly.
Owen Sound Real-time Weather Conditions - This is, perhaps, the only autonomous real-time snow gauge currently
operating on the internet. It employs a Linksys WVC200 network camera pointed at a length
of 2½-inch PVC pipe painted fluorescent orange. The pipe is held upright by an outdoor
umbrella stand with its sleeve painted orange to match the PVC pipe.
BFF Wi-Fi Bot - The BFF Wi-Fi Bot, as its name suggests, is a robot that can be remotely controlled over your standard home Wi-Fi network from a joystick attached to a fixed PC.
Mindstorm NXT + Eee PC = Good Times - A robot using the NXT as only an interface from the motor’s/sensors to the Eee PC using RoboRealm.
My Butler Robot - Ever wanted a butler robot that talks to you , follows you around , and even pours you drinks? Eric
is extensively documenting the building process amoung other things in his ongoing blog.
Mars Rover - Our NASA Explorer School is connected to the home of the world’s most expensive remote control toys, The Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California. We end the year with students using a remote control Lego rover to
explore a simulated Mars landing site, photograph geological features, identify the features, and describe the forces that
created them.
serial servo controller project - By Aki Korhonen - Testing a home made serial servo controller with a pan&tilt base with a webcam attached to RoboRealm.
 Explorations in
Autonomous Flight - By Santiago Saldaña, Senior Honors Thesis - This paper discusses the creation of a
developmental aerial platform capable of sustaining flight and orientation
with respect to an object of interest.
 JCP1 - A Java based DIY automaton!
A quest for a robot as an assistant for human beings by John Christian Lønningdal.
 Santiago Saldaña - Explorations in
Autonomous Flight
This paper discusses the creation of a
developmental aerial platform capable of sustaining flight and orientation
with respect to an object of interest. The project was created using an
agile approach to software engineering and was developed from the
ground up, focusing on the different components of the overall system,
that being physical engineering as well as software development and
integration.
 Wizard Robotics - Lego NXT, RoboRealm and XBox 360 controller
Demonstrating the use of a XBOX 360 controller, Lego NXT robot, RoboRealm software. Posted are a few building instructions and
detail images in case you wish to build the Lego NXT vision rover yourself.
 Autonomous + Teleoperated Robotic Rover by Aaqil Khan
The aim of this project was to design and build a 4WD differential drive rover with integrated
robotic arm capable of autonomous operation with obstacle avoidance and object detection.
 LaserLife - DIY project by Luke Travers
Investigating the possibility of constructing a computer mouse that operated in a 3d environment.
 AVRobotics - AUV Hammerhead
Amador Valley High School Robotics Club using Java and RoboRealm to see the surroundings and complete the mission.
 Sudeep Pillai - Building an Autonomous RC car
Lane departure, terrain finding system that uses RoboRealm and MATLAB.
 BB Vision Platform V1
Mounting a laptop ontop of a Lego robot using a USB camera and RoboRealm!
 MicroRaptor Vision
Testing Smalltalk/Squeak and RoboRealm.
A Lego Mindstorms NXT Dev Blog
An inexpensive CCD neutron alignment camera
Sneeker - The NXT STEP
CCD neutron alignment camera
A REAL line follower
LapTopMax - Zagros Robotics Vision Example
Dorm Sentry Gun - MESH University of Michigan
Vector Vision
Endurance R/C - Line following robot
Robot Studio - Custom-built biomimetic robots
Unimate PUMA 560 Robot Arm
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