Cool Engineering Links

[d.schneid@1719]

David Schneider’s Archive of
Engineering Links

Hi everyone, I have to admit that this is my first posting. I am from rookie team 1719. Here is my collection of cool engineering links. I have spent too long on this lol, and in my opinion it is only 1/2 way done because there are so many interesting technologies. I planned to make this archive to inspire people's interest in engineering. Every link has either pictures or video. This archive focuses on different types of robots but the last section has machines other than robots. Please post feedback and/ or some of your own cool links and I will add them to the archive. Enjoy!

This Archive Includes:

Wheeled Robots Flying Robots Planes
Walking Robots Underwater Robots Boats
Snake Robots Robotic Surgery Guns
Shape-Shifting Robots Military Robots Buildings
Tanks



Wheeled Robots:
“The wheel was invented more than 5000 years ago, but improvements are still being invented.”

How you design a rover:
http://www.magneticpie.com/LEGO/mode...giCubHome.html

Omni Directional:
Orthogonal wheel assembly:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k039e.html

How a Killough Platform Works (also has videos):
http://www.lotek.nu/creations/RCKillough/index.html

Omni Directional Vehicle on a Basketball:
http://www.ynl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~endo/icar2005.pdf

Omni Directional Gliding Vehicle (scroll to bottom of page):
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SweetHome...ax10.html#ZURU
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Mecanum Wheel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecanum_wheel
http://www.airtrax.com/ - has videos of each vehicle
http://robotics.ee.uwa.edu.au/eyebot...bots/omni.html
http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2002...eter-Tlale.pdf
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pa...le&paperid=556
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Synchro Drive or Crab Steer:
http://www.magneticpie.com/LEGO/down...ubSteering.wmv - modeled after SOJOURNER

http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k081e.html
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/Mil...udio1/k019.mov
http://www.matchett.ws/mStorms/Syncro2/Syncro2.html
http://sparky.i989.net/rstehlik/Videos/ecrg2002.mpeg
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2 Wheels:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k011e.html

1 motor:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k001e.html

Archimedes Screw Design (performs best on loose rocky ground, sand and light snow):
http://www.magneticpie.com/LEGO/imag...e_10_Small.jpg

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis Mars/7896/archimedian/archimedian.html#ZURU

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/.../meetstar.html -cheap and effective

Air Engine Car:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k033e.html

All Terrain wheeled robots:
http://www.mos.org/cst/article/1516/index.html - has video in next page

NASA_Rover.mpg

http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k012e.html
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/Mil...udio1/k012.mov

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/...os.html#action

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...ial_s%26sa%3DN

Tri Wheel Design:
http://www.visi.com/~dc/tristar/index.htm - has video

SpaceCat Mars Rover:
http://asl.epfl.ch/index.html?conten...t/spaceCat.php
http://library.epfl.ch/EPFL/theses/v...3_spacecat.mpg

8 wheels shifting:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SweetHome...ight.html#ZURU

6 wheels:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k092e.html

Octopus:
http://asl.epfl.ch/index.html?conten...us/octopus.php
http://library.epfl.ch/EPFL/theses/v...33_octopus.avi
http://library.epfl.ch/EPFL/theses/v..._octoclimb.avi

SHRIMP (videos at bottom of page):
http://asl.epfl.ch/index.html?conten...imp/shrimp.php
http://autonomousmobilerobots.epfl.c...PFL_solero.mpg

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Walking Robots:
"For a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, on which it can be most conveniently studied." - August Krogh

An introduction to walking robots:
http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~arlweb/vid...Times_2002.mpg
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/r...full/home.html - more detailed videos on walking robots

Air Powered Walking Robots! No Motors, No Electricity:
http://www.strandbeest.com/#
http://www.strandbeest.com/animaris%...nsport_en.html

8 legged:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k027e.html - the basic movement of walking

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/...meetrobug.html - big but slow

Pneumatic walking:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopol...hura.html#ZURU

6 legged:
Mechadon battlebot, innovative combination walking and rolling:
http://home.pacbell.net/roninsfx/new...echadon4.0.jpg
http://www.tectonic.force9.co.uk/images/Mechadon3.jpg
http://www.tectonic.force9.co.uk/images/Mechadon1.jpg
http://www.teamcontrolaltdelete.free...s/mechadon.jpg
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/onli...s/p04_bbot.jpg
http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/1999-.../feature.8.gif
http://battlebots.com/images/bot_pho.../bot-00122.jpg
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/N...s/mechadon.jpg

http://biorobots.cwru.edu/projects/robot3/robotiii.mov

http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~arlweb/robots.html - see RHEX videos
http://www.bdi.com/content/sec.php?section=RHex

http://www.bdi.com/content/sec.php?section=RiSE

Pulstech_Walking_Trax.mpg

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/clips/botwalk1.html

http://uirvli.ai.uiuc.edu/jmh/Hexapod-BEAC99.mpg
http://uirvli.ai.uiuc.edu/jmh/poster.html

http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/sys...m.cfm?System=5
http://technology.jpl.nasa.gov/galle...LEMUR_brow.gif
http://teamster.usc.edu/~dteam/image...ics/AWIMR.html

4 legged:

http://www.bdi.com/content/sec.php?section=LittleDog

http://www.bdi.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog

TITAN_walk.mpg

http://www.pdjinc.com/#ArachnoBotQuad - scroll down to see videos, there are more to these toys than meets the eye

beast.mpeg

http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/Mil...dio1/k0232.mov

http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/Mil...udio1/k061.mov - uses 1 motor and can turn



2 legged:
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/Mil...dio1/k0151.mov

http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/

Sony_Danc.mpg - Japanese people just love dancing robots
Sony_push.mpg - robot respond to being pushed, does not use touch sensors

http://www.mos.org/cst/article/793/

Omni Directional Walking Robot:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k075e.html

http://www.bea.hi-ho.ne.jp/meeco/pw/pwe.html

http://www.robotstore.com/download/a...4_Walking.mpeg

Snake Robots:

http://www.space.com/news/snakebots_000504.html

http://www.snakerobots.com/ - has videos of each version

http://voronoi.sbp.ri.cmu.edu/serpen...deo/index.html - also has cool gear designs at bottom of page
http://voronoi.sbp.ri.cmu.edu/serpen...dia/media.html - surgical snake robot
http://voronoi.sbp.ri.cmu.edu/projects/modsnake/Album/ - see old videos

http://www.engin.umich.edu/research/mrl/00MoRob_6.html

http://www.ocrobotics.com/mediagallery/videos.htm

http://www-robot.mes.titech.ac.jp/ro...u/soryu_e.html

http://www-robot.mes.titech.ac.jp/ro...u/genbu_e.html


Shape-Shifting Robots:

http://unit.aist.go.jp/is/dsysd/mtran3/

http://www2.parc.com/spl/projects/mo...strations.html

http://www2.parc.com/spl/projects/mo...bot/index.html

http://ants.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://www.nasa.gov/mpg/111700main_t...mation_V_1.mpg

Flying Robots:

http://asl.epfl.ch/research/projects...video/os4t.mpg

http://www.epson.co.jp/e/newsroom/news_2004_08_18.htm

UAVs:
http://www.open-video.org/details.php?videoid=6148

http://www.vectorsite.net/twuav09.html

http://science.howstuffworks.com/spy-fly.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/predator.htm

http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/uav.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spiesfly/uavs.html

http://www.steadicopter.com/video/flight.avi - video of unmanned helicopter
http://www.steadicopter.com/imagegallery.html - pictures
http://www.steadicopter.com/applications.html - applications of robotic helicopter

http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=17375

http://uavcenter.com/english/wwuavs/...s/eagleeye.mpg - sorry, takes a while to load

Underwater Robots:

http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~arlweb/robots.html - see underwater RHEX videos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/286345.stm

http://www.mos.org/cst/article/668/


Robotic Surgery:

http://www.mos.org/cst/article/1623/index.html
http://www.intuitivesurgical.com/pro...o_overview.cfm


Military Robots:

SWORDS:
http://www.pica.army.mil/PicatinnyPu...ORDSposter.jpg
http://www.foster-miller.com/literat...ized_Talon.pdf
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6852832/ - has a video of SWORDS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4199935.stm -another video -new!
- SWORDS firing at target with an electronic grenade launcher

http://www.metalstorm.com/clientuplo...ls_2005mpg.zip -remote controlled electronic mortar

http://www.defensereview.com/modules...rticle&sid=718 - uses electronic guns

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviatio...cbccdrcrd.html



Other Engineering Links:

http://www.freewebs.com/team1719/ -my FIRST team’s website

Tanks:
T-90 Russian Main Tank:
http://www.aviation.ru/www.rusarm.ru/video/T-90S_1.wmv
http://www.aviation.ru/www.rusarm.ru/video/T-90S_2.wmv
http://www.aviation.ru/www.rusarm.ru/video/T-90S_3.wmv

Merkava
http://video.nrg.co.il/lib/2004/news/mark4.wmv
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkava
http://www.army-technology.com/proje...va4/index.html
http://www.defense-update.com/directory/merkava4.htm

Leclerc Tank
http://www.army-technology.com/proje...erc/index.html

Video of how gear shifting works:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/mindstorm...ery/k024e.html

The 3 Wheeled Motorcycle/Race Car:
http://www.carver-europe.com/

Cool physics stuff:
http://www.arthurganson.com/pages/Sculptures.html
http://www.timprentice.com/index_framev2.html - kinetic sculpture

The Electronic Gun that can fire 1 million bullets per minute:
http://www.metalstorm.com/clientuplo...barrel_mpg.zip

Armor that withstands snipers rifles, rpgs and getting hit by a truck:
http://discoverychannel.ca/video/top_video_list/#

The Superhuman Project:
http://bleex.me.berkeley.edu/bleex.htm

“Ferocious fire-paste”, 1st on the list:
http://patty.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=9/2/2003#

Bullet proof and grenade proof armor, “He's baa-aack...”:
http://discoverychannel.ca/video/top_video_list/

Androids:
http://discoverychannel.ca/video/top_video_list/# - scroll down the list to find “Android science”

Gibraltar Straits Bridge, the proposed 9 mile long bridge from Morocco to Spain:
http://flightsim.com/review/gibr/2.jpg - the whole bridge
http://flightsim.com/review/gibr/5.jpg - just to give you an idea of how huge this bridge would be
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1447158
http://idol.union.edu/~ferrerf/project/text.htm - pictures at bottom of page

Skyscrapers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper
http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/t_taipei.htm -the tallest skyscraper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101
http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/gallery/album28/aaz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower -building to replace the world trade centers

Hovercraft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft - see links at bottom of page

Catamarans:
http://foxxaero.homestead.com/indrad_012.html
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/sea_shadow.htm

M80 Stiletto:
http://www.mshipco.com/index.php?page_id=11
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/slidesh...cbccdrcrd.html

Trimirans:
http://www.cld.co.nz/earthrace.htm
http://www.aether.demon.co.uk/coolkit/rntrimarans.html
http://www.austal.com/index.cfm?obje...EC29D4B7BB5CEF
http://www.wally.com/jumpCh.asp
http://www.americanchallengewsr.com/craft.htm

Other Cool Ships:
http://www.freedomship.com/freedomsh.../new/new.shtml
http://www.dickran.net/technology/freedomship.html

http://www.samolet.co.uk/km.html

Blended Wing Body Concept:
http://travel.howstuffworks.com/flying-wing.htm

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/pav.htm

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/flying-car.htm

http://people.howstuffworks.com/osprey.htm

Bjørn Hee's homepage, interesting science and math stuff:
http://www.h33.dk/index.en.html

http://www.gastrobots.com/ - a robot that uses calories as energy

Ancient Inventions:
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/anci...amengine2.html

http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/anci...lbreaker2.html

http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/anci...rebuchet2.html

http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/archivelist.asp -a large archive of free videos from a science tv show

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/

Lego Mindstorms:

http://robotics.megagiant.com/robotfun.html - a lot of Lego Mindstorms links

http://mindstorms.lego.com/ - Lego Mindstorms NXT

[Steve S.]

there are a couple broken links in there

http://www.ynl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~endo/icar2005.pdf
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis (doesnt go all the way thru)Mars/7896/archimedian/archimedian.html#ZURU
(these are a couple i found, i dont have time to go through them all)

And for those pages in a different language, use a translator like alta vista to translate these pages into english

[Simon Strauss]

Very impressive, your off to a great start, most peoples first post's are in the chit chat section of these forums or usually include ineloquent attempts to find their place in what at first appears to be a somewhat scary jumble of information known as Chief Delphi (i know mine was), not well put together lists of important information like yours. Let me be the first to say welcome.

[fimmel]

VERY NICE LIST!!! welcome to chiefdelphi. that is one of the best posts ive seen, very will organized.

[lynca]

I saved this link on my favorites,

My favorite of your favorite link was definitely the lego omnidirectional, its crazy people can come up with those design with very limited materials,

[d.schneid@1719]

Oh yeah, I am glad to know that I am not the only one obssessed with omnidirectional robots. Which one were you talking about? One of my favorite of the omnidirectional robots is the lego mindstorms omnidirectional walking robot, http://www.bea.hi-ho.ne.jp/meeco/pw/pwe.html . It is fairly simple, slow, but a new design. I also recomend Mechadon, the walking/rolling robot and SHRIMP, all terrain rover.

Just to let people know, I have posted a new thread that just has a link to the whitepaper of the archive of links. I did this so hopefully more people would email me their own cool links. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=46776

[anna~marie]

woah.. thats a lot of links

[Gabe]

You have to add the Robot Marketplace!

http://www.robotcombat.com/store.html

(While your there, check out Nightmare )