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Virtual Robotics Lab

CONTRIBUTORS:
Michael Romanzow: Author, Artwork, Programming, Storyboards
Robert T. Arrigo: Author, Storyboards
David Leech Anderson: Author, Storyboards

Kari Cox: Artwork, Storyboards
Robert Stufflebeam: Artwork
Allison Steinhaur: Artwork, Storyboards
This virtual lab was originally an interactive Flash animation. Flash was retired at the end of 2020. This video preserves all the content of the original. Read all of the text and watch all of the animation. Pause the video as needed.

Instructions for how to complete this lab are HERE.



VIRTUAL BOOKS (.html)

BOOK 1: Robots and AI

Chapter 1: Introduction to Robotics

Chapter 2: Machine Vision

BOOK 2: IRIS.4 Mobile Robot Manual

Chapter 1: The Servo Controller

Chapter 2: The Scripter

Chapter 3: Robotic Arm Design

Chapter 4: The IRIS Software Environment

Chapter 5: The Central Control Program

Chapter 6: Iris's Vision System

Chapter 7: FlashPT & ProtoThinker

Chapter 8: Components Review

BOOK 3: Extended Reference & Further Readings

Chapter 1: Iris Software Overview

Chapter 2: Scripter Instruction Manual: Extended Version


Funding:
This module was supported by National Science Foundation Grants #9981217 and #0127561.
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