Project Summary: This project provides the tools and assistance that faculty need to create the next generation robotics laboratory at their own institutions:

1. A well supported research-level hardware platform.
2. An open-source software system that abstracts from the details of any particular robot and allows users to explore complex control methods at a high level.
3. A project-based curriculum integrated with the hardware and software.

The PIs will serve as mentors through on-site visits, close e-mail contact, and yearly workshops.

Principal Investigators:

Douglas Blank, Bryn Mawr College
Kurt Konolige, SRI International
Deepak Kumar, Bryn Mawr College
Lisa Meeden, Swarthmore College
Holly Yanco, University of Massachussetts Lowell

Project Duration: January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005

For more official details, go to NSF Award Page

Links

Project Home

The Proposal (full text PDF document)

Educational Materials

• Hardware
• Software
• Curriculum
• Pyro Modules

Pilot Schools

• Want to become a Pilot School?

Workshops

• Summer 2003
• Summer 2004
• Summer 2005

Courses

• Bryn Mawr College
• Swarthmore College
• U-Mass Lowell

Publications

Press

Project Event Log

Contributors