Resources

Please Visit often for updates. Visit our Books&More page for more resources.

Current Computer Classes - Our computer and robotics classes for middle school through high school students

Lego Mindstorms - Offical website for LEGO Mindstorms.

Pitsco-LegoDacta - Educational resources including Robolab.

Robolab - Tufts Universty site.

Mindstorms NXT - National Instruments site.

LEGO - official company website.

LUGNET - International LEGO user group network.
- TexLUG - Texas LEGO user group.

Robocode - Program onscreen robots in Java to do battles. Game is designed to help you learn Java in a fun way.
Click here for more on Robocode

Simlink - a  PC based visual simulator for leJOS.

Rossum simulator

Competitions

Robofest For 5th-12th graders from Lawrence Tech, MI
  Robofest Houston - info about TX Competition

BEST - Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology. High school robotics competition.
  Texas BEST - Championship Event - SMU, Dallas

FIRST Robotics Competion For High School students.

FIRST TECH Competion For High School students.
  VEX FAQ    VEX Resources

JFLL Junior FLL program For students 6-9 years old.

EARLY Robotics - Engineering And Robotics Learned Young Robotics Competition. Information about EARLY Robotics competitions in the Houston area. For elementary youth (ages 7-12) using SIMPLE MACHINES.

FLL - First LEGO League Team competition for students 9-14 years old.

FIRST - First LEGO League Curriculum Collection Links to Team resources and challenges.

FIRST - First LEGO League Coach Tutorials Links to resources for coaches of FLL teams.

Skye Sweeney's FLL Page Links to resources for coaches of FLL teams including Coaches' Primer and the Forum UFAQ

Team Hassenplug's NXT Page Steve Hassenplug's overview of the NXT.

Sponsor Information Page - example of request for sponsors and thank you letters to contributors from FLL TEAM BTBAF in Fort Wayne, IN.

Imperial Icebots lesson plans - SE Michigan FLL team - activites related to gear ratios and other science concepts.

Central Texas FLL - information about Austin, TX FLL competition. *updated*

Houston Robotics - Information about Robotics competitions in the Houston area including BEST, Botball, FIRST, FLL and EARLY (Simple Machines).

CORE Robotics - Information about Robotics competitions in the Houston area including BEST, Botball, FIRST, FLL and EARLY (Simple Machines). University of Houston Coordination of Robotics Education.

TAME Robotics - information about Tri-State FLL competition - Amarillo, TX. *new*

Michigan FIRST LEGO League - has nice resources about FLL, one of the bigger FLL sites.

Minnesota FIRST LEGO League - has nice resources about FLL, including lesson plans, coaching tips

Virginia FIRST LEGO League - includes information about their high school pilot Virginia-only program.

Alaska Robotics Education Association - information about Alaska FLL competitions.

Arkansas FIRST LEGO League - FLL Team BOB competed here 2000 and 2001.

AL FLL - information about Alabama FLL competition.

AZ FLL - information about Arizona FLL competition.

Central Valley Regional FLL - information about Central California FLL competition.

Los Angeles Regional FLL - information about Los Angeles California FLL competition.

Northern California FLL - information about Northern California FLL competition.

ColoradoFIRST - Colorado State FLL information.

Connecticut FLL - Connecticut State FLL information.

FL FLL - information about Florida FLL competition.

GA FLL - information about Georgia FLL competition. *updated*

Hawaii FLL - information about Hawaii FLL competition.

IL FLL - information about Illinois FLL competition.

Indiana FLL - information about Indiana FLL competition.

Iowa State University FLL - information about Iowa FLL competition.

KY FLL - information about Kentucky FLL competition.

LA FLL - information about Louisiana FLL competition. *updated*

Maine Robotics - information about Maine FLL competition.

Robonautica Mass Robotics - information about Mass FLL competition.

MD FLL - information about Maryland FLL competition.

MO FLL - information about Missouri FLL competition.

FLL of Southern MS - information about Southern Mississippi FLL competition.

NV FLL - information about Nevada FLL competition.

BAE Systems NH FLL - information about New Hampshire FLL competition.

NC FLL - information about North Carolina FLL competition.

ND FLL - information about North Dakota FLL competition.

Ohio FLL - information about Ohio FLL competition. *updated*

Oregon Robotics - information about Oregon FLL competition.

Carnegie-Mellon Robotics - information about Penn FLL competition.

SC FLL - information about South Carolina FLL competition. *updated*

Tenn FLL - information about Tennessee FLL competition.

FIRSTWA - Washington State FLL information.

WIRED - WISCONSIN Institute for Robotics in Education - Wisconsin FLL.

other competitions

Robot Competition FAQ - extensive list of robotics competitions.

Aerial Robotics Competition - as seen on the Discovery Channel.

BotBall - Includes Botball registration and general information. Program RCX using the C programming language to play a game.
   KISS Institute of Practical Robotics - Botball 

GEAR Robotics (Getting Excited About Robotics)  - competition  for primary school students

Intelligent Ground Robotics Competition - competition for college students.

K'NEX K*bot World Championships - competition using robots from K'NEX parts.

Micromouse Resources - robots run and solve a maze. In the US this contest is often sponsored by IEEE on college campuses.
Micromouse Info - includes pictures of the maze and background info

NJRC - National Junior Robotics Competition - Sponsored by the Singapore Science Centre. Teams of up to 6 students compete in both War Bots and Soccer Bots games. Top 2 winners of War Bots compete in the International Robotics Competition in USA, while the top 2 teams of Soccer Bots represent Singapore in Italy at the International RoboCup Competition

RoboCup Junior Offical Website - Robot Soccer, rescue and dance using LEGO Mindstorms. Site is hosted by Columbia University

RoboCup Junior Unoffical website - nice FAQ section. Site is based in NH.

RoboCup International Competition - International event. Robot Soccer.

Trinity LEGO Mindstorms Competition - Dublin, Ireland. Volleyball games using LEGO Mindstorms

The Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest

Mindstorms and Robolab Links

LEGO MindStorms WebRing

MINDSTORMS Internals - For those interested in advanced programming concepts for their RCX.

Steve's LegWay - LEGO robot that balances on two wheels, follows a black line or spins in place, written in BrickOS.

JP Brown's Serious LEGO - LEGO cube solver and other projects.

Robotics Resources from Another Path - resources and links

BrickOS - C/C++ programming for RCX units.

leJOS - Java programming for the RCX.

Not Quite C Not Quite C for Mindstorms RCX units.

MacNQC Not Quite C for Macs.

pbForth - Forth programming for RCX units.

LDAPS - LEGO design and programming curriculum materials for K-12 from Tufts University.

NASA Robotics Education Project - resources on robotics from NASA.

Robo-Zone LEGO Robotics at Ambleside - LEGO Mindstorms designs from UK schoolchildren.

Robolab Construction construction tips using Robolab.

Robolab Tutorial programming tips using Robolab.

Westborough Robolab Models programming tips using Robolab at the Pilot level.

WORKSHOP 3D Lego RCX Challenge: RoboLab Programming

Robotics Clubs

CIRC Robotics Clubs listings Lots of listings of robotics clubs across the country.

CIRC - Central Illinios Robot Club

DPRG - Dallas Personal Robotics Group Dallas, TX.

Home Brew Robotics Club - Silicon Valley, CA.

PARTS - Portland Area Robotics Club - Portland, Oregon.

The Robot Group - Austin, TX.

Robotics Society of America

San Francisco Robotics Society of America

Seattle Robotics Society - Seattle,WA.

24Tooth - LEGO Robotics group of Ann Arbor, MI

BEST HUBS

These are just a few of the hubs involved in BEST, see the BEST site for more.

Brazos BEST (Bryan/College Station)

Capital BEST (Travis County)

CoCo BEST (Collin County)

Cowtown BEST (Arlington)

Dallas BEST (Dallas)

DC BEST (Denton)

Five Star BEST (Woodlands/Montgomery County)

North Texas BEST (Sherman)

San Antonio BEST (San Antonio)

Space City BEST (Houston)

West Texas BEST (Lubbock)

FIRST LEGO League clubs, teams and classes

AAH-Robotics - FIRST LEGO League robotics and other robotics activities - Austin, Texas

Club BOB - FIRST LEGO League, robotics, and computer education - N. Harris/Montgomery County, Texas

Cyberstorm - Robotics Class and FIRST LEGO League Teams Sports for the Mind for Lubbock Homeschoolers - Lubbock, Texas.

HCECF BRICKschoolers - Homeschool robotics teams and classes - Central Florida *new*

Lafayette LEGO Robotics Club - Lafayette, Indiana

RHSA Robotics Club - robotics club for homeschoolers - Richardson, Texas.

SHARON EAGLE Robotics Club - Sharon, MA

LEGO Simple Machines (EARLY)

LEGO Dacta Simple Machines information - general information about Simple Machines sets and lesson plans.
Simple Machine Kits

LEGO Constructopedia - building ideas for Simple Machines sets.

LEGO Dacta Lesson Plans - lessons plans for simple machines from Gardner Academy,Newfoundland, Canada.

Introduction to Mechanisms and Simple Machines - lessons plans for simple machines from Carnegie-Mellon University for older students and teachers.

Simple Machines Webquest - lessons plans for simple machines from Rice University.

"Maillardet's Automaton" Understanding Simple Machines - includes detailed explainations and experiments

Simple Machines Construction Page

Simple Machines Page from Scholastic

How a Block and Tackle Works - from Howstuffworks.

How Gear Ratios Work - from Howstuffworks.

How Gears Work - from Howstuffworks.

The Elements of Machines - from Boston Museum of Science.

THOSE CRAZY LEGO SCREWS! - from Wierd Richard's Science site.

Grade 3 Science: Simple Machines - from Evergreen Curriculum, Saskatchwan, Canada.

Simple Machines Unit - links to simple machines resources for Elementary students.

Other links of interest

The Robotics Institute - Carnegie Mellon University.

NASA JPL Robotics

KrisTech RobotMagazine

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) play written by Karel Capek, 1920.

iD Tech Camps - Kid's computer camps. Texas locations include SMU in Dallas and UT Austin.

Personal Robot PaPeRo

Battlebots - official website of the Comedy Central tv show.

The Field Robotics Center - at Carnegie Melon University's Robotics Institute.

RobotCombat - updates and resources for those interested in BattleBots, BotBash and Robot Wars.

Robot ZOO - Interactive exhibit.

Robotics - Tech Museum of Innovation

LEGOLAND Official website

We continue to add resources here, so please check back often.

Last updated  January 2, 2008 Copyright 2001-2008 Susan Frederick