information about robots?
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A modern industrial robot is simply a 5 or 6 DOF (Degree Of Freedom) multi-axis machine running 4 or 5 motors under rotational coordinate controls.\n\nThe first industrial robots are identified by their use of hydraulic power and hydraulic servo motors for position and velocity control. Advances are the conversion to electric motors - first DC servo motors and now AC servos. The future is the use of linear motors.\n\nUse Yahoo and search under "Industrial Robots", "Cincinnati Milacron", "Hydraulic Robot" and see what pops up.
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http://www.abu.org.my/public/compiled/p488.htm\nhttp://www.robofest.org.my/robofestintro.html
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http://www.mechatronic.org\n\nread some books also
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I'd suggest contacting MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  They have a strong robotics program, and may support a robotics club there.
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Following are some details on online courses for robotics.\n1. On-line Course: NASA Robotics. 09.25.03. Planetary surface ... For more information on the course, visit: http://robotics.nasa.gov/courses/fall2003/index.php ...nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/informal/.../F_Online_Robotics.html \n2. KeepMedia Free Trial. Automated Vision Systems (www.autovis.com) is offering a free, on-line course covering the fundamentals of machine vision.www.keepmedia.com/pubs/RoboticsWorld/2006/03/01/1640568 \n3. Features industrial robotics news, tips and tech trends, buyers guide, events, and more  -www.roboticsonline.com \n4. robotics, PLC's and pneumatics. ... Print the course leaflet (opens in a new window) For further information on enrolling on the above course please email the ...www.ndai.ac.uk/courses/prospectusfulldetails.asp?AOS=10187 \n5. The course covers topics essential to an understanding of robotics for a ... opposite forces, F1 and F2, acting along the same line cancel each other out. 13 ...teamster.usc.edu/~fixture/Robotics/Course.htm \nVR
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There is an ooPic group in Yahoo where something is always going on and if you Google "oopic" you will find anything you want to know about hobby robots.
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I dont know if you are talking about a model robot (i.e. one that does not move, function) or a functional moving robot..\n\nI can advice you for the second thing..Google for BEAM robots..they are really simple robots which you can make at home..you just need a few simple components which you can get from any radio shack..\n\nTry that out
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Check out the Edmund Scientifics website.  They have tons of robot kits, parts, etc.   Better yet, order their printed catalog.  \n\nhttp://scientificsonline.com/
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Dictionary.com defines a robot as:\n\n1) A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.\n2) A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.\n\nI believe that though it is not entirelly specified in the latter of the two definitions, a robot much be mechanical - it must have movement. Computers are used with and in robots, but computers themselves are not robots.
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A robot is a mechanical device that can perform preprogrammed physical tasks. A robot may act under the direct control of a human (eg. the robotic arm of the space shuttle) or autonomously under the control of a pre-programmed computer. Robots may be used to perform tasks that are too dangerous or difficult for humans to implement directly (e.g. the space shuttle arm) or may be used to automate repetitive tasks that can be performed more cheaply by a robot than by the employment of a human (e.g. automobile production; doctor).\n\nThe word robot is also used to describe an intelligent mechanical device ( machine ) in the form of a human. This form of robot (culturally referred to as androids) is common in science fiction stories. However, such robots are yet to become common-place in reality and development is yet required in the field of artificial intelligence before they approach the robots of sci-fi.\n\nFinally, bots are named after the word robot because they perform mundane, repetitive tasks.\n\n\n\nSO.....\n\nRobots will not take over
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Quite simply a robot is a machine that is operated by a numerical control system, you probably have one on your desk, it is called a printer.
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MAZE NAVIGATION ALGORITHM\n\nPart 1\n\n    A guaranteed way to to solve a maze is to stick to a wall and always try to turn one direction or the other.  It is not the most efficient way but it works all the time.  This is how the Boe-Bot solves mazes.  It hugs the left wall.  IR sensors are mounted on the left and front sides of the robot.  It begins the maze with a forward movement.  After that it checks the left IR.  If left is open, it turns left, moves forward, and repeats the process.  If left is closed, the robot checks the front.  If front is open, the robot moves forward and repeats the process.  If the front is also closed, the  robot turns right.  It then checks the front IR sensor to determine if the new front is open.  If its open, the robot moves forward and repeats the process.  If it is closed, the robot again turns right and moves forward (the way it just came) and repeats the process.  The flow chart summarizes all these instructions.  Each time the robot makes a movement (forward, left, or right) it records a F,L, or R to a memory block in the EEPROM by using the WRITE function in Stamp BASIC.  The variable 'total_moves' is incremented each time a movement is written.  \n\n    The forward, left, and right subroutines use the PULSOUT function to move the servos.  The pulsout variables for each servo (eg. 699, 879) are not set in stone.  They have been changed numerous times and will probably need to be played with more.   We determined them partly by experiment and largely by trial and error.  The results of those experiments are also published in this site.  \n\n    At the beginning of the forward subroutine is the BUTTON function.  Each time through this subroutine, the programs checks to see if the button has been depressed.  If it has not, the program continues.  If the button has been pressed, control is moved to the find_RR subroutine.\n\nPart 2\n\n    When the program enters part 2, the robot has already left the maze and the button has been pressed.  It enters the find_RR subroutine and first pauses for 10 seconds so the robot can be repositioned at the starting point to re-do the maze.  Find_RR is a superfluous piece of code that originated from poor planning.  It reads in the movement from each memory block and the following memory block (blocks n and n+1) and compares them to each other.  If it detects a R,R combo, it replaces the first R with an A.  It then copies each movement into the previous one.  For example, it would change a FFRRFLF to a FFAFLF.  Each time it finds an RR combo and replaces it with an A, all the code following the last R must be adjusted. Therefore, the 'total_moves' variable is reduced by 1 each time RR is detected.  The write_A subroutine handles that task.  If no RR combo is found (they've all been switched) control moves to the find_A subroutine.\n\n    Find_A searches each memory block for the 'A' movement.  If no 'A' is found, control moves to the done subroutine.  However, this will only occur after all the 'A' have been dealt with.  When an 'A' is found, the memory location is stored in variable 'counter' and control goes to subroutine surround_A.  The purpose of surround_A is to determine all of the movements before and after the 'A' that need to be ignored for successful completion of the maze.  \n\n    After the robot completes the maze for the first time, and changes the 'RR' to 'A' the code will something like:\n\n        F F F L F A F R F F L F  this is for the hypothetical situation shown here:\n\n\n\n To eliminate the unwanted code, the pairs of movements surrounding A are examined and compared to the green, blue and purple patterns.\n\nF                F                F            L                F            A                F                R                F                F            L            F\n\n0                1                 2            3                4
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Not sure about buying parts...... I'm sure there are many local electronic suppliers. \n\nCheck out the US company Jameco (www.jameco.com) for some of their robotic kits and pieces. Even if you don't get one of their kits, this might give you some ideas.
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Well it depends appone your age sometimes. When I was 12 I created a robotic arm for the science fair. Then when I was 14 I created a multi role frequency detector. Well you can make simple robots. Or some common house hold gadgets but in extraordinay way. That way you win for sure.
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The best answer you are going to get for that can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence
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This being the programming section, I'll assume u like programming. Apart from the usual places (Yahoo, Wikipedia, Google ...), look at http://ai-depot.com/ for some info on coding robots. I fing robocode ( http://robocode.sourceforge.net/ ) to be extremely useful in learning the elementary concepts of robotics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology has an extensive robotics-related program. Carnegie Mellon is another very good option.