12 CDROMS (Robotics)
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This article is from the Robotics FAQ, by Kevin Dowling nivek@cs.cmu.edu with numerous contributions by others.
12 CDROMS (Robotics)
"Isaac Asimov's The Ultimate Robot."
It is an excellent intro and retrospective on robotics. Includes movie
clips from several cinema robots, robotic terminology defined and
illustrated (linkages, kinmatics, arm types etc), vignettes of many
historically important robots including Moshers work >from the 60's,
many teleoperated devices, several mobile machines including the ASV
and many others. There is also a fun part where you get to select
parts, build a robot and animate it. (Design by Ralph MacQuarrie who
was production designer on Star Wars)
There are video interviews with Asimov and all of his robot stories
and essays as well. Published by Microsoft. Available from a number of
CDROM vendors.
"AICDROM"
Network Cybernetics Corporation is now shipping the second annual
revision of their popular AI CD-ROM, an ISO-9660 format CD-ROM
containing a wide assortment of information on AI, Robotics, and other
advanced machine technologies. The AI CD-ROM contains thousands of
programs, source code collections, tutorials, research papers,
Internet journals, and other resources. The topics covered include
artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, virtual reality,
and many related fields. Programs for OS/2, DOS, Macintosh, UNIX,
Amiga, and other platforms can be found on the disc. The files have
been collected from civilian and government research centers,
universities, Internet archive sites, BBS systems and other sources.
The CD-ROM is updated annually to keep it current with the latest
trends and developments in advanced machine technologies such as AI.
The AI CD-ROM Rev. 1 was a CD-ROM PROFESSIONAL CONSUMER DISK PRODUCT
OF THE YEAR AWARD finalist and has received good reviews in many
magazines including Byte (Jerry Pournelle, March '93) and IEEE
Computer (J. Zalewski, July '93), CD-ROM Professional and others. The
new revision of the AI CD-ROM is now shipping. The price of Revision 2
will remain the same as the Revision 1 CD: $129 + $5 (US) / $10
(foreign) for shipping and processing. If you currently own the
revision 1 AI CD-ROM, you can "upgrade" to the Rev.2 CD for $79 +
shipping. Email or fax to get an upgrade form.
From:
Network Cybernetics Corporation
4201 Wingren Road, Suite 202
Irving, Texas 75062-2763
tel: 214.650.2002
fax: 214.650.1929
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