JoelBurdick

Welcome to my personal research wiki page. I use this wiki to link to sites of research/technical/academic/administrative interest, and to keep files relevant to my research collaborations. This wiki is permanently under construction, as it evolves with my research activiites. Hopefully you can find something of use here.

Quick Facts about Me Main Faculty Appointments: Mechanical Engineering, Control & Dynamical Systems Faculty Affiliate: Computation & Neural Systems, Medical Engineering, BioEngineering|

Address: Mail Code 104-44, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 Phone: +01 (626) 395-4139; FAX: +01 (626) 583-4963 Email: jwb at robotics dot caltech dot edu Admin: Ms. Sonya Lincoln; (626) 395-3385, lincolns at caltech dot edu

Current Research Projects & Interests My research is divided between traditional robotics research, and collaborations with neuroscientists to develop technology for paralyzed nervous systems. More information can be found at the Burdick Research Group Homepage Robotics Research We competed in the DARPA Robotic Challenge as part of Team RoboSimian With JPL, we are part of The Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance (RCTA). Robust Caging Graphs Mobile Manipulation Moball Axel; a minimalist rover for extreme planetary terrains (Axel Internal Wiki Page); We competed as part of the JPL team in the DARPA-ARMS program. NeuroEngineering High density epidural spinal stimulation (joint work with V.R. Edgerton)

Quick Links My Google Calendar Page; Reading Groups: CDS 270: Verification of Hybrid Systems; Caging; Neuro; Caltech;ME; CMS; CDS; MedE; CNS; BE; IST; CNSE; CIT Research Admin;

Teaching ME 115(a,b): Intro to Kinematics and Robotics. (older): CDS 110(b): Intro to Control Old ME/CS 131,132;ME 132 (2011); Robotic Navigation CDS 270: Manipulation & Grasping;

On-Line Publications/Catalogs Caltech Library: CIT Library; WebCLAS; New Matrials; CIT Theses; On-Line: arXiv; CiteSeer; DOE EPrint; MathSciNet (math pub. data base); AMS Preprints; Robotics Publication Data Base; Library of Congress; Bibliofind (new/used/rare book search engine); Handy References Table of Laplace Transforms; Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List; Planet Math; Tortoise SVN Doc.s;

Conferences, Workshops, Proposals ICRA 2016 Microsoft Conf. Management Software;

Quick Personal Links

Navigation: Google, Bing, AnyWho; News: CNN; NY Times; Yahoo News; Online TV: NHK; Al Jazeera; Financial News: CNBC; MarketWatch; Yahoo; Financial Data: FinViz; CFTC graphs; My Old Links Page; YT;

Weather: CNN; Intellicast; Weather.com; Weather Underground; LAX Radar; Maps: Google; Bing Maps; Mapquest; Travel: Hotel.com; FlightAware; AirFareWatchDog;CheapTickets; Expedia; Travelocity; Kayak; MetaLevel: WhichBudget; FlyLowCostAirlines; SkyScanner; MoMondo; WeGo; Travel: GORP; RoughGuides; HistoryChannel; BeachHouse; HomeAway Rentals; VacationHomeRentals; Local: Pasadena Weekly;

Robotics Links

Robotics Projects & Sites Public Data Sets: Raw Seeds; Willow Garage; 3D Laser Data sets; TUM Kitchen Data Set; Aass-Loop dataset; Freiburg Metallic Sphere RGBD data Online Conf. Materials: 4th SLAM Summer School; ICRA 2010 Wkshop on Safe Navigation in Dynamics Environments; Formal Methods for Robotics; Online Courses/Tutorials: Locomotion Seminar Course; Mechanisms: ParalleMIC; McCarthy\'s Software/Textbook; Zhong You\'s \'\'Motion Structures\'\'; Catalog of Symmetric Tensegrities; Hoberman Assoc.s; Cornell Reuleaux Collection; Manipulation: IEEE/RAS MobileManipulation; J. Hopkins (elastic mechanisms); Hyper-Redundant: Peristaltic Crawler; Aerial/MAV: IEEE MAV; Prioria Maverick; (Festo Smartbird: Festo; IEEE Spectrum; TED Talk); Japanese Flying Sphere (Another Sphere video); U. Maryland Cyclocopter; Quadrotors: MikroKopter Project; XUfo; XUfo shop; AR Drone (cheap hobby quad); DroneHacks (open source for AR drone); AR Drone Flyers; Underwater/marine: AUV links; Harbor Wing Technologies (robotic sailboat); AirHacks.Org; Bio: Argo Medical Technologies (Rehab. Exoskeleton), Berkeley Bionics (TedX presentation); SnakeRobots; Agricultural: Spider Robot Lawn Mower; Agricultrral Robotics Portal; Harvest Automation; Robotic Harvesting; Agrobot; Wikipedial AgRobot Page; FieldRobot.dk (Hortibot);Ag FieldRobot Contest; Hortibot; Personal Robotics: Intel HERB; Intelligent Transportation: Save U project (pedestrian safety); AndroidWorld\n* Dan Roe Sculptural Robotics Opensource Yocto (open source embedded dev. environment); ROS; CMU Personal Robotics ROS; CHOMP Motion Planner; USNA MATLAB kit for iRobot Create; 6D Slam@sourceforge; Fast Appearance Based mapping; Robotics MATLAB Toolbox; Chai3D (haptics); KiteLab; Peter Corke\'s tool boxes; GATMO (moving object SLAM); 3D scale space; OpenRave (main); OpenRAVE; OpenGrasp; ASTER high-res digital earth maps; LaValle Book: Dubins Curves; Reeds-Shepp; Balkcom-Mason Curves;

Robotics Events, News, Community Arrick Robot News Page; IEEE-RAS; LabRobotics; Robotics On-line; Robotics Trends; ICORR Home RobotsEvents.com, TheRobotReport.com Robot-Dreams, GoRobotics.Net; Yahoo Robotics Page; RoboCentral; AndroidWorld; Intercontinental Driving Challenge; Autonomous Robots Blog; Let\'s Make Robots; Robotics Competitions IGCV Robots in Fiction & Cinema Cinematic Robots @DavidZondy; Robot Film Festival;

Robot Hardware/Mechanisms Links Robot Manufacturers: OC Robotics (video of their snake in action); Schunk; Research Bots: HiBot (Hirose lab spin-off); Adept Mobile Robots; RobotShop; Hobby/Education Robots: Robot Market Place; FingerTech (wheels); LynxMotion, VexRobotics; RoboWorld; SGBotic; ActiveRobots; LegoMindstorm; VCS Hobbies, RoboBrothers, RoboPhilo; Innovative Experiments (Thai); Images Sci. Instrument (parts); Robotics Connection,AcroName Robotics; RoboticsGroup; Trossen; WrightHobbies; Pololu; HVW Tech; RobotStoreHK; RoboKits.com.in; Innovati; RC Technology: Hitec RCD; EnduranceRC; Tamayi USA, Mecoa(lots of RC engines);Airborne Models; SpeedKom; HobbyPartz; RC Boyz; RobotWorx (used robots); SuperDroidRobots; Plastic Pals Robots; Mechanisms Mechanizmalar (mechanism animations); Servos/Controllers/Electronics Sparkfun (many cool items); GoogolTech; OceanControls (quite extensive); RobotPower (high power speed control);p QKits; RobotCraft; WatterOtt Elec. (Ger.); VanTec (Motor Controller), GoTronic; Lawicel (sweden); ThaiEasyElec; NuBotics(encoders/controllers); NanoCore 12 (microcontrollers); MaximumRobotics VFD: DealersElectric (var. freq. drives/motors); Embedded Computing/Interface Hardware MicroControllerShop; CoolComponentsUK; SunSpot;\n* Parallax (Stamp/Propeller chips); BasicX Aduino; CharmedLabs (Qwerk mini-PC); FusionControl; Mbed Microcontroller (ARM processor); Pachube (networked sensors)

Sensing Metria Innovations (3D optical tracking sensor) CH Robotics(mini IMU/orientation); Sensors Portal; Probyte.Fi sensors; IDM store (Taiwan); GigaPan Systems (pan/tilt for Digital cameras) SunRise Auto(Force/Torque sensors); Microstrain intertial sensors; Motors/Actuators Castle (brushless & ESCs); Firgelli (linear servos); EOL Surplus motors; NewScale (squiggle motors); SurplusCenter; BaneBots; PlayRobot (Taiwan) Tank Treads; Software Resources Karto Robotics (SRI motion planner/SLAM) Robot Basic, RobotC GPU Computing Hardware: Nvidia TESLA; SuperMicro 4Tesla Case; Software: Nvidia GPU software dev.; Nvidia CUDA Zone;CUDA for GPU; Jacket MATLAB Plug-In; CUDA MATLAB FFT plug-in GPU Sig. Proc.;GPULib; GPU-MAT OpenCL Tutorial Slides; GPU Molecular Computation; GPU convolutional Network;

Nuts&Bolts Mechanical Engineering/Design Resources

Product Design Notebook;

Linear Components: PBC Linear; 80/20; LM 76;

Low Cost/Used/Hobby Machine Tools Find-A-Machine]; TechSpex (compares machines); SouthernTool; Lathemaster (small mills/lathes) Hobby Shop Machinist; American Machine Tools; Roland Mills; MachineToolsWarehouse; IH CNC (nice small mill); TownLabs (table top 3,4 axis); CNC Masters; FlashCut CNC; TorMach; Sherline; Micro-Mark; KT Marketing; Hobby CNC; Torchmate; MaxNC; MikiMech; Enco(small machines); \'Routers: CNC Router Source (good CNC controller tutorials, links); CNC Router Store; SolSylva (router plans, guides); ProBotix; BuildYourCNC; Joe\'s CNC; IMWsrv (cheap CNC router); MarchantDice (Router parts); SaleCNC (cheap routers); NextWave; Cerebral Meltdown; MetalWorking: TinMan Technologies Wood: PennStateInd.; Rockler Woodworking Tools: DiscountTools; Tools-n-gizmos; CuttingToolSource; Glacern (mill tools); The Engineers Shop; Wholesale Tools For Less; AnyTime Tools; EMachineShop (online machining service); Electronics: HomeShopCNC Inc.; PMDX (CNC/Motion Control Boards); MotionTek (motors/servos); CampbellDesigns; MachMotion

CAD/CAM CAD: AutoDesk 123D apps; NetFab (mesh construction/repair); CAM: [Mach3; Online G,M code tutorial; DolphinSystems; DolphinCAD USA; ArtCam MillWizard; GSimple(CAM); MultiCam Mill; CNC Shop Software;SimpleNC; NC-Plot (simulates CNC build); Easy DNC; Multi-DNC; Google Sketchup: Sketchup-to-CNC; 3D Models/Input: TraceParts; 3D Model Club (3D decorative models); VectorArt3D; VizArtOnLine; VectorClip3d; Simple3D; Renderosity; The 3D Studio; TurboSquid; OnLine Tutorials: Virtual Machine Shop; OnLine GCode course; Forums: HomeGrown CNC; CNC Forum; HomeMachinest; Practical Machinest; CNC Info.; Yahoo CAD/CAM/EDM forum; CNC Cookbook (and their Resources Page); MachineToolHelp; DIY CNC blog (good links); CNC-CI Links page (software links);\n** Comparison of Hobby CNC Mills; Hobbyist 3D Printing/Milling; Retrofits: SB Precision; Used Equip.: KD Capital (large selection); Ebay: Wheeler Machine Sales; PM Machine Sales; Rohner Machinery; American Machinery Liquidators; QualityMachineTools; Auctions: AAG; GreatAmerican; RL Spear; VanHorn; Ashman; Tauber-Arons; Ostrin & Ostrin; Abamex; CMA Auctions; Premiere Auctions; Bendis Co.; UBid4It; Hoff Hilk; BidItUp; BidSpotter; Go-Dove; Asset Sales; Asset Reliance; Thomas Auction; AssetAuctions;SurplusRecord; Transzon; CorpAssets; ICollector; AuctionZip;

Other Numerical Machine Tools Water Jets: WaterJets.Org; Yahoo WaterJets Group;

Pneumatics/Hydraulics Festo;

Fixtures/Clamps/Vises DestaCo(clamps, grippers); SeaCatch (under load release); Basic Mechanical Componenents Stock Drive Prodcts (great source for mechanical drive components); Small Parts; McMaster-Carr;\n* MicroFasteners,Boca Bearings,

Raw Material Industrial Metal Sales; Metal-By-The-Foot; Engineering MarketPlaces Global Spec; Zycon;

Computational Geometry

On-Line Demonstrations Shortest Path in a Polygon Resources Course/Resources for non-rigid shape matching; Hausdorff Distance Matching Code;

Origami Origami Heaven; Happy Folding.Com; Robert J. Lang; Erik Demaine; Curved Folding SIGGRAPH paper; Origami & Geometric Construction text by Lang; MRI Imaging/Segmentation ITK-Snap: Home Page;