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[Project image] Toy Robots Initiative
Heads: Illah Nourbakhsh and H. Benjamin Brown

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Associated center: VASC
Associated lab/group: CREATE: Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment

For more information, see this project's homepage.

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Project Description

The Toy Robots Initiative operates under a set of guiding subgoals:

Personnel [Past Members]

Name Title Email Address
Christopher Bartley Senior Research Programmer bartley@cmu.edu
H. Benjamin's personal homepage H. Benjamin Brown Project Scientist hbb@cs.cmu.edu
Emily Hamner Senior Research Associate etf@andrew.cmu.edu
Tom Lauwers PhD Student, RI tlauwers@andrew.cmu.edu
Illah's personal homepage Illah Nourbakhsh Associate Professor illah@ri.cmu.edu

Current Sub-projects [Past Sub-projects]

Bow Leg Hopper - A novel, single-leg, dynamically stabilized planar robot that efficiently traverses rugged terrains under computer control.
BowGo - We have developed BOWGO (patent pending) - a new kind of pogo stick that bounces higher, farther and more efficiently than conventional devices.
Gyrover - A Single-Wheel, Gyroscopically stabilized Robot
Telepresence Robot Kit - To design, create, and disseminate robotics curricula and technologies that motivate young women and men to actively explore science and technology.
The CMUcam Vision Sensor - We have developed CMUcam - a new low-cost, low-power sensor for mobile robots.
The Personal Rover Project - We have developed the Personal Rover - a 18"x12"x24" highly autonomous, programmable robot.


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