Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 13:03:18 EST
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From: "Fred G. Martin" <fredm@media.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: Where to order board kits? 


There are three boards in use by many on the list: the Mini Board, the
6.270 board and the Rug Warrior 6811 robot board (described in the
Flynn/Jones "Mobile Robotics" book).
 
Information on how to obtain these boards in contained in the
following files, located on the MIT FTP server
(cherupakha.media.mit.edu):

Mini Board:
	pub/miniboard/general-info	[blank/stuffed boards]

6.270 Board:
	pub/6270/howtoget.boards	[blank boards only]
	catalog				[semi-commercial source]

Rug Warrior:
	pub/6270/howtoget.boards	[blank boards only]

New-comers to the list should download both of the above text
documents.

Extensive on-line documentation (in the form of PostScript files)
exists for both the Mini Board and the 6.270 board.  This may be found
in:

Mini Board Technical Reference:
	pub/miniboard/docs/*.PS

	(hard copies available for $5 ea/post-paid by sending check to
	"MIT Epistemology and Learning", MIT Media Lab room E15-315, 
	Cambridge, MA 02139)

6.270 Robot Builder's Guide:
	pub/6270/docs/*.PS.Z		[Unix-compressed form]

	(hard copies for $15 ea/post-paid from above address)
	
Rug Warrior Robot Board:
	(buy the Flynn-Jones book.  If you cannot find it locally, it
	can be ordered direct from the publisher, AK Peters.  Contact
	them at 289 Linden Street, Wellesley, MA 02181; voice (617)
	235-2210, fax 235-2404.  Book is titled "Mobile Robots:  From
	Inspiration to Implementation.)

Hope this helps.

	-Fred