Myro Development

From IPRE Wiki

Myro, which stands for My Robotics, is a shared source project aimed at making it easy for beginners to learn about computer science by programming robots. This is a project of the Institute for Personal Robots in Education, a joint initiative between the Georgia Institute of Technology, Bryn Mawr College, and Microsoft Research. You can find out more about the IPRE here: http://www.roboteducation.org/

This page is useful if you are interested in the code development of Myro.

You can read the in-progress textbook about using Myro in CS1 at the main page of this wiki, at Main Page.

You can read a reference manual on Myro at Myro Reference Manual. You can read about how to install Myro at Myro Installation Manual.

You can get the latest bleeding edge code out of CVS by reading http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/emergent/PyroDeveloperCVS (substitute Myro for Pyrobot)

Likewise, you can browse the CVS repository here: http://cvs.cs.brynmawr.edu/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/Myro/

You can join the Myro Users mailing list here: http://myro.roboteducation.org/mailman/listinfo/myro-users

IPRE Robot Kit - Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2007

IPRE Robot Kit - Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2007

IPRE Scribbler Parts List

1. 1 lunchbox (http://www.lunchboxes.com/robots.html), $14
2. 1 flashlight, $4
3. 4 Sharpie Pens, $2
4. 1 Myro CD, Myro Installation Manual, free
5. 1 robot (Scribbler, http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=28136), 1 @ $80, 10 @ $68, 20 @ $64
6. 1 USB Bluetooth Adaptor, see USB/Bluetooth Adapters, $25
7. 1 Serial Bluetooth Adaptors, (Parani SD100 bluetooth/serial adapter, http://www.lemosint.com/scripts/bluetooth_serial_adapter.asp), $107
8. 1 Serial cable (assembly instructions at http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~kjohara/winxp-08-10-2006/scribbler-hardware.html), $10

Total cost: about $230

This cost will come down later in 2007 when IPRE releases a new USB Serial dongle.