ROS & Simulation

  • ROS Noetic / ROS2 Humble – Robot brain framework

  • Gazebo / Ignition – Physics-based robot simulator

  • Webots – Easy 3D robot simulation

  • CoppeliaSim (V-REP) – Powerful robot simulation suite

  • NVIDIA Isaac Sim – High-end robotics simulation (free for students)

CAD & Mechanical Design

  • Fusion 360 (Free for students)

  • Onshape (Browser-based CAD)

  • SolidWorks Student Edition

  • Blender (Animations + physics)

Electronics & Prototyping

  • Arduino documentation

  • Raspberry Pi docs

  • ESP32/ESP8266 dev guides

  • Pololu robotics components

  • Adafruit + SparkFun tutorials

🧠 AI, CV & ML for Robotics

  • OpenCV – Computer vision library

  • MediaPipe – Hand/pose/face tracking

  • TensorFlow Lite – On-device ML

  • YOLOv8 – Object detection

  • PyTorch – ML training & inference

  • Edge Impulse – Train ML models for embedded devices

🛫 Drones / UAV / VTOL

  • PX4 Autopilot documentation

  • ArduPilot documentation

  • QGroundControl (Mission planning software)

  • DJI SDK (For compatible drones)

  • Betaflight (FPV drone firmware)

🦾 Assistive & Prosthetic Robotics

  • OpenBionics resources

  • e-NABLE prosthetic design library

  • MyoWare + EMG sensor tutorials

  • 3D-printable prosthetic models on GrabCAD

🚨 Disaster Response / Industrial Robotics

  • DARPA Robotics Challenge resources

  • Open-source SLAM papers & code

  • Lidar datasets (KITTI, ScanNet)

  • Robotics warehouse datasets

💻 Startup & Pitching

  • Y Combinator Startup School

  • Sequoia’s “Writing a Business Plan”

  • Y Combinator’s 10-slide pitch template

  • Business Model Canvas (downloadable template)

  • TAM/SAM/SOM market sizing guides

🎥 Video & Demo Tools

  • OBS Studio (recording demos)

  • CapCut / DaVinci Resolve (easy editing)

  • Canva (for pitch deck design)

  • Figma (UI/UX for robot interfaces)

📁 Datasets for Robotics Projects

  • KITTI Vision Benchmark

  • COCO Dataset

  • Open Images Dataset

  • Google Scanned Objects

  • Physion (physics interaction data)

🛠 APIs & Useful Tools

  • OpenAI API (for AI/robotics integration)

  • Google Firebase (IoT dashboards)

  • Blynk / Node-RED (quick robotics UIs)

  • MQTT brokers for robot communication

  • Twilio / WhatsApp API (alerts & remote control)

🎓 Beginner-Friendly Learning

  • “Robotics 101” – MIT OpenCourseWare

  • “Modern Robotics” – Northwestern University

  • Coursera Robotics Specialization

  • Udacity Flying Car Nanodegree (drones)

  • FreeCodeCamp Python + AI tutorials

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