- 50 Best Robots Ever, The
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Annotated list of the best ever. From Wired Magazine.
www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/robots.html
- Aibo (5)
Learn about Aibo, the Artificial Intelligence roBOt dog developed by the D21 lab at Sony through sites featuring background information, bulletin board, photo galleries, hack site, fanpages, and online resources for the robotic dog which can walk, see its environment, and recognize spoken commands.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robots/Aibo
- Android World
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Worldwide android or anthropomorphic robot development projects.
www.androidworld.com
- Asimo (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robots/Asimo
- Atacama Desert Trek (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robots/Atacama_Desert_Trek
- Autonomous Helicopter Project
Working to develop a vision-guided robot helicopter which can autonomously carry out a goal mission in any weather conditions and using only on-board intelligence and computing power.
www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/chopper/www
- B-9 (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robots/B_9
- Big Signal Project
Research program at Carnegie Mellon University developing robotic projects that allow the public to remotely experience places they could not otherwise visit.
www.bigsignal.net
- BotJunkie
Obsessively chronicles Man's inevitable descent into cybernetic slavery, one robot at a time.
www.botjunkie.com
- Bryan's Robotics Journal
Site for anyone interested in robotics without the soldering iron.
robotics.fullthrottle.com
- Cool Robot Of The Week
Bestowed upon robotics-related Web sites by the NASA Space Telerobotics Program.
ranier.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_page/coolrobots.html
- Cricket
Simple walking robot based on the Stamp II controller. Responds to infrared commands or walks based on its own programming.
home.earthlink.net/~henryarnold
- DJ I Robot
World's first random-access, fully analog robotic DJ system.
www.dj-i-robot.com
- Dr. Gavin Miller's Snake Robots
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Information about several scratch-built snake robots that slither and sidewind under radio control, including video clips in MPEG format.
www.snakerobots.com
- Hacking Roomba
Functional and fun hacks for the Roomba vacuum. Site includes projects from the book, additional hacks, source code, and links to various hacking resources.
hackingroomba.com
- Home Robots
News and information on useful and fun robots for the home, such as humanoids, housecleaning, yard care, pet, security, and educational robots.
www.homerobots.com
- ItsARobot.com
Dedicated to the RoboScout.
www.itsarobot.com
- Kismet
An autonomous robot designed for social interactions with humans. Part of the larger Cog Project at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
www.ai.mit.edu/projects/kismet/kismet.html
- Mechanical Following Puppy
Senior design project using the Basic Stamp II and ultrasonic communication signals.
www.angelfire.com/sc/ee98/index.html
- Mechanical Marvels of the Nineteenth Century
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Illustrated accounts and history of robots in the Victorian era 1865-1893.
www.bigredhair.com/robots
- MicroMouse
Presenting details of the design and components used to assemble an autonomous robot capable of finding the center of a maze.
www.micromouseinfo.com
- Micromouse Information Centre
Offers information and resources for micromouse builders.
micromouse.cannock.ac.uk
- Palm Pilot Robot Kit
Explains how to build an autonomous robot controlled by a handheld device.
www.cs.cmu.edu/~pprk
- Robonaut
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Humanoid robot designed by the Robot Systems Technology Branch at NASA's Johnson Space Center in a collaborative effort with DARPA.
vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er_er/html/robonaut/robonaut.html
- Robot Information Central
Provides detailed information on robotics and their use in various situations.
www.robotics.com/robots.html
- Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search
Initiative to enable autonomous discovery of Antarctic meteorites using robotic search and on-site automatic classification of rock samples.
www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/projects/meteorobot2000
- Robotic De-Mining
Research and construction of a safe landmine detecting robot.
www.ri.cmu.edu/projects/project_220.html
- Robots Life
Comprehensive site dedicated to amateur, domestic, and research robots. Includes news, interviews, projects, events, and more.
www.robotslife.com
- Robots.net
News and discussion site for those interested in robots and robotics. Includes the well-known Robot Competition FAQ and a variety of resource pages.
www.robots.net
- Rotundus AB
Develops mobile robots suitable for surveillance and inspection in rough environments.
www.rotundus.se
- Saika Project
A light-weight, human-size, low-cost humanoid robot. Saika means "outstanding intelligence" in Japanese.
www.jsk.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/research/saika/index.html
- Scientific American Frontiers: The Intimate Machine
Looks at how scientists are blending technology with sociology to make machines more fun to use.
www.pbs.org/saf/1303
- Wikipedia: Robots
Detailed overview of robots, including their history, contemporary uses, future prospects, and various classes of robots.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot
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