Full Coverage: Robots and Robotics
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News Stories
- Scientists create robot toddler AP via Yahoo! News - Fri, Jun 08, 2007
- Baby robot that can walk, talk and feel at Daily Mail - Tue, Jun 05, 2007
- Japanese robot likes sushi, fears president Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue, Jun 05, 2007
- Portsmouth students build 'Atomic Dog' robot for contest at The Virginian-Pilot (reg. req'd) - Mon, Jun 04, 2007
- Robot to stand guard at SKorean school AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu, May 31, 2007
Feature Articles
- Should the human race be worried by the rise of robots? at The Independent (UK) - Wed, Apr 25, 2007
- March of the consumer robots at BBC - Thu, Jan 11, 2007
- In pictures: Robot menagerie, Robot lab at BBC - Mon, Nov 06, 2006
- Experimental AI Powers Robot Army at Wired News - Thu, Sep 14, 2006
- For 1st Woman With Bionic Arm, a New Life Is Within Reach at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Thu, Sep 14, 2006
- Snake-arm robots slither forward at BBC - Wed, Sep 13, 2006
Opinion & Editorials
- Who needs a robot to mow the lawn? at Salt Lake Tribune - Mon, Jun 04, 2007
- Overwhelmed With Gadgets? Here's a Dinosaur. at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Thu, Feb 09, 2006
- Robots, Gadgets and High-Tech Games at Wall St. Journal - Tue, Jul 05, 2005
- Robotic space endeavors lack creativity of humans at USATODAY.com - Mon, Jul 12, 2004
- Robots and the Rest of Us at Wired Magazine - Thu, May 13, 2004
- Not so fast, not so far at Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Mon, Apr 26, 2004
Photos
Robots
Chihiro Ogawa, an employee of a PR company, holds a prototype of Honda Motor Co.'s new walking assist device designed for the people whose leg muscles are weakened ...
Related Web Sites
- The Grand Ghallenge
- Official site of the robot race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Hosted by DARPA.
- RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Initiative
- Official site of the international research and education initiative to foster AI and intelligent robotics research.
- Robotics: Sensing, Thinking, Acting
- Online exhibit that details the history of robots, takes a look at robot art, and discusses ethical issues surrounding robotics. From the The Tech Museum of Innovation.
- Survival Research Laboratories
- re-directing the techniques, tools, and tenets of industry, science, and the military away from their typical manifestations in practicality, product or warfare. See video of SRL machines in action.
- The Intimate Machine: Intelligent by Design
- indepth feature from PBS.
- Robotic Vehicles Group
- Performs research, development, and tests of mobile robots in support of planetary exploration missions and terrestrial applications for NASA and other government agencies.