Robot

A Robot is any mechanical, electronic or automated device or component with the ability to be programmed to perform one or more tasks.

Today, robots are mostly used to perform a specific (often repetitive) task ranging in complexity from basic chores to tasks involving much more advanced fine motor skills and/or logic. Some common tasks for robots include: vacuuming a floor, folding laundry, cooking food, delivering food, performing a surgery, sensing for motion, doing surveillance tasks such as recording video or audio, lifting heavy items, etc; although more general purpose robots are becoming increasingly common.

Robotics

Cybernetics

Visual Acuity

See also: Image Recognition

Components

Data

Data can be used to populate a knowledge base for the robot to build its logic from, in order to be capable of interacting with its surroundings in an intelligent and safe manor (AI).

Controller

A microcontroller is used to coordinate operations such as data retrieval or feature activation (signal sending to other components).

CPU

If you wish to control more complex tasks such as balancing multiple simultaneous requests and parallel processing, a Central Processing Unit will be required.

GPU

If you wish to display audio-visual output representing a robot's thought process, navigation path, current live on-board camera view, or other process visualizations, a Graphics Processing Unit would be advisable.

Sensors

In order to interact with the world, the robot but have the capability to sense elements of its surroundings (depending on desired level of sophistication) by collecting data to add to its knowledgebase or analyze in real-time. Common sensors include:

Environmental Sensors

• Barometer (temperature)
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Wind Speed
• Gravitational field
• Magnetism
• Electric field
• Radiation (Geiger counter)
• Sunlight (UV index)
• Air quality ( IAQ/ OAQ/ VOC, pollen, pollutants, oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, PPM, etc)
• Water quality (salt, pollutants, vitamins, minerals, fluoride, PPM, etc)

Motion Sensors

• Proximity (to external objects) sensor
• Line of Sight and Peripheral Motion (of external objects) sensors
• Speedometer
• Wheel speed sensor
• Rotation
• Altimeter
• Level sensor
• Balance sensor (center of gravity calibrated)

Visual sensors

• Camera
• Live Video Camera
• LED
• Infrared
• Ultraviolet
• Night vision

Touch sensors

• Pressure
• Force
• Grip pressure
• Smoothness
• Rigidity
• Textile response (of external objects)

Robotic control fields

Combinations of sensors and networks deployed in the real-world, similar to WSNs but designed specifically for facilitating and/or limiting (as in "fencing-in" valid operational regions) the functionality of robots.

Turing Test

The Turing Test was a test designed to differentiate computers from humans by showing the lack of cognitive reasoning and true intelligence in machines, but its existence in human subjects. From the original test in the 1950s almost every such test designed to differentiate human and computers, or, to disprove cognitive abilities of machines, has been dubbed a "turing test". Despite their widespread acceptance, Turing Tests have also been widely criticized for their applicability, verifiability and fairness in scoring criteria among other things.

Three Laws

Isaac Asimov famously quoted the "Three Laws of Robotics" thusly:

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Types

Space

One of the first (and most common) usages of high-grade robotics has been in the area of space exploration and research, using technologies including unmanned drones, rovers, robotic orbit satellites, satellite/shuttle/space station repair bots, and reconnaisance/image taking robots, among the many others.

Canadarm

The Canadian Space Agency's Canadarm is a remote-controlled, payload-handling device made up of a number of components, and commonly referred to as a Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) by those in the Space industry.

• Canadarm: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/canadarm/default.asp

Mars Rovers

NASA's twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers, launched toward Mars on June 10 and July 7, 2003, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars. They landed on Mars January 3 and January 24 PST, 2004 (January 4 and January 25 UTC, 2004).

The Mars Exploration Rover mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet.

• NASA - Mars rovers http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• Mars Rovers: http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/overview/

Other

• Toyota Partner Robots Moon Mission by 2020?: http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=17564

Air

Predator Drone

• The Problem With the Predator: http://cursor.org/stories/dronesyndrome.htm
• Predator Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/unmanned_aerial_vehicles/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier

Bird

• Tiny spy planes could mimic birds, insects: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_re_us/us_hummingbird_drone

Land

Self-Driving Car

• Inside Google’s Self-Driving Cars: http://searchengineland.com/video-inside-googles-self-driving-cars-66806

GasRobot

• GasRobot: http://cdn3.libsyn.com/darby/GASROBOT.mp3

Gastrobots

• Gastrobotics: http://www.gastrobots.com/

Big Dog

• Boston Dynamics builds advanced robots with remarkable behavior: mobility, agility, dexterity and speed. We use sensor-based controls and computation to unlock the capabilities of complex mechanisms: http://www.bostondynamics.com/

• Video of BigDog Beta Quadruped Robot Is So Stupid It's Hilarious: http://gizmodo.com/372272/video-of-bigdog-beta-quadruped-robot-is-so-stupid-its-hilarious

Bomb Disposable

• Robotic Task Force -- A Two-Robot, Bomb-Defusing, Riot-Controlling, Firefighting Team: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/robots/4313799

Humanoid

• Telenoid R1 bot meant to be 'minimalistic human': http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20012359-1.html
• TEROOS robotic avatar gives your long-distance girlfriend a tiny, googly-eyed face (video): http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/25/teroos-robotic-avatar-gives-your-long-distance-girlfriend-a-tiny/

Asimo

• HONDA's official ASIMO website: http://asimo.honda.com/

Asimov-esque

• Asimov's Laws of Robotics: http://www.rogerclarke.com/SOS/Asimov.html
• I, Robot (by Isaac Asimov): http://www.iit.edu/~cs485/reports/asimovsi.htm

Einstein

• Freaky Robot Is a Real Einstein: http://www.livescience.com/technology/090710-robot-expression.html

Leonardo's Robot

• wikipedia: Leonardo's robot

Folding

• Self-Folding Origami millitary robot folds into Boat or Plane: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/video-pentagon-shape-shifter-folds-itself-into-boat-plane/
• Makerbot - t3-D Printers Make Manufacturing Accessible: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/makerbot/
• Is the Navy Trying to Start the Robot Apocalypse?: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/03/navy-robot-apocalypse/

Hospital Bots

• Robot hospital -- the doctor will 011100110110010101100101 you now: http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/robot-hospital-the-doctor-will-011100110110010101100101-you-now/
• RoboClinic: http://www.roboclinic.jp/
• Japanese robots enter daily life: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/robotics/2008-03-01-robots_N.htm
• Robot hospital opens in Osaka : http://www.lovingthemachine.com/2006/09/robot-hospital-opens-in-osaka.html
• Robots aid Humans in Japanese Hospitals: http://www.healthjockey.com/2006/11/08/robots-aids-humans-in-japanese-hospitals/
• Robots Chug Through Children’s Hospital Boston Delivering Meals: http://bostinnovation.com/2011/04/27/robots-chug-through-children’s-hospital-boston-delivering-meals/

da Vinci

• da Vinci robot performs organ transplant in the UK: http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/19/da-vinci-robot-performs-organ-transplant-in-the-uk/
• da Vinci® Surgical System: http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2005_Groups/04/davinci.html
• The da Vinci® Surgical System: http://www.intuitivesurgical.com/products/davinci_surgicalsystem/index.aspx

Civillian Bots

Home Care

Roomba

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• iRobot (creator of the Roomba): http://store.irobot.com/corp/index.jsp
• iRobot Store: http://store.irobot.com/home/index.jsp

AquaBot & RoboKleen

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• AquaBot: http://www.aquadist.com/

Foldy

• “Foldy”, Keio University’s laundry-folding robot: http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=13561
• At Berkeley, a robot that folds laundry: http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/video/at-berkeley-a-robot-that-folds-laundry/498451/?tag=col1;video-load-river

Toys

AIBO

• wikipedia:AIBO
• SONY AIBO: http://support.sony-europe.com/aibo/
• Robot Hall of Fame -- AIBO: http://www.robothalloffame.org/06inductees/aibo.html
• Farewell to AIBO: http://www.sony.co.uk/article/id/1140104277916

PLEO

• PLEO World: http://www.pleoworld.com/
• wikipedia:Pleo

I-Sobot

• I-Sobot -- humanoid desktop mini-robot (boasting smoothest bi-pedal movements): http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=1854

Walky

• Control Your Robot with iPhone Finger Gestures using “Walky”: http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=17266

Other

• Puppy .vs. Robot

• Diego-san humanoid robot baby: http://pinktentacle.com/2010/01/diego-san-humanoid-robot-baby/
• Robot fetches beer out of fridge: http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/video/a-robot-that-grabs-beer-out-of-the-fridge-and-more/443552/

Nanotechnology

Nano-Quadrotor (mini-helicopter drones):

Adult Entertainment

Sexual

• Could Robots be the Sex Partners of the Future?: http://www.healthjockey.com/2008/02/13/could-robots-be-the-sex-partners-of-the-future/
• Will Smart Skin wow the investors?: http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/672577
• Virtual Sex Machine: http://www.vrinnovations.com/index2.htm
• RealDoll (as seen on Howard Stern): http://www.realdoll.com/
• When Dogs and Robots Collide, Somebody Needs a Talking To: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121314664909963011.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone
• TrueCompanion - Roxxxy Sex Robot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEkqYta-i3s

• TOUCH SENSORS: http://www.kipr.org/curriculum/touch.html
• Zytronic Touch & Display Censors: http://zytronic.co.uk/
• Microsoft Research - Touch-Sensing Input Devices: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/kenh/papers/touch-sensing.pdf
• PleoWorld: http://www.pleoworld.com/downloads
• Pleo founding company UGOBE: http://www.ugobe.com/
• wikipedia: Teledildonics
• “Teledildonics” by Howard Rheingold: http://janefader.com/index.php/2010/09/teledildonics-by-howard-rheingold-mondo-2000-1990/

Smart Skin

• Smart Skin sweeps awards by showing entrepreneurial zeal: http://thebruns.ca/content/2009-03/smart-skin-sweeps-awards-showing-entrepreneurial-zeal
• UNB student creating a 'touchy' situation: http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/497317
• wikipedia: Artificial neural membrane

Mannequins

• NOELLE™ Maternal and Neonatal Birthing Simulator with PEDI® Blue Neonate : http://www.enasco.com/product/SB37713U?ref=rel_item
• Laerdal SimMan: http://www.laerdal.com/nav/29948425/Patient-Simulators.html

FemmeBots

AIKO

• Project Aiko: http://www.projectaiko.com/
• AIKO Robot timeline: http://www.dipity.com/timeline/Aiko_Robot/
• Brampton Man's Robot Girl Brings Him Fame But Not Fortune: http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/7197--brampton-man-s-robot-girl-brings-him-fame-but-not-fortune
• Canadian Man Builds Himself Anatomically-Correct 'Femme-Bot': http://www.infopackets.com/news/technology/science/2008/20081215_canadian_man_builds_himself_anatomically_correct_femme_bot.htm
• Crazy Japanese man living with a house full of sex dolls: http://www.toxicjunction.com/get.asp?i=V3057
• A Look At A Japanese Sex Doll Factory: http://www.hemmy.net/2007/05/28/a-look-at-a-japanese-sex-doll-factory/
• wikipedia:Sex doll

Geminoid

• Geminoid F: Hiroshi Ishiguro Unveils New Smiling Female Android: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/040310-geminoid-f-hiroshi-ishiguro-unveils-new-smiling-female-android

(Designed For) Male

Tenga

• wikipedia:Tenga (masturbation toy)

FleshLight

• Fleshlight demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WPZc3bSlNE
• Fleshlight (originals): http://www.fleshlight.com/original-fleshlights?link=89976
• wikipedia: Fleshlight
• Japanese Robotech Thruster Sex Machine: http://i.gizmodo.com/262624/japanese-robotech-thruster-sex-machine

(Designed For) Female

Vibrators

• http://www.desiresecrets.com/

ChinChin Machine

• List of ChinChin Machines (vibrators, dildos and many other variations): http://www.fuckingmachines.com/site/fm/machines/
• Japanese sex machine...damn they are lazy bastards!: http://www.shooshtime.com/videos/4554_Japanese-sex-machine.damn-they-are-lazy-bastards.html

Sybian

Device for vaginal and labial self-stimulation, or, use by a partner.

• Wikipedia: Sybian

Tools

• wikipedia: Open-source robotics
• Arduino Starter Kit: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9284
• Gazebo -- 3D multi-robot simulator with dynamics: http://gazebosim.org
• CARMEN: http://carmen.sourceforge.net/
• Simbad (Java) 3D Robot simulator: http://simbad.sourceforge.net/
• TeamBots: http://teambots.org/
• Khepera - Simulator Homepage: http://diwww.epfl.ch/lami/team/michel/khep-sim/

Resources

• Java EE Home Automation API: http://jhome.globalcode.com.br/
• DigInfo: http://www.diginfo.tv/ (documenting the robotics and high technology world with articles and videos)
• Society of Robots: https://www.societyofrobots.com/

Tutorials

• Open source robotics toolkits: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-robotools/
• iRobot Create Personal Home Robot: http://www.instructables.com/id/iRobot-Create-Personal-Home-Robot/

External Links

• wikipedia: Robot
• wikipedia: Mobile robot
• wikipedia: Personal robot
• wikipedia: Humanoid robot
• wikipedia: Comparison of domestic robots
• wikipedia: Sentience
• wikipedia: Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio
• wikipedia: Lego Mindstorms
• wikipedia: iRobot Create (general-purpose platform based on Roomba)
• wikipedia: Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
• wikipedia: Nanorobotics (Nanobots)
• wikipedia: Nanotechnology (Nanotech)
• wikipedia: Genetic engineering
• wikipedia: Transhumanism
• Science Diction: The Origin Of The Word 'Robot': http://www.npr.org/2011/04/22/135634400/science-diction-the-origin-of-the-word-robot
• ROBOTS feature in Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html
• LA Times - Meal-Delivering Robot at Hospital Falls Down Stairs (1992): http://articles.latimes.com/1992-10-11/local/me-33_1_meal-service
• Deliverbots -- self-driving delivery robots: http://www.templetons.com/brad/robocars/deliverbots.html
• Jallbot - A Grasshopper Inspired Robot: http://www.zeronetech.in/Robotics/jallbot-a-grasshopper-inspired-robot
• Forth Valley Royal Hospital (UK) to use robot 'workers': http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10344849
• Giant Robotic Cages to Roam Seas as Future Fish Farms?: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090818-giant-robotic-fish-farms.html
• Robot solves Rubik’s cube in 5 seconds, sets world record: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/robot-solves-rubiks-cube-in-5-seconds-sets-world-record-video/9033
• Infrared Sensor Robots -- Line-following Robots: http://ozirock.webs.com/irproximitysensor.htm
• Can battlefield robots take the place of soldiers?: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8495946.stm
• Paintball Sentry: http://paintballsentry.com
• New Pandora's box of 'personal' drones that could stalk anyone from Brangelina to your own child: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1327343/Personal-recreation-drones-developed.html
• Robot that moves like a roach, could find earthquake survivors: http://www.smartplanet.com/video/robot-that-moves-like-a-roach-could-find-earthquake-survivors/6317696
• Domestic use of aerial drones by law enforcement likely to prompt privacy debate: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/22/AR2011012204111.html?nav=hcmodule
• Roomba maker iRobot also developing military robots for Pentagon: http://www.naturalnews.com/021301_iRobot_military_robots.html
• Military Horror: Proposed Military Robot Would Literally Feed off Dead Battlefield Bodies to Power Itself: http://www.naturalnews.com/027584_military_robots.html
• Armed, Autonomous Robots "A Threat to Humanity": http://www.naturalnews.com/023867_robots_robot_military.html
• Experts -- Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CBD5Q01&show_article=1
• 50 Awesome Robots : http://abduzeedo.com/50-awesome-robots
• Japanese android condemned to be forever alone for Valentine’s Day: http://io9.com/5881681/japanese-android-condemned-to-be-forever-alone-for-valentines-day

• wikipedia: Orgasmatron
• Pleasure Domes and Orgasmatrons: http://www.futurehi.net/docs/Pleasure_Domes.html
• Japan Utility Ad forecasts impending Robot-takeover: http://www.impactlab.com/2008/09/22/japan-utility-ad-forecasts-impending-robot-takeover/
• Female GasRobot (Femmebot) -- Salarymen's dream come true (or nightmare): http://home.tokyo-gas.co.jp/pa-cho/tvcm/m2008_04_b.html
• Absolute Boyfriend (Zettai Kareshi) (Complete): http://www.mysoju.com/absolute-boyfriend-zettai-kareshi/
• Underwire - Real Science Sets Up Surrogate Futuristic Robot Action movie: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/09/surrogates-robot-technology/
• Slutbot aces Turing Test: http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/12/slutbot_passes.php
• Film Sensors Put the Squeeze on Strain Gages: http://sensorprod.com/news/articles/2008-02_designworld/
• Pressure Indicating Sensor Film: http://www.embeddedtechmag.com/content/view/294/123/
• Pressures & angles for orgasm: http://www.lastlongerinbedtips.com/facts.shtml
• Smart Skin Finalist in $125K Contest: http://www.oandp.com/articles/NEWS_2009-03-19_03.asp
• Artificial "skin" materials can sense pressure: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100912/tecnology/ctech_us_skin_artificial
• Tactile Pressure Indicating Sensor Film: http://www.sensorprod.com/pressurex.php
• Sexy Sex Robots You Can Have Sex With: http://www.ugo.com/tech/11-sexy-sex-robots
• 'Sex chip' being developed by scientists: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3886862/Sex-chip-being-developed-by-scientists.html
• The lives of Love Doll husbands: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-CA&vid=6e674be1-2700-490c-9d1f-84b394af3a0e
• Fleshbot Reviews the Real Touch, a Video-Synchronized Masturbator: http://gizmodo.com/5413074/fleshbot-reviews-the-real-touch-a-video+synchronized-masturbator
• RealTouch -- Your Awesome Robot Rubout: http://fleshbot.com/5412288/realtouch-your-awesome-robot-rubout
• RealTouch -- Teledildonics As Designed By Former NASA Engineer (NSFW): http://gizmodo.com/5129520/realtouch-teledildonics-as-designed-by-former-nasa-engineer-nsfw
• RealTouch - Break all the rules without breaking any promises: http://techcrunch.com/2009/01/12/realtouch-break-all-the-rules-without-breaking-any-promises/
• RealTouch - How It Works: www.realtouch.com/static/0005/index.html#howToPlay
• First Microsoft Kinect Sex Game Demoed: http://igxpro.net/2010/12/24/first-kinect-sex-game-demoed/
• How robots could run and walk like animals and humans: http://www.smartplanet.com/people/blog/pure-genius/how-robots-could-run-and-walk-like-animals-and-humans/3855/
• Futuristic Robots at the International Robot Exhibition: http://artsonearth.com/2010/03/futuristic-robots-at-the-international-robot-exhibition.html
• Robotic Restaurant: http://hackedgadgets.com/2007/09/02/robotic-restaurant/
• Top 10 Servant Robots for Your Home: http://realitypod.com/2010/04/top-10-servant-robots-for-home/
• Human and Robots - Visions of the Future: http://www.chilloutpoint.com/featured/human-and-robots-visions-of-the-future.html
• Perfect Dental Patient Unveiled at Showa University in Japan: http://incredibleworld.net/2010/03/perfect-dental-patient-unveiled-at-showa-university-in-japan/
• Robots may soon have eyes like you, thanks to artificial intelligence: http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/science-scope/robots-might-soon-have-eyes-like-you-thanks-to-ai/4079/?tag=content;col1
• Oncologists use robots to fight cancer: http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/video/oncologists-use-robots-to-fight-cancer/6202367/
• Japan unveils humanoid robot that laughs and smiles (w/ Video): http://www.physorg.com/news189528493.html
• 'Model' female robot to hit Japan catwalk: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29720798/
• Boy Scouts of America (BSA) - Robotics Merit Badge: http://boyslife.org/section/about-scouts/merit-badge-resources/robotics/

• Rise of the f*cking machines -- Arse Elektronika bumps uglies with Web 2.0: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/09/arse_elektronika/
• A decade of techno-sex -- Look how far we've come: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/14/techno_toys/0
• Internet embraces teledildonics: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/18/online_conference/
• Scored Sex - VSex and Gamecrush: http://www.slashdong.org/2011/03/14/scored-sex-vsex-and-gamecrush/
• Sybian Details: http://www.sybian.com/sybian_details.html
• Sex Gadgets of the rich and shameless: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/ex-toy-the-most-expensive-specs-in-sex
• Sex Toys go Mainstream: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/19/good-vibrations-sex-toys-go-mainstream/

• Robot Companions for Citizens project: http://www.robotcompanions.eu/
• Japanese robot to compete in Ironman Triathlon: http://www.digitalspy.ca/odd/news/a340934/japanese-robot-to-compete-in-ironman-triathlon.html
• Scientists build WiFi hunter-killer drone and call it SkyNET... Viene Tormenta!: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/10/scientists-build-wifi-hunter-killer-drone-and-call-it-skynet/
• Swarm-bots - Swarms of self-assembling artifacts (robots): http://www.swarm-bots.org/
• Swarm Robots Attack your Bookshelf with AAAI Oscar: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/14/swarm-robots-attack-your-bookshelf-win-aaai-oscar/
• With Backing From Google Ventures, Humanoid Brings Robot Supervision To Crowdsourced Tasks: techcrunch.com/2011/11/02/humanoid-google-ventures/
• Robotic guards coming to South Korean prisons: http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/robotic-guards-coming-to-south-korean-prisons/
• Spider Robot is Creepy, But Helpful: http://technabob.com/blog/2011/11/02/spider-robot/
• Orvillecopter takes flight - Cat run over by car gets extra life... as a remote-controlled helicopter: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/04/orvillecopter-takes-flight-cat-run-over-by-car-gets-extra-life-as-a-remote-controlled-helicopter/
• The best robots of 2011 (video): http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/the-best-robots-of-2011-video/64938
• Apple’s Chinese manufacturer to rely on a million robots to build iPhones: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/01/apples-chinese-manufacturer-to-rely-on-a-million-robots-to-build-iphones/
• CHEETAH - Fastest Legged Robot: http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_cheetah.html
• Transhumanism - The New Face of Eugenics: http://beforeitsnews.com/story/516/032/Transhumanism:_The_New_Face_of_Eugenics.html\
• I, Not Robot - Why The Rise Of SkyNet Leads To Automatic Unemployment For The People: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/i-not-robot-why-rise-skynet-leads-automatic-unemployment-people
• 'Emotional' android shows new face of robotics: http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/07/18/emotional-android-shows-new-face-of-robo?videoId=236550160&videoChannel=2602
• Robot Prostitutes - Coming Soon: http://freshtildeathtv.com/archives/robot-prostitutes-by-2050
• Meet squid-bot, a robot that camouflages itself: http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/meet-squid-bot-a-robot-that-camouflages-itself
• Real-life Avatar -- The first mind-controlled robot surrogate: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/132389-real-life-avatar-the-first-mind-controlled-robot-surrogate
• $126 Million Robot Restaurant in Tokyo's Kabuki-cho Red-Light District: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/life-robot-cabaret-tokyo-club-085347968.html
• The End Of Humanity -- Rise of the Robots: http://www.infowars.com/the-end-of-humanity-rise-of-the-robots/
• McDonald's Staff Denies 'Physical Altercation' With Cyborg Scientist: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/07/18/mcdonalds-staff-denies-physical-altercation-with-cyborg-scientist/
• API for camera motion control: http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Cameras/API-for-camera-motion-control/td-p/163042
• Why the future doesn't need us (by Bill Joy, then of Sun Microsystems): http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html
• CNN - Smartphone of the future will be in your brain: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/05/opinion/curran-lampe-mobile-phones/index.html
• Meet Rex - the $1m bionic man with working heart, set of lungs and human face: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/meet-rex-the-1m-bionic-man-with-working-heart-set-of-lungs-and-human-face-8481943.html
• The Robot Will See You Now: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/03/the-robot-will-see-you-now/309216/?single_page=true
• Death from a swarm of tiny drones - U.S. Air Force releases terrifying video of tiny flybots that can can hover, stalk and even kill targets:: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2281403/U-S-Air-Force-developing-terrifying-swarms-tiny-unmanned-drones-hover-crawl-kill-targets.html
• DARPA/Pentagon Contest Produces Terminator Robot: http://www.infowars.com/pentagon-contest-produces-terminator-robot/
• US Unemployment Is 7.9%—Are Robots to Blame?: http://singularityhub.com/2013/02/07/us-unemployment-is-7-9-are-robots-to-blame/
• IT jobs' big threat - Robots, Automation -- The solution - More Humanity: http://www.zdnet.com/it-jobs-big-threat-robots-automation-the-solution-more-humanity-7000033218/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61
• Sorry, Fanboys, There Will Be No Rise of the Machines: http://java.dzone.com/articles/sorry-fanboys-there-will-be-no
• Helping robots handle uncertainty: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/algorithm-helps-robots-handle-uncertainty-0602
• Scorpion robot will venture into Fukushima next month - Toshiba's "probe-bot" to reveal scale of devastation at melted nuclear reactor: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3146636/Scorpion-robot-venture-Fukushima-month-Toshiba-s-probe-reveal-scale-devastation-melted-nuclear-reactor.html
• Volkswagen German Plant Accident: Robot Grabs, Crushes Man To Death: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11712513/Robot-kills-man-at-Volkswagen-plant-in-Germany.html
• The robots are coming...to your mall: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/17/the-robots-are-coming-to-your-mall-commentary.html
• Sony Mobile, ZMP tie up on drone business: http://www.japantoday.com/smartphone/view/technology/sony-mobile-zmp-tie-up-on-drone-business
• Why it's time to prepare for a world where machines can do your job: http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-its-time-to-prepare-for-a-world-where-machines-can-do-your-job/
• What Is a ‘Computer’ Anymore?: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/what-is-a-computer-anymore/399014/
• Intel camera gives robots 3D vision: http://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-camera-gives-robots-3d-vision/ (Bot-maker Savioke announces an open-source wrapper for Intel's RealSense Camera, adding another low-cost 3D sensing solution to the roboticist's toolkit)
• Prestigious school weighs use of telepresence robots in the classroom: http://www.zdnet.com/article/prestigious-school-weighs-use-of-telepresence-robots-in-the-classroom/
• Notorious runaway robot that has escaped lab twice has been arrested by Russian police at political rally: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/notorious-runaway-robot-escaped-lab-8846563
• Giant robot duel is BACK ON as the US face Japan in ultimate battle to the death : http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/giant-robot-duel-face-japan-8839658
• There may be flowing water on Mars. But is there intelligent life on Earth?: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/29/water-mars-intelligent-life-earth-nasa
• Forget Apps, Now The Bots Take Over: http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/29/forget-apps-now-the-bots-take-over/
• The Robot Wants to Welcome You in, but First It Needs to Get Your Attention: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/10/05/the-robot-wants-to-welcome-you-in-but-first-it-needs-to-get-your-attention/
• Big study predicts the winners and losers of the robot revolution 2016 & beyond: http://mashable.com/2016/01/19/robot-jobs/
• How a 'robot artist' creates machines that can solve problems for businesses: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-a-robot-artist-creates-machines-that-can-solve-problems-for-businesses/
• "You and Robots ― What is it to be Human?": https://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/exhibitions/spexhibition/kimirobo.html (130 Robots of 90 Different Types)
• Folding shirts, pants and even towels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHljT48dz-U
• FOLDIMATE Laundry Folding Machine at CES 2019!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kv9eeKqmNk
• These robots can move your couch: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210824135325.htm
• Tesla Bot – everything you need to know: https://usa.inquirer.net/81836/tesla-bot-everything-you-need-to-know
• Boston Dynamics’ newest robot learns to open doors: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/boston-dynamics-newest-robot-learns-to-open-doors/
• Hacked sex robots could be told to kill their owners: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/hacked-sex-robots-could-told-23463702
• 'An army of robots' and zero human workers will build a dam in China: https://www.asiaone.com/digital/army-robots-and-zero-human-workers-will-build-dam-china
• A VISIT TO THE HUMAN FACTORY -- How to build the world’s most realistic robot: https://www.theverge.com/23054881/engineered-arts-robotic-humanoid-ai-ameca-artificial-intelligence

See Also

Automation | AI | Machine Learning | Bionics | Cyborg | Microcontroller | Image Recognition | Speech Recognition | Voice Recognition | HCI