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The world of robotics is nearly unlimited. If you can imagine it, there is most likely somebody working on it. Robots have the ability to walk, talk and even think for themselves. Robots have been integrated into everything that we do. Robots are used to perform repetitive acts, in areas where it is too dangerous for humans, in areas where human precision isn't good enough, and even in our household as toys and appliances. Rather than give a lecture on robotics, we have assembled a list of sites to educate the public in every aspect of the field. It is our intention to show the incredible range that robots have taken. If any of the links no longer work, please feel free to send an e-mail to the webmaster. A link is provided at the bottom of this page. For a glossary of robotics terms, follow the link here provided by the University of North Texas: Robotics Glossary.

Robotics Web Sites

Robots for fun

Robots with real world applications

Robots used for research and education

Fun and Entertaining Robots
Battlebots, a popular television show involving robots destroying each other.		Aibo, a well known robotics pet dog based on artificial intelligence technology.
	Robots 4 Fun specializes in supplying robots for entertainment to business events
Build your own robot		Bugsy the pet robot
	Robots for toys is a company that makes miniature robots
PurmaPaint - An online application that allows you to paint using a robot arm.		Lego Mindstorm robots that children can build for themselves
Robots performing important missions in the real world
Demining robots used to safely find landmines		Meteorbot. Searching for meteors in Antarctica
	The Sojourner robot used to explore the surface of Mars
The sniffing robot, designed to sniff out harmful gases		The Cybermotion Security Robot
	A sophisticated robot designed to pump gas.
Dante II, designed to explore volcanos.		Kawasaki industrialrobots
Robots used in research and education
iRobot is a company that manufactures a line of robots for education and research		The telerobot is used for remote access control of a robot arm.
	Xavier - an intelligent robot at Carnegie Mellon University
MIT robotics research projects		The DARPA Microrobot Project
	ActivMedia Robotics, the company that makes our PeopleBot robot.
Coyote is the name of a robot that entered a competition known as the Hors d'Oeuvres Event. This competition is one of the reasons our robot was purchased in the first place. After seeing the competition that took place, the CS department at SIUE agreed to purchase its own robots for research and possible future competitions.		Autonomous Robotics Research Group - the robotics research group of SIUE