Robotics Links: Information sources about robot study, research, applications, events, and organizations
Research and Study Centers
- Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
- Michigan Robotics, the College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Institute for Robotics & Intelligent Machines, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- Oregon State University Robotics, Corvallis, OR, primary hosting site for the Robot Operating System
- Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR), Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center (RASC), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Future Robotics Organization, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
- Contextual Robotics Institute at University of California--San Diego, San Diego, CA
- General Robotics, Automation, Sensing & Perception Laboratory (GRASP) Lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- The Maryland Robotics Center, Institute for Systems Research, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Robotics Innovation Center (RIC), German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH), Bremen, Germany
- Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Robotics at UT Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Center for Intelligent Systems, Control, and Robotics (CISCOR), Florida State University and Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
- Center for Automation, Robotics and Distributed Intelligence (CARDI), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
- Robotics and Intelligent Machines Lab, University of California--Berkeley, CA
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL), Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- Columbia University Robotics Group, New York, NY
- WisconsinHCI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
- National Robotics Initiative, Washington, DC
- Sandia National Laboratories High Consequence, Automation, & Robotics
News and information
- IEEE Spectrum--Robotics: covers Artificial Intelligence, DIY Robots, Drones Home Robots, Humanoid Robots, Industrial Robots, Medical Robots, Military Robots, Robot Sensors & Actuators, Robotics Software, and Space Robots
- The Robot Report: tracks the robotics business
- Live Science--Robots: covers robots and related inventions; news, articles, images, infographics, references, and videos
- Robohub: covers robotics research, start-ups, business, and education
- Futurism.com robot: covers technologies and scientific discoveries; search for "robot" in news feed
- SingularityHub robot: covers technology, breakthroughs, players, and issues shaping the future; search for "robot" in news feed
- Robotics Trends: consumer-oriented robotic innovation and technologies
- Robot Magazine: covers technology and robotics innovations for fun and education; includes how-to and coverage of building robots
- Robot Rabbi: blog of Oliver Mitchell, chronicling the autonomy robolution, Manhattan, NY
- Robotics Business Review: covers developments, people, and companies in robot development; some free articles; subscription required for full access
- Robotics Law Journal: covers regulation issues for lawyers, manufacturers, and others in the robotics and artificial intelligence industry; some free content; other content requires subscription
Journals
- The International Journal of Robotics Research: scholarly peer-reviewed journal; Editor: John M. Hollerbach, School of Computing, University of Utah, USA.
- Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics: scholarly, peer-reviewed journal of American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Editor: Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania, USA; research in theory, algorithms and applications for robotic and machine systems
Groups and Conferences
- Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) Institute
- International Federation of Robotics
- Robotic Industries Association and the Automate Show
- World Robot Olympiad
- National Robotics Week (USA)
- Japan Robot Association and Japan Robot Week
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
- Robotics: Science and Systems Conference
- British Automation & Robot Association
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC)
- World Robot Conference
Interesting Videos
- BBC Rise of the Robots: Web Site
- Robot Prison Guards
- Mining Industry -- The Future is Automation from ABB
- Robots in agriculture by Professor Peter Corke, Queensland University of Technology
- Forestry Robot from Scion
- Amazon warehouse robots demonstrating Amazon Robotics
- Introducing Handle from Boston Dynamics
- Robotic Assembly System from FANUC America Corporation
General Reference
- CS223A Introduction to Robotics, Stanford University. Introduces the basics of robot systems.
- Robotics--How Stuff Works
- Robotics--Wikipedia
- 4IR Links: Fourth Industrial Revolution information sources