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Anthropomorphic robots
Android World
A good introduction to most of anthropomorphic robots projects all over the world.
www.androidworld.com -
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Honda Robot
From the P1 to Asimo, a few pages explaining the research on anthopormophic robots at
Honda.
world.honda.com/robot/
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HRP
The first result of the ambitious, state-funded Humanoid Robot Project in Japan, HRP-2 is one of the most sophisticated robots...
http://www.kawada.co.jp/ams/hrp-2/index_e.html -
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The Humanoid Project
A research project involving three androids: Elvis, Priscilla and Elvina, conducted in Sweden
(Goteborg University).
humanoid.fy.chalmers.se - US
Humanoid Robotics Group
A very famous part of the MIT, working on anthropomorphic robots and their interaction with
humans. Includes information about Cog, Coco and Kismet.
www.ai.mit.edu/projects/humanoid-robotics-group/ - US
Humanoid Robotics Institute
Synthesis of researches on android conducted at Waseda University.
www.humanoid.waseda.ac.jp/index.html - US JP
Intelligent Robotics Lab
Part of the Vanderbilt University, conducts research on humanoid robots, multi-robots
teams, etc. (including ISAC).
shogun.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/CIS/IRL/ - US
PINO
The Pino project is both a humanoid robot (commercialy available for research purpose) and an open software platform.
http://www.symbio.jst.go.jp/PINO/ -
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JP
Robonaut
An autonomous, nearly anthropomorphic (no legs) robot, developed by NASA.
vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er_er/html/robonaut/robonaut.html - US
Sugano Lab
Research center at the Waseda University, working on intelligent machines and
anthropomorphic robots.
www.sugano.mech.waseda.ac.jp/ - US JP
Waseda Automatic Manipulator
Part of Sugano Labs, research projects on anthropomorphic robots (including Wendy and
Hadaly) and dexterous artificial hand.
www.sugano.mech.waseda.ac.jp/wam/index.htm - US
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Life Online
News and features about AI, artificial life or intelligent agents.
www.alife.org - US
Cycorp
A private company developing Cyc, considered as one of the most "intelligent" software
ever.
www.cyc.com/ - US
Neurosciences Institute
A not-for-profit research center on brain functions, this institute develops very advanced
projects, such as NOMAD, an "intelligent" robot able to learn by itself.
www.nsi.edu/public/index2.asp - US
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
A non-profit organization devoted to AI, and more precisely to the Singularity - the point in time when machines will become smarter than humans. Dense and good information about the notion of intelligence and the path that could lead to the building of a "real AI".
http://www.singinst.org/ -
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Gurus
Rodney Brooks (personal page)
Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the MIT, and one of the most famous
AI/robotics gurus.
www.ai.mit.edu/people/brooks/ - US
Hugo de Garis (personal page)
Involved in the creation of an artificial brain for years, De Garis coined the term "artilect" -
for Artificial Intellect, and is one of the most "explosive" AI searchers.
www.cs.usu.edu/~degaris/ - US
Douglas Hofstadter
The director of the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, developing software
systems and computer models of high-level perception and analogical thought.
www.psych.indiana.edu/people/homepages/hofstadter.html -
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KurzweilAI.net
A huge website proposed by AI-guru Raymond Kurzweil. Talks, news, thoughts, articles and
Ramona, a smart chatterbot... One of the most interesting place about Artificial Intelligence
(or, simply, Intelligence) on the Web.
www.kurzweilai.net - US
Marvin Minsky (personal page)
One of the main AI-gurus. Minsky's page presents many essays and thoughts, very useful to
understand what computers' intelligence is - or will be.
http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ - US
Hans Moravec
One of the most prominent pionneers, involved in AI and mobile robots since 1963.
http://cart.frc.ri.cmu.edu/users/hpm/ -
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Alan Turing Home Page
A very comprehensive site about Turing, his life, his work and his famous test.
www.turing.org.uk/turing - US
Law enforcement and war robots
Robotics at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center
Many military research projects are conducted here, notably Unmanned Air Vehicles or
autonomous monitoring robots (Robart).
www.nosc.mil/robots/ - US
Miniaturized robots
NanoWalkers
An amazing project at MIT, involving small autonomous robots able to move at very quick
paces and to perform precise tasks. (More about NanoWalkers in Project)
biorobotics.mit.edu/fpga/Default.htm - US
MicroMachine Center
Coordination, information and research about miniaturized components or robots.
www.mmc.or.jp/ - US
JP
Space and exploration robots
Computational Sciences Division
A division of NASA Ames Research Center, conducting research, among others, on
autonomous space robots (including PSA).
ic-www.arc.nasa.gov/ - US
JPL - Robotics
The entry point for robotics projects conducted at the NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
mainly rovers (Fido) and exploration machines (Urbie).
www.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/robotics/robotics_index.html - US
Miscellaneous
Caltech Robotics
The robotics division of the California Institute of Technology, involved in robotics
locomotion, medical robots and more.
robby.caltech.edu - US
Cool Robot of the Week
Every week a selection of a research robot project. A must.
ranier.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_page/coolrobots.html - US
Gastrorobots
A research group at University of Florida devoted to building robots powered by organic
food (!).
www.eng.usf.edu/%7ewilkinso/gastrobotics - US
iRobot Corp.
A company involved in the conception of sophisticated robots for domestic or corporate
users. Lines of products include dolls or telepresence robots, but iRobot is also strongly
involved in R&D; with US research labs.
www.irobot.com - US
JHU Robotics Division
The robotics division of Johns Hopkins University, involved in research on many aspects of
robotics, including novel surgical instrumentation or "smart" electro-mechanical
systems.
robotics.jhu.edu - US
Robocup
"By 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the
human world champion team in soccer." Both an international yearly event and a joint
project to promote AI and robotics.
www.robocup.org - US JP
Robotics Institute
The entry point of robotics and AI research at Carnegie Mellon University.
www.ri.cmu.edu - US
Robotic Research in Japan
A comprehensive listing of all universities/labs involved in robotics in Japan.
nobunaga.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~inamura/jrobres/index.html - US JP
Simon Laven Page
The most comprehensive website about chatterbots (programs performing natural language
talks).
www.simonlaven.com - US
The Loebner Prize
Official page of the Loebner Prize, which awards the best AI softwares, as far as the Turing Test is concerned.
http://www.loebner.net/Prizef/loebner-prize.html -
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