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RoboCup. Available online. URL: http://www.robocup.org. Accessed on
September 15, 2005.
Site of a project to promote robotics research using soccer as a test bed for
many mobile robot skills. Conducts annual contests and aims to build a world
championship soccer team of autonomous robots by 2050.
“Robot.” Biography.ms. Available online. URL: http://robot.biography.ms.
Accessed on September 26, 2005.
Extensive overview of the concepts and history of robotics, with links to
related articles and sites.
Robotic Life. MIT Media Lab. Available online. URL: http://robotic.media.
mit.edu. Accessed on August 5, 2005.
Site of a project to develop cooperative robots that communicate in a variety
of ways with one another and with humans.
Robotics in Japan. URL: http://transit-port.net/Lists/Robotics.Org.in.Japan.
html. Accessed on September 15, 2005.
Provides links to robotics organizations and projects in Japan; also has links
to similar lists for Germany and Australia.
Robotics Links. URL: http://www.rdrop.com/~cary/html/robot_links.html.
Accessed on September 15, 2005.
Personal site of David Cary, with many links to robots by type and function,
descriptions of robot components, news articles, and specific robots, organiza-
tions, and projects.
Robots Alive! Guide & Resources. Available online. URL: http://www.pbs.
org/safarchive/4_class/45_pguides/pguide_705/4575_idx.html. Accessed
on August 5, 2005.
Teachers’ guide for a Scientific American Frontiers television show about
robotics. Includes some very interesting video downloads showing robots
driving, walking, and interacting with people.

Periodicals

IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Published by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Online edition at URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/sesrvlet/opac?punumber-8860
The number one cited academic journal in robotics

Personal Robotics News
(Online newsletter)
URL: http://www3.sympatico.ca/donroy/aboutprn.html
Primarily for home robot builders and enthusiasts