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One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. — Isaac Asimov, Laws of Robotics in I, Robot
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Introduction1
Dictionary
robot : a mechanism guided by automatic controls — Webster See also OneLook
Robot (FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing)
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Glossary
Encyclopedia
Robot is a mechanical intelligent agent which can perform tasks on its own, or with guidance. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine which is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous and come in those two basic types: those which are used for research into human-like systems, such as ASIMO and TOPIO, as well as those into more defined and specific roles, such as Nano robots and Swarm robots; and helper robots which are used to make or move things or perform menial or dangerous tasks, such as Industrial robots or mobile or servicing robots. Another common characteristic is that, by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own. — Wikipedia
Robot (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Outline
Outline of Robotics (Wikipedia)
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Innovation
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Preservation
History
Sublime Dreams of Living Machines: The Automaton in the European Imagination (Minsoo Kang)
Robot Gallery (Boston.com)
Celebrity robots (Alli Knothe, Boston.com)
History of robots (Wikipedia)
Museum
Robots Exhibit (Science Museum, UK)
Robots and Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence at MIT (MIT Museum)
Library
Library of Congress # TJ210.2 Robotics (UPenn Online Books)
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Education
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Course
Crash Course: Computer Science (YouTube Channel)
Community
Occupation
Robotics Engineers (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
Organization
IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
Forum
News
Robotics News & Articles (IEEE Spectrum)
NPR Archives
Book
Government
Engineering Humans for War (Annie Jacobsen, The Atlantic)
Document
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Expression
Fun
Hobby
Arts
Origin and Develoopment of Robotic Art (Eduardo Kac)
Robotic Art (Wikipedia)
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Music
Future
Rise of the Machines: The Future has Lots of Robots, Few Jobs for Humans (Wired)
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