Robot

Cosma / Communication / Media / Simulation / Hardware / Robot

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

—————————

Introduction1

Tech Policy Lab, University of Washington, YouTube Channel)
Tech Policy Lab, University of Washington, Official Website)

Dictionary

robot : a mechanism guided by automatic controls — Merriam-Webster   See also OneLook

Robot (FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing)

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Glossary

Learn About Robot: 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)

———————–

Inspiration

Talks about Robots (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Robots (Big Think)

———————-

Innovation

Commerce

Entrepreneurship

Robot Related Campaigns (Indiegogo)

Product

Robot (Etsy)
Robot Gifts (Zazzle)

————————–

Preservation

History

Man-Machine from the Greeks to the Computer (Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas)

Library

DDC: 629.892 Robots (Library Thing)
Subject: Robots (Library Thing)

Subject: Robots (Open Library)

LCC: TJ 210.2 Robots (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: TJ 210.2 Robots (Library of Congress)
Subject: Robots (Library of Congress)

Subject: Robots (WorldCat)

—————————

Participation

Education

Robotics (Science Trek)

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Course

Mechanical Engineering 2.12 Introduction to Robotics (Harry Asada and John Leonard, MIT OpenCourseware)

Robotics Courses (edX)

Community

Occupation

Robotics Engineers (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)

Organization

International Federation of Robotics
IEEE Robotics & Automation Society

News

Robotics News & Articles (IEEE Spectrum)
Robots (EurekaAlert, AAAS)
Robots (JSTOR)
Robots (NPR Archives)

Government

Engineering Humans for War (Annie Jacobsen, The Atlantic)

Document

Robot (USA.gov)

———————-

Expression

Hobby

Robotics (Discover a Hobby)

returntotop

——–

Related

Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Media

Function Communications Computation Storage Creation Simulation
Analog Mail Device Paper Type, Print Automaton
Electronic Network Calculator Tape Record Elektro
Digital Internet Computer
Hardware Modem Microprocessor Memory Peripheral Robot, XR
Software Service (Web) Program (OS, SS) Database Application AI, VW

Format Multimedia (Video, Animation) Image (Object) Scent, Flavor, Audio (Text) Haptic, “Other

——

Notes

1.   The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.