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» ARGO Project - A Linux based, autonomous robotic car developed by researchers at the University of Parma, Parma, Italy. Site in Italian and English.
» ASIMO - Official home page of Honda's Humanoid Robot. Sites includes history of the robots, photos, descriptions of the technology, and event information.
» Alice - A miniature, autonomous robot powered by watch motors, watch batteries and a PIC microcontroller.
» Aryan: An Interactive Robot Face - An interactive robot face constructed from scratch for research in social human-robot interaction. It can detect and track people and express adequate facial expressions.
» Boilerplate - A fictional Victorian-era robot created as a hoax. Site include a wealth of "historical" photos and accounts of the robot's exploits in World War I.
» COG - A humanoid robot that attempts to approximate the sensory and motor dynamics of the upper human body. Used by MIT to study human robot interactions.
» Gadget - Machine Intelligence Platform - A rover built on a remote control car chassis.
» HERMES - A humanoid service robot developed by Bundeswehr University in Munich, Germany. The robot is able to explore unknown environments and to fulfil transportation and manipulation tasks in spacious human-populated areas.
» Hamlet - A six legged robot developed at the University of Canterbury for researching force-position control.
» Homer - An autonomous robotic project designed to explore its surroundings. It uses a stepper motor and the Sharp GP2D12 for 360 degrees of "sight".
» Inkha - Home of Inkha, a robotic head capable of tracking objects visually and emulating human facial expressions and reactions. Site includes software and hardware architecture descriptions, photos, videos, and a schedule showing you where you can see Inkha in
» Kismet - A Robot designed to assist research into social interactions between robots and humans.
» M A R V I N - An Autonomously Operating Flying Robot - Photos, papers, system overview, and press materials covering MARVIN the Multi-purpose Aerial Robot Vehicle with Intelligent Navigation. Includes videos and photos of its participation in the annual International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC).
» NASA Robonaut Program - A NASA/DARPA research project that seeks to develop and demonstrate a robotic system that can function as an EVA astronaut equivalent.
» NEC PaPeRo Personal Robot - A prototype research robot designed to live with humans at home as a partner. The robot recognises faces and avoids obstacles as it travels around the home.
» PalmBot - A small, autonomous robot controlled by a Palm Pilot computer.
» Phoenix Mobile Experimental Platform - A mobile autonomous robot platform designed for experimenting with Camera Based Adaptive Robot Navigation and Learning (CAROL).
» Robot de Neuro - A robot developed at Mechatronic Research Systems in Switzerland as part of a research program into neural network based visual guidance and navigation.
» Shrimp - EPFL high-mobility rover with extended climbing abilities. Shrimp is a wheeled robot able to overcome obstacles of twice its wheel size and can climb regular stairs.
» The Official Stiquito Webpage - Information about the Stiquito Robot, including how it works and where you can purchase Stiquito books, kits, and supplies.
» ZaurBot - The project combines a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 PDA with an OOPic-R microcontroller in a tread driven robot.
» Zaza - Information on Zaza the autonomous Tech Museum robot.