List of basic robotics topics

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Robotics is the science and technology of designing, making, and applying robots, including theory from many contributing fields. A robot is a mechanical or virtual, artificial agent. It is usually an electromechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to robotics:

Contents 1 Essence of robotics 2 Branches of robotics 3 Contributing fields 4 Robots 4.1 Types of robots 4.1.1 Industrial robots 4.1.2 Mobile robots 4.2 Real-life cyborgs 4.3 Specific robots and robot models 4.4 Robotic toys and toy robots 4.5 Notable Robots in fiction 5 History of robotics 6 Basic robotics concepts 7 Robotics software projects 8 Robotics tradeshows and conventions 9 Robotics contests and competitions 10 Robotics companies and brands 11 Robotics agencies, organizations, schools, and education programs 12 Robotics periodic publications 13 Robotics scholars 14 Leaders in robotics 15 Robotics lists 16 See also 17 External links

[edit] Essence of robotics

Main articles: Robotics and Roboticist

Automation

High tech

Machine

[edit] Branches of robotics

Android science Anthrobotics Artificial intelligence Autonomous research robotics BEAM robotics Behavior-based robotics Biomorphic robotics Bionics Biorobotics Cognitive robotics Computer vision

Developmental robotics Driverless cars Electronic Stability Control Epigenetic robotics Evolutionary robotics Home automation Human robot interaction Intelligent vehicle technologies Laboratory robotics Nanorobotics

Passive dynamics Rapid prototyping Robotic surgery Remote surgery Robot-assisted heart surgery Robot kinematics Robot locomotion Speech processing Swarm robotics Telepresence

[edit] Contributing fields

Aerospace Biology Biomechanics Computer science Computational linguistics Artificial Intelligence

Engineering Acoustical engineering Automotive engineering Chemical engineering Control engineering Electrical engineering Electronic engineering Mechanical engineering Microelectromechanical engineering Nanoengineering Optical engineering Safety engineering Software engineering Telecommunications

Fiction Literature Movies Military science Psychology Cognitive science Behavioral science Philosophy Ethics Physics Dynamics Kinematics

Additionally, contributing fields include the specific field(s) a particular robot is being designed for. Expertise in surgical procedures and anatomy, for instance would be required for designing robotic surgery applications.

[edit] Robots

[edit] Types of robots

[edit] Industrial robots

Main article: Industrial robot

Articulated robot Bang-bang robot Cartesian coordinate robot Delta robot Gantry robot

Liquid handling robot Parallel manipulator Serial manipulator SCARA robot

[edit] Mobile robots

Main article: Mobile robot

Aerobot Analog robot Android Artificial human companion Artificial powered exoskeleton Automated Guided Vehicle Autonomous robot Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Underwater gliders BEAM robots Audiotrope Climber (BEAM) Crawler (BEAM) Flier (BEAM) Jumper (BEAM) Phototrope Photovore (light eater) Radiotrope Roller (BEAM) Sitter (BEAM) Slider (BEAM) Solarroller Squirmer (BEAM) Swimmer (BEAM) Thermotrope Walker (BEAM) Cruise missile Cryobot Cyborg Differential wheeled robot Domestic robot Automated pool cleaner

Driverless car Drone Entertainment robot Gynoid Hexapod Humanoid robot Hybrot Microbot Military robot Non-silicon robot Remotely Operated Aircraft Remotely operated vehicle Remotely Piloted Vehicle Robot dog Robotic pet Robotic telescope Robotic unicycle Self-replicating machine Service robot Smart car Snakebot Social robot Space probe Unmanned aerial vehicle Unmanned Aircraft Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Unmanned ground vehicle Unmanned space mission Walker Wired intelligence

[edit] Real-life cyborgs

Main article: Cyborg

Claudia Mitchell

Jesse Sullivan

Kevin Warwick

[edit] Specific robots and robot models

Main article: Robot Hall of Fame

Actroid - (humanoid robot developed by Osaka University) Aesop - (Surgey robot commercialized by Intuitive Surgical) Albert Hubo - (humanoid robot) Albert one - (chatterbox robot) Alice - (mobile robot) Anthropos - (social robot) ASIMO - (Honda's latest bipedal humanoid robot) Ballbot - (robotic unicycle prototype) Battlebots contenders Deadblow - (combat robot) BigDog - (quadruped robot) Boe-Bot - (robot kit) Choromet - (mini humanoid robot) Cog - (humanoid robot, research project) Corobot - (mobile robot) Cosmobot - (therapist assistant) Crusher - (off-road unmanned ground vehicle) DaVinci - (Telesurgery robot developed and commercialized by Intuitive Surgical) Deep Drone - (submersible remotely operated vehicle) Don Cuco El Guapo - (pianist robot) Dragon Eye - (military unmanned aerial vehicle) Dragon Runner - (4kg urban combat RC military robot) Dymiad - (versatile domestic robot) Electrolux Trilobite - (autonomous vacuum cleaner) Elektro - (antique robot) Enon - (personal assistant robot) Entomopter - (flying/crawling insect-like robot) European Robotic Arm - (autonomous and complete space walk robot) EveR-1 - (gynoid) ExoMars - (rover scheduled to explore Mars) Foosbot - (automated game) Foster-Miller TALON - (remote-controlled military robot) Friendly Vac - (autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner) Gastrobot - (robot with stomach) GuRoo - (humanoid robot) H1ghlander - (unmanned ground vehicle) HAL 5 - (artificial powered exoskeleton) Honda E0 - (bipedal humanoid robot) Honda E1 - (bipedal humanoid robot) Honda P series - (bipedal humanoid robot) HUBO - (humanoid robot) Huygens probe - (ESA atmospheric entry probe) I-bot - (robot kit) ICub - (humanoid robot) Inkha - (interactive robotic head) Intelligent Small World Autonomous Robots for Micro-manipulation - (swarmbots) Joe Robot - (social robot) Khepera - (small mobile robot) KHR-1 - (programmable bipedal humanoid robot) Kismet - (antique head with ELIZA-style interaction) Land Walker - (one-man, two-legged walker transport) Lewis - (wedding photographer robot) LORAX - (autonomous rover) Mars Rover - (autonomous rovers sent to Mars) Mars Exploration Rover Mission - (unmanned space mission) Opportunity rover - (NASA autonomous rover) Spirit rover - (NASA autonomous rover) Scientific information from the Mars Exploration Rover mission Mars Pathfinder Mission Probe - (lander and autonomous rover) Marvin - ("Mobile Autonomous Robot Vehicle for Indoor Navigation") Megasaurus - (robotic car-eating dinosaur) Mobile Servicing System - (robotic system on the ISS) Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator - (robotic arm) Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment - (MULE, autonomous military ground vehicle) Musa - (Kendo fighting robot) Nomad rover - (NASA unmanned ground vehicle) PackBot - (line of military robots) PaPeRo - ("partner-type personal robot") Paro - (therapeutic baby harp seal robot) PatrolBot - (service robot) Polly - (behavior based robot)

Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly - (PUMA, industrial robot arm) Ravon - (Robust Autonomous Vehicle for Offroad Navigation) Remote Manipulator System - (Space Shuttle's robotic arm) Repliee Q1Expo - (gynoid) Robomaxx - (autonomous vacuum cleaner) RoboMower - (autonomous lawnmower) Robonaut - (humanoid robot for spacewalks) Robosaurus - (robotic car-eating dinosaur) Roboshark - (robotic shark, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) RoboTurb - (industrial welding robot) Robot Wars contenders 101 - (combat robot) Behemoth - (combat robot) Bigger Brother - (combat robot) Bulldog Breed - (combat robot) Chaos 2 - (combat robot) Crushtacean - (combat robot) Dantomkia - (combat robot) Derek - (combat robot) Díotóir - (combat robot) Evil Weevil - (combat robot) Firestorm Robot Series - (combat robot) Gemini - (combat robot) Gravity - (combat robot) House Robots of Robot Wars - (combat robots) Matilda - (combat robot) Hypno-Disc - (combat robot) King Buxton Robot Series - (combat robots) Milly Ann Bug - (combat robot) Ming Die-nasty - (combat robot) Mortis - (combat robot) Napalm - (combat robot) Nemesis - (combat robot) Panic Attack - (combat robot) Plunderbird Robot Series - (combat robots) Psychosprout - (combat robot) Pussycat - (combat robot) Razer - (combat robot) Recyclops - (combat robot) Roadblock - (combat robot) Roger Plant Robot Series - (combat robots) Spikasaurus - (combat robot) Storm II - (combat robot) The Steel Avenger - (combat robot) Tornado - (combat robot) Tough as Nails - (combat robot) Typhoon 2 - (combat robot) X-Terminator - (combat robot) Push the Talking Trash Can - (remote controlled mobile trash can) Roomba - (autonomous vacuum cleaner) Sandstorm - (unmanned ground vehicle) S-bot mobile robot - (swarm-bot) Scooba - (autonomous robotic floor washer) Scorpio ROV - (remotely operated Deep Submergence Vehicle) Shakey the Robot - (early mobile robot) SIGMO - (humanoid robot based on passive dynamics) Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle - (military robot) Stanley - (autonomous unmanned ground vehicle; modified SUV) SYRANO - (French remote-controlled tank) Talisman UUV - (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) Transaurus - (robotic car-eating dinosaur) Tug - (delivery system for use in hospitals) Ulysses - (bomb-detecting robot) Vex - (robot kit) VaMP - first driverless car driving long distances in traffic (1994) Viky - (Surgery Robot commercialized by EndoControl Medical) Wakamaru - (personal companion domestic robot) Walking truck - (quadruped robot) XBC - (Xport Botball Controller) Xianxingzhe - (bipedal humanoid robot) XR-2 - (PC-operated robotic arm) Zoë - (solar-powered autonomous rover)

[edit] Robotic toys and toy robots

AIBO Big Loo Hexbug (hexapod insect) I-Cybie (robot dog) IDog Lego Mindstorms MANOI AT01 MANOI 01

Robo Hopper Plen Pleo (simple robotic dinosaur) Poo-Chi (simple robot dog) QRIO Roboraptor Robonova-1

RoboPhilo RoboSapien Robosapien v2 Roboraptor Roboreptile Sakura Best Friend Robot WR-07 (transformer robot)

[edit] Notable Robots in fiction

Main articles: List of fictional robots and androids and Cyborgs in fiction

790, from LEXX Ash, from Alien The Bicentennial Man Bishop, from Aliens C-3PO, from Star Wars Cylons, from Battlestar Galactica Blade Runner (not a robot, but a robot hunter)

Data, from Star Trek Goddard, Jimmy Neutron's robot pet dog "I, Robot" Johnny 5, from Short Circuit Kryten, from Red Dwarf Marvin the Paranoid Android The Protoss, from Starcraft

Replicants, from Blade Runner R2-D2, from Star Wars Robby the Robot RoboCop Robot Archie Super Robot The Terminator The Transformers

[edit] History of robotics

Main article: History of robots

History of artificial intelligence History of behavior-based robotics History of industrial robotics History of mobile robots

History of robotic surgery History of remote surgery

History of unmanned aerial vehicles History of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles Timeline of Humanoid Robots

[edit] Basic robotics concepts

Actuator Adaptable robotics Anthrobotics Artificial consciousness Artificial intelligence Astrochicken Assembly line Automatic speech recognition Automation Automaton Autonomous automation Autonomous research robotics Battery BEAM robotics Behavior based AI Behavior-based robotics Biomechanics Biomechatronics Biomorphic Biomorphic robotics Bionics Biorobotics Bow Leg Brain-computer interface Cog project Cognitive robotics Computer Computer vision Computing Constructionist design methodology Control System Control theory Creative robotics Cybernetics Cyberware Datalink Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Developmental robotics Dialog management Digesting Duck Domotics Electronic Stability Control

Embodied cognitive science Epigenetic robotics Face recognition Frankenstein complex Gesture recognition GPS Ground Control Station Guidance system Haptics Home automation Human-computer interaction Human robot interaction Inductive logic programming Inertial guidance system Intelligent agent Intelligent vehicle technologies Japanese robotics Laboratory robotics Leonardo's robot Machine Machine consciousness Machine learning Machine olfaction Machine vision Mechanical self-replication Mechatronics Modality Motor Nanorobotics Neuroevolution Neuromorphic Passive dynamics Process control Proprioception Rapid prototyping RC Servo Reciprocating Chemical Muscle Remote control Robot calibration Robot combat Robot control Robot fetishism

Robot Football Robot kinematics Robot kit Robot learning Robot locomotion Robot rights Robot-sumo Robot welding Roboteer Robotic book scanner Robotic mapping Robotic paradigms Robotic surgery Remote surgery Robot-assisted heart surgery Robotics conventions Screw theory Sensors Servo drive Servomechanism Simultaneous localization and mapping Software Robot software Player/Stage Project Software development Software engineering Software programming Solar panel Speech recognition Speech synthesis Subsumption architecture Swarm robotics Synthetic biology Tactical Control System Telematics Telepresence Three Laws of Robotics References to the Three Laws of Robotics Tilden's Law of Robotics Transhumanism Walking city Zero Moment Point

[edit] Robotics software projects

Main article: Robot software

• DROS, Dave's Robotic Operating System, free software for the robotics researcher or hobbyist
• MARIE - Mobile and Autonomous Robotics Integration Environment, a free software tool for building robotics software systems
• Marilou Robotics Studio, an integrated graphics environment for robotics prototyping, physics simulations and robots programming
• Microsoft Robotics Studio
• OROCOS - Open Robot Control Software project, a free software toolkit for realtime robot arm and machine tool control
• Player/Stage Project, a free software robot interface and simulation system, used for robotics research and teaching worldwide
• RoboRealm, free robot vision software
• Robot Intelligence Kernel from Idaho National Laboratory
• URBI - Universal Real-Time Behavior Interface
• Webots, a professional robot simulator used widely in academic and education
• YARP - Yet Another Robotic Platform, an open source platform for research in robotics

[edit] Robotics tradeshows and conventions

• Robonexus

[edit] Robotics contests and competitions

Main article: Robot competition

BattleBots BEST Robotics Botball Centennial Challenges DARPA Grand Challenge

European Land-Robot Trial FIRST Robotics Competition Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition International Aerial Robotics Competition National Robotics Challenge Northeast Robotics Club

PAReX Robocon RoboCup RobocupJunior Robot Wars Robotica

[edit] Robotics companies and brands

ABB Group ActivMedia Robotics Adept Technology ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Labs Audio-Animatronics Automatix Consolidated Robotics Epson Robots

Environmental Robots Inc. FANUC Robotics Foster-Miller Friendly Robotics Honda Institute of Robotics in Scandinavia AB (iRobis)

Intelligent Actuator IRobot Jim Henson's Creature Shop Kawasaki Robotics KUKA Perrone Robotics Transbotics Corporation Yaskawa Electric Corporation

[edit] Robotics agencies, organizations, schools, and education programs

AAAI Australian Centre for Field Robotics CSIRO Australia European Robotics Research Network

Federation of International Robot-soccer Association Laboratory Robotics Interest Group Maine FIRST Robotics Coalition

Robot Fighting League Robot Hall of Fame Robotics Institute TekBots

[edit] Robotics periodic publications

The encoder (newsletter)

Real Robots

SERVO Magazine

[edit] Robotics scholars

• Isaac Asimov

[edit] Leaders in robotics

Main article: Roboticist

George Devol Ernst Dickmanns Rodney Brooks

Robert C. Michelson Peter Nordin Sebastian Thrun

Mark W. Tilden Kevin Warwick

[edit] Robotics lists

• List of inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame
• List of fictional robots and androids

[edit] See also

Aerospace Aircraft Automobile Driverless cars

Human enhancement NASA Singularitarianism

Submarine Technology Technological singularity

[edit] External links

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• Adaptive Robotics Software at the Idaho National Laboratory
• Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)
• Automata and Art Bots mailing list home page
• Automonous Robots Journal
• "The Basics - Robot Software". Seattle Robotics Society.
• Beginner's Tutorial for Building a Robot
• Creators of robots for people Autonomous mobile robots.
• DARPA Grand Challenge
• DIY Learning robot Build your own autonomous learning programmable robot.
• FSI-All Japan Robot-Sumo Tournament
• Grape - Graphical Programming Environment for embedded controllers and qfix robots.
• Guarding the fence - 2 Autonomous combat vehicles developed in Israel - An article
• Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC)
• "Mobile Autonomous Robot Software (MARS)". Georgia Tech Research Corporation.
• Cognitive Robotics Lab of Juergen Schmidhuber at IDSIA and Technical University of Munich
• qfix robot kits Robot kits for hobby and education
• RoboCupJunior
• RobotRoom
• "Robot software components". Sluggish Software.
• Robot Tutorials for Beginners
• "Rossum Project". G.W. Lucas.
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Robot-Sumo Competition
• "Tech Database". robot.spawar.navy.mil.
• Robotics and Electronics Tutorials and Educational ressources
• RoombaGuide - The A to Z guide on Roomba

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