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Robot Operating Systems
Saenz, Aaron. 2010. Robot Operating System Celebrates 3rd Birthday with Exponential Growth (video). November 8. singularityhub.com

Select Bibliographies
Robotics' Textbooks - The MIT Press. 2010. Browse Robotics' Textbooks - The MIT Press. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Select Competitions
Zero Robotics. 2010. Zero Robotics. (Zero Robotics is a student competition that takes "arena robotics" to new heights, literally. The robots are miniature satellites called SPHERES, and the final tournament is aboard the International Space Station!). Cambridge, MA: MIT.

Select Humor
Robots Speak Out Against Asimov’s First Law Of Robotics. The Onion.

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Select Photos
Manaugh, Geoff. 2011. TIME, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND SPATIAL DEVICES. April 16. Los Angeles, CA: bldgblog.blogspot.com.

Select References
Ackerman, Evan. 2011. This Begging Robot Can Have All My Money. April 22. spectrum.ieee.org

Bernstein, Ian. 2006. Beam-online - Robots - The Bug. beam-online.com

Blackman, Christine. 2010. Secrets of the gecko foot help robot climb. August 24. Stanford, CA: Stanford University News.

Calo, Ryan. 2011. Apps for Robots. January 23. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford Law.

Calo, Ryan. 2011. NEVADA BILL WOULD PAVE THE ROAD TO AUTONOMOUS CARS. April 28. Palo Alto, CA: blogs.law.stanford.edu

Calo, Ryan. 2010. Open Robotics. November 11. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford Law.

Calo, Ryan. 2011. Open Robotics. July 1. Ithaca, NY: blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop.

Carey, Benedict and John Markoff. 2010. Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Ceurstemont, Sandrine. 2010. Life-drawing robot could teach us about art. April 1. New Scientist.

CmdrTaco. 2011. Robots Successfully Invent Their Own Language. May 18. hardware.slashdot.org

Coxworth, Ben. 2011. Quadruped CHEETAH robot to outrun any human. March 3. gizmag.com

Derndorfer, Christopher. 2011. Controlling LEGO WeDo robots via Scratch on an XO laptop. July 18. Cambridge, MA: OLPC News.

Emspak, Jesse. 2011 Robot Throws First Pitch At Phillies Game. April 20. ibtimes.com

garymortimer. 2011. Natural Interaction With Flying Robots Via Kinect. July 02. hardware.slashdot.org.

Guizzo, Erico. 2011. Elfoid: A Pocket-Size Fetus-Like Robot Might Be Your Next Cellphone. March 3. spectrum.ieee.org.

Guizzo, Erico. 2011. Obama Commanding Robot Revolution, Announces Major Robotics Initiative. June 24. spectrum.ieee.org.

Harada, Cesar. 2011. Protei, Open Hardware Oil Spill Cleaning Sailing Robot. April. New Orleans, LA: kickstarter.com

itwbennett. 2011. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/14/0158243/This-Robot-Needs-a-Hug. May 14. hardware.slashdot.org

Lanier, Jaron. 2010. The First Church of Robotics. (Op-Ed). August 9. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Manaugh, Geoff. 2011. THE HOUSE OF MECHANICAL ANIMALS. July 19. Los Angeles, CA: bldgblog.

Manaugh, Geoff. 2011. [http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/robot-and-architect-are-friends.html THE ROBOT AND THE ARCHITECT ARE FRIENDS]. March 6. Los Angeles, CA: bldgblog.

mikejuk. 2011. Aldebaran Robotics To Open Source Nao Robot Control Software. May 15. hardware.slashdot.org

Quick, Darren. 2011. Insect-inspired HECTOR walking robot. April 18. www.gizmag.com

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. From ‘Wall-E’ to Fukushima, Robots Roam. April 17. New York, NY: The New York Times.

samzenpus. 2011. Robots 'Evolve' Altruism. May 04. science.slashdot.org

samzenpus. 2011. Wall-E Robot Made With LEGO Mindstorms. July 19. idle.slashdot.org

Takahashi, Nobuhiro. 2011. Robotic "Tongue" Lets You French Kiss Over The Internet. May 3. idle.slashdot.org.

SJ. 2011. butiábot: XO Linerider robot in action. May 7. Cambridge, MA: blog.laptop.org.

Soulskill. 2011. Motorola Adopting 3 Laws of Robotics For Android?. February 14. mobile.slashdot.org

Technabob. 2010. robots ready to take over your home. September 2. Chicago, IL: technabob.com

thebchuckster. 2011. Japanese Military Invents Tumbling, Flying Sphere. July 16. hardware.slashdot.org.

Thompson, Derek. 2011. Who Is Safe From the Robot Revolution?. March 7. The Atlantic.

Timothy. 2011. German Aerospace Robot Plays Catch With Two Balls. April 30. hardware.slashdot.org

Timothy. 2011. Robo-Gunsight System Makes Sniper's Life Easier. April 30. tech.slashdot.org

Trout, Christopher. 2011. RoboEarth teaches robots to learn from peers, pour European fruit beverages (video). February 2. engadget.com

White, Charlie. 2011. Gang of Smart Mini-Copters Learns How to Build Stuff - VIDEO. January 16. Mashable.

White, Charlie. 2011. [http://mashable.com/2011/03/04/lifelike-robot/ Is This a Robot or Human? VIDEO]. March 4. (Geminoid) Mashable.

White, Charlie. 2011. Robots Gone Wild: The Most Elaborate Action Sequence Ever Filmed (VIDEO). January 28. Mashable.

Williams, Mary-Anne. 2010. What’s it like to be a robot?. September 5. Stanford, CA: blogs.law.stanford.edu

Select Robotics' Hardware
Mindstorms NXT. 2010. Lego Mindsorms NXT. (Lego Mindstorms is a line of programmable robotics/construction toys, manufactured by the Lego Group. it comes in a kit containing many pieces including sensors and cables).

Select Textbooks
Siegwart, Roland and Illah R. Nourbakhsh. 2004. Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Select Video and Audio
Breazeal, Cynthia. 2011. Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots. TED Talk.

Calo, Ryan. 2011. Ethics@Noon: Robots & Privacy. March 11. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford Law School.

Calo, Ryan. 2010. Robots: The Law - mp3. Stanford, CA: www.robotspodcast.com/podcast

Elliott, Amy-Mae. 2010. Top 10 Robot Videos on YouTube. May 16. Mashable.com

Fischer, Markus. 2011. A robot that flies like a bird. Monterey, CA: Ted Talk.

Jansen, Theo. 2007. Theo Jansen creates new creatures. Monterey, CA: TED Talks.

Knight, Heather. 2011. Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy. TED Talk.

O'Dell, Jolie. 2011. Intel Shows Us the Digital Future of Lego. January 11. mashable.com

Robot Violinist. 2007. Robot Violinist. Youtube.com

Saenz, Aaron. 2010. Land Crawler eXtreme is the Freakiest Riding Robot We’ve Seen (video). November 22. singularityhub.com

Saenz, Aaron. 2010. Videos of Robot Controlled By Rat Brain – Amazing Technology Still Moving Forward. October 6. singularityhub.com

Toyota's Violinist Robot in China "New 2010". 2010. Toyota's Violinist Robot in China "New 2010". youtube.com

Wu, Steve. 2011. Panel Discussion at Association of Defense Counsel (ADC) – DEC 9, 2010. February 19. Stanford, CA: Stanford Law School.

Lego

Ganapati, Priya. 2010. Machine Made of Lego Builds Anything You Want — Out of Lego. October 20. wired.com/gadgetlab

Jennings, Mike. 2010. The genius of the Lego Printer: video. June 2nd. UK: pcpro.co.uk.

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