Robot Videos and Articles
***Must-see links are marked with bold asterisks***

Last updated: April 28, 2009

History and Definitions

The Tech: Universal Robots
http://www.thetech.org/robotics/universal/index.html

AAAI: A Brief History of AI
http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AITopics/BriefHistory

"Robot" at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot

***The Singularity of Ray Kurzweil***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc5gIj3jz44

Animal-like behavior

Modular robot reassembly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIn-sMq8-Ls

Self assembling robots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkvpEfAPXn4

***Festo Robot Penguins***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5JHMpLIqO4

***The Early Days of the Monkey-Robot Alliance***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOkpn0BN2HE

Human-like behavior

ASIMO Learns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ByGQGiVMg

Japanese HRP-4C
http://robot.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2009/03/16/1665.html

Robot Labor

***Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer (2009)***
http://www.sleepdealer.com/Landing.html

Military and Killer Robots

P.W. Singer, Wired for War
http://wiredforwar.pwsinger.com

***Talon Robot***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7HNE0r-w4

***Multiple Kill Hover Test***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBMU6l6GsdM

Boston Dynamics Big Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZj9qKXetwg

Sarcos Robotic Exoskeleton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYWd2C3XVIk

Japanese Land Walker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N_IE8O1Kww

Fire-Breathing Robot
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/04/who_called_it_firebreathing_ro.php

Tufts to Develop Morphing Chemical Robots
http://www.physorg.com/news134043071.html

Industrial Robot out-of-control
http://io9.com/5230181/robot-beats-man-in-sweden-grabbing-his-head-and-shaking-him

Man Builds Robot to Kill Himself
http://www.robotworldnews.com/100497.html

***PW Singer on War as Entertainment***
http://bigthink.com/ideas/pw-singer-on-war-as-entertainment