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Stanford Research Institute: Robotics Demonstrations

For Students 9th - 10th
Robotics demonstration videos from Stanford Research Institute.
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Robotics Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Robotics Association site containing links to technical papers, educational resources, news, forums and other information.
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Intelligent Autonomous Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
University of Amsterdam research information focused on robotics and neuroscience, including visual and sound perception.
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University of Rochester: Robot Demonstrations

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent information of robotics projects at the University of Rochester, including video demonstrations of robots in action.
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McGill University

Mc Gill University: Mrl Research Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of information regarding the robotics projects at McGill University. Includes photos, video and informative text.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Robotics Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions and photos of the wide variety of robotics projects at Columbia University.
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Harvard University

Harvard Robotics Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
Research projects on computational vision, neural networks, tactile sensing, motion control and VLSI systems. Plus general info, Harvard and robotics related pages.
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California Institute of Technology

Cal Tech: Robotics Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the robotics home page from California Technical Institute. It has information on CalTech robotics research projects on kinematics mechanical systems.
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University of California

University of California: Robotics and Intelligent Machines Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Online research from the University of California, Berkeley focusing on robots for minimally invasive surgery, motion planning, and manufacturing automation.
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PBS

Nova Online: Bomb Squad

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on robots that are used for hazardous duty, such as patrolling beaches to find land mines, is found here.
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San Francisco Robotics Society of America/society's Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Another great compilation of the ideas and competitions of a city's robotics group. Exciting pictures of robots and competitions are all over this site, including a 4/5 working model of the Sojourner.
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Lira Lab: Laboratory for Integrated Advanced Robotics

For Students 9th - 10th
Site of the LIRA-Lab in University of Genoa, Italy which specializes in artificial vision and sensory-motor coordination from a computational neuroscience perspective.
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Australian National University: Robotics System Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Australian National University provides good descriptions and photos of robots involved in research in Australia.
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Seattle Robotics Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Searchable site with links to other robotics groups, industry pages and academic links.
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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University: Robotics Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
Robotics research at Carnegie Mellon University includes links to projects, research, and events.
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Dallas Personal Robotics Group/robot Hobbyist's Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Robot enthusiasts in the Dallas area get together for contests and other sharing of robotic information. Great pictures of personal robots here!
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Brown University

Brown Robotics: Robotics, Learning, and Autonomy at Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about robotics research at Brown University with links to Brown projects and other robotic sites.
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Robix Corporation/educational Robot Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Robix sells robotics kits to the education industry. Experience robotics through the use of VRML as a plug-in to your browser. Links to download the plug-in are on the site.
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Curiosity in the Classroom: Calculating Degrees of Freedom of Robotic Arm [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan to explore the movement of robots. Students will investigate the number of directions a robots arm can move using a simple construction set. An advance lesson to calculate the degrees of freedom using the Grubler's formula...
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Scientific American

Scientific American: Controlling Robots With the Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This seven-page article, published by Scientific American, explores how people may someday command wheelchairs and prosthetic devices by "thinking them through" the motions.