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Webopedia.com: Artificial Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes a concise definition of artificial intelligence and an explanation of the different areas in which artificial intelligence is used.
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Website
Other

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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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Robot Sketcher

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this awesome tool that animates a robot that contains sliding arms (like those used in hydraulics) and rotating arms like those used in rotary motors. The exploration asks students to consider how to find the area drawn by the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Android World

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is devoted to androids - robots that look like humans. The site also has robotics links, robot links, animatronics links, and research links.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Android Robot

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is devoted to androids - robots that look like humans. The site also has robotics links, robot links, animatronics links, and research links.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Time Magazine: Maid to Order

For Students 9th - 10th
Picture and description of Roomba, a robot that vacuums your house. Roomba's technology and inventors come from MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab. A great site for exploring the uses of modern robotics!