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Useful Websites

NASA Robotics Sources
Compilation of websites about robots by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Unmanned Systems and Robotics Database
AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems and Robotics Database is the largest comprehensive and searchable database of all unmanned vehicles and robotic products operating in the air, ground and maritime domains.
What Is Robotics?
Information about robotics

In the library

Robots Through History by Jeri Freedman
Call Number: 629.8 FRE
ISBN: 9781448812363
Publication Date: 2011-01-15
Provides an overview of the history of robots, discussing robotic electronics, automation, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and other related topics; and includes an interview with roboticist Gail Drake.
Robots by Yes Magazine Editors (Editor); Howie Woo (Illustrator)
Call Number: 629.8 ROB
ISBN: 9781554532049
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Examines the history of robots, looks at their use in the early twenty-first century in homes, factories, hospitals, and other locations, and discusses the possible role of robots in the future as technological developments make them more advanced.
The Robotics Club
Call Number: 629.8 SHE
ISBN: 9781448822515
Publication Date: 2011-01-15
Provides an overview of the design and construction of robots, discusses robotics clubs and competitions, and includes an interview with members of Team 1511 Penfield Rolling Thunder.