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	Learn more about Robot in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alternately, robot has been used as the general term for a mechanical man or automaton resembling an animal either real or imagined, but has come to be applied to many machines which directly replace a human or animal in work or play.
		In the general sense of automaton, the biggest robot in the world is said to be the Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Nieuwe Waterweg waterway near Hoek van Holland, Netherlands, which automatically closes when needed.
		Robots were human-like and became philosophers, jugglers, politicans, orators, actors, teachers, acrobats, artists, poets, and shepherds of the less adept humans.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /r/ro/robot.html (2034 words)

	Exoskeleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An exoskeleton, in contrast to an endoskeleton, is an external anatomical feature that supports and protects an animal's body.
		An insect's exoskeleton (integument) serves not only as a protective covering (armour) over the body but also as a surface for muscle attachment, a water-tight barrier against desiccation and a sensory interface with the environment.
		In fact, the membranous portions of the exoskeleton and endoskeleton are closer to pure chitin than the hardened external sclerites.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Exoskeleton (457 words)

	Artificial powered exoskeleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An artificial powered exoskeleton is a self-powered exoskeleton typically intended for use by humans in battle, construction and survival in dangerous environments.
		As the technology becomes cheaper, and the problem of a reliable, portable power-source is solved, many expect exoskeletons to become widely used in the future by the military and police, and later by civilians.
		However exoskeletons may have to compete for adoption with cyborgs - enhancing the human body itself with implants and prosthetics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Artificial_powered_exoskeleton (3078 words)

	Dances with Robots: Science News Online, June 30, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Exoskeletons may one day give U.S. soldiers a crucial advantage as warfare becomes increasingly urban, says Ephrahim Garcia, manager of the new DARPA program.
		The robot, as heavy as a car, would have enabled a person to lift a refrigerator as though it were a bag of potatoes.
		Garcia says his current goal is to equip a soldier with an exoskeleton that will make him or her 3 to 10 times stronger than without it.
	www.sciencenews.org /articles/20010630/bob8.asp (2419 words)

	03.03.2004 - UC Berkeley Researchers Developing Robotic Exoskeleton that can Enhance Human Strength and Endurance
		The exoskeleton could eventually be used by army medics to carry injured soldiers off a battlefield, firefighters to haul their gear up dozens of flights of stairs to put out a high-rise blaze, or rescue workers to bring in food and first-aid supplies to areas where vehicles cannot enter.
		In the UC Berkeley experiments, the human pilot moved about a room wearing the 100-pound exoskeleton and a 70-pound backpack while feeling as if he were lugging a mere 5 pounds.
		When it is turned on, the exoskeleton is constantly calculating what it needs to do to distribute the weight so little to no load is imposed on the wearer.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2004/03/03_exo.shtml (980 words)

	Wikinfo \| Robot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A robot can be defined as a man-made entity with a body and an intelligent feedback-driven connection between perception and action - not under direct action-by-action human control.
		The United Nations University Millennium Project explored the question of the future interaction of robots and man. One of their scenarios, nominally placed in the year 3000, was called The Rise and Fall of the Robot Empire.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Robotics (1974 words)

	Robotics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Exoskeleton suit by the University of Tokyo. Designed to help the aged and disabled walk.
		This wearable robotic system could give soldiers the ability to run faster, carry heavier weapons and leap over large obstacles.
		The laptop is installed on the robot frame itself and autonomously (or under manual control via the Internet) controls the movements and the behaviors of the machine.
	home.comcast.net /~prutchi/index_files/robotics.htm (846 words)

	Dr. Paul Bosscher :: Research
		Parallel robots differ from traditional serial robots in that the moving platform (or end-effector) is connected to the base link (typically ground) by more than one linkage (or leg).
		In this case each "leg" of the robot is a cable connected to the end-effector that is reeled in and out by a motor.
		Cable-driven robots are very attractive because of their capabilities for high payloads (comparable to construction cranes), large range of motion, rapid deployment and easy reconfiguration.
	www.ent.ohiou.edu /~bosscher/research.html (619 words)

	Robotic technology teaches spinal cord injury patients to walk again
		The robot provides "gait training" by teaching a patient's spinal cord and brain, with sensory information, to signal the body to step again.
		The legs and hips are strapped into the machine's robotic exoskeleton, which simulates a fluid walking motion.
		Patients are ineligible for the study if they have a history of long bone fractures, have pressure sores that would be irritated by the robot exoskeleton, weigh more than 250 pounds or have blood pressure problems.
	www.utsouthwestern.edu /utsw/cda/dept37389/files/167520.html (576 words)

	math lessons - Robot
		Two basic ways of using effectors are to move the robot around (locomotion) or to move other object around (manipulation) These divide robotics into two mostly separate categories: mobile robotics (moving) and manipulator robotics (grabbing).
		The most popular category of home robots is the robotic vacuum cleaners, with 570,000 units sold worldwide by the end of 2003 [3].
		Some scientists believe that robots will be able to approximate human-like intelligence in the first half of the 21st century.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Robot (3477 words)

	IEEE Spectrum: The Hits of Tokyo Robot Week
		The world's largest robotics show, the International Robot Exhibition, was held in the Tokyo Big Sight complex from 30 November through 3 December 2005.
		One recent trend at the show, known as IREX 2005, is the increasing number of robots designed for purposes other than manufacturing, including those built to perform medical, welfare, cleaning, and security jobs.
		Amazingly lifelike, this office robot has been designed as an android "bearing a striking resemblance to a woman," with a command of four languages.
	www.spectrum.ieee.org /jan06/2537 (367 words)

	gizmag Article: More inductees into the ROBOT HALL OF FAME
		It’s not the Oscars but it is the robot world’s closest equivalent — the Robot Hall of Fame, an annual award to honor landmark achievements in robotics technology and the increasing contributions of robots to human endeavors.
		Unlike glamourous Hollywood awards nights, however, the mission of the Robot Hall of Fame is to credit the work of the early pioneers in robotics and heighten public awareness of robotics in general.
		This year's robots were selected by a jury with backgrounds in technology, science fiction and entertainment including Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, Inc.; Sir Arthur C. Clarke, writer and futurist; and Ruzena Bajcsy, a roboticist at the University of California, Berkeley.
	www.gizmag.com /go/3170 (572 words)

	Robotics, Control and Mechatronics Group - UWEE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Presently, there are 11 active Robotics and Controls faculty, and several emeritus faculty in a UW Robotics, Controls, and Mechatronics (RCM) effort, which includes faculty primarily from Electrical Engineering, Aeronautics and Astronautics and Mechanical Engineering as well as participation with Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Applied Mathematics.
		Rosen is developing a robotically assisted upper limb exoskeleton (wearable robot) with a human machine interface at the neural levels proving a more natural control of the exoskeleton as intuitive extension of the operator body.
		Associate Professor Karl Böhringer is involved in an interdisciplinary robotic activity tied to MEMS research, which recently created an omnidirectional mobile microrobot that moves via MEMS ``cilia'' actuator arrays.
	www.ee.washington.edu /research/robotics_controls_mech_group.html (493 words)

	Biorobotics Lab
		Robot I and Robot II were our first two biologically inspired projects.
		Robot III is our design in progress for a hexapod based on the cockroach.
		Robot V is another cockroach inspired robot, following in many ways after Robots III and IV.
	biorobots.cwru.edu /Projects/onrprojects.htm (224 words)

	Exoskeletons
		Exoskeletons incorporating robotic technology blur the boundrary between human and machine and forecast a drastic shift in the direction of technology - away from cyberspace.
		Toyota also previewed an interesting wheeled exoskeleton "iUnit" that is halfway between a car and wheelchair.
		A guy in Alaska has created a one-person startup, Neogentronyx, and is putting together a huge, Mecha-style robot exoskeleton to demonstrate at the local speedway.
	www.plyojump.com /exoskeletons.html (765 words)

	Bionic suit offers wearers super-strength - mech-tech - 09 April 2005 - New Scientist
		HAL is the result of 10 years' work by Yoshiyuki Sankai of the University of Tsukuba in Japan, and integrates mechanics, electronics, bionics and robotics in a new field known as cybernics.
		The most fully developed prototype, HAL 3, is a motor-driven metal "exoskeleton" that you strap onto your legs to power-assist leg movements.
		While the bio-cybernic system moves individual elements of the exoskeleton, a second system provides autonomous robotic control of the motors to coordinate these movements and make a task easier overall, helping someone to walk, for instance.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=mg18624945.800 (661 words)

	Previous Articles
		Then the virtual robots are allowed to try out their designs in the real world for movement and locomotion.
		robotic evolution, however right now it seems to be algorithms for finding out which design works better for locomotion rather than truly mutating the robot into a higher life form.
		Currently they have to help assemble the robots from the virtual design to the real world, but someday they hope that their robots will be able to do self-directed evolution and build themselves.
	robots.net /article/older.html?start=941 (2068 words)

	gizmag Article: The world's most advanced quadruped robot
		In short, BigDog is a quadruped robot the size of a small horse, and could equally have been called a robotic mule, because its skill sets are pre-destined to see it pressed into military service as a mule-like carrier companion for soldiers where conventional vehicles cannot go.
		Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in robotics and human simulation.
		The company is developing robots and human simulations for the United States Army, Navy and Marines and has developed robots unparalleled in agility and rough-terrain capability.
	www.gizmag.com /go/5305 (768 words)

	Publications
		Exoskeleton with EMG Based Active Assistance for Rehabilitation.
		The RoboKnee: an exoskeleton for enhancing strength and endurance during walking.
		Development and control of a 'soft-actuated' exoskeleton for use in physiotherapy and training.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~ferrisdp/NSF/Publications.htm (2937 words)

	ROBOTS ANDROIDS AND CYBERNETIC ORGANISMS AUTOMATION THE FUTURE OF MANKIND
		Robots are working all over the world almost every day to make the lives of humans easier.
		In practical terms, a robot is a mechanical device which performs automated tasks, either according to direct human supervision, a pre-defined program or, a set of general guidelines, using artificial intelligence techniques.
		The DARPA Grand Challenge was a competition for robotic vehicles to complete an under-300 mile, off-road course in the Mojave Desert.
	www.solarnavigator.net /robots.htm (4743 words)

	The Tech \| Exhibits \| Online \| The Robot Zoo! \| Fly
		Most of the body is covered in tiny hairs that let the fly detect pressure and vibrations.
		Instead, the outer skin of the body, called the cuticle, is stiff and shell-like and forms a type of outer skeleton, or exoskeleton.
		This robot fly is built in a similar way with a rigid casing on each of its sections.
	www.thetech.org /exhibits/online/robotzoo/about/fly.html (280 words)

	Toyota Launches the i-foot Mobility Robot Home Page of Assistive Technology News - Axistive.com® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The 2-legged, mountable robot was developed by Toyota for three-dimensional mobility and the ability to navigate staircases.
		Steering and speed of the “i-foot” is controlled with a joystick, a fun form of driving different from that of conventional forms of mobility.
		Two years ago, Toyota announced that it was going to develop a humanoid robot designed to help factory workers and provide assistance in nursing care and rescue operations in the Expo of 2005.
	www.axistive.com /content.jsp?objectid=5976 (311 words)

	DPRG Dallas Personal Robotics Group
		The Dallas Personal Robotics Group (DPRG), founded in June of 1984, is one of the nation's oldest special interest groups dedicated to the development and use of personal robotics.
		In addition to monthly meetings the DPRG holds robot competitions, monthly group workshops, and informal weekly lunch meetings.
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	www.dprg.org (180 words)

	Robot teaches 50-year-old man paralyzed to walk again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Robot teaches 50-year-old man paralyzed to walk again
		Physical therapists (from left) Nathan Foreman, Rachel VerHoef and Susan Martin work with patient Chuck Benefield, who was paralyzed in a motorcycle-car accident.
		A 50-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down in a devastating motorcycle accident ayear ago is learning to walk again with the help of a robot named Lokomat at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
	www.news-medical.net /?id=979 (613 words)

	jkOnTheRun: Robot exoskeleton- SF strength possible
		Human robotic enhancement is in the news again this week as according to Technology Review robotics inventor Stephen Jacobsen has demonstrated an exoskeleton that provides superhuman strength.
		A person wearing this powered “exoskeleton” on his or her legs can carry massive loads without getting tired.
		Exoskeletons could enable soldiers to haul heavier equipment over greater distances, allow rescue workers to carry survivors more safely, and eventually help disabled people get around.
	jkontherun.blogs.com /jkontherun/2004/06/robot_exoskelet.html (292 words)

	Previous Articles
		The suit consists of a computer, batteries, and four actuators at the knees and hip joints.
		This article from NewsObserver.com talks about robots that design themselves.
		PICs are a favorite of robot builders and everyone likes faster chips with more memory.
	robots.net /article/older.html?start=938 (1938 words)

	exoskeleton - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "exoskeleton" is defined.
		Exoskeleton : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include exoskeleton: berkeley lower extremity exoskeleton, crocodile exoskeleton, powered exoskeleton, robot exoskeleton, skin and exoskeleton
	www.onelook.com /?w=exoskeleton (220 words)

	Patlabor - RoboToys
		The invention of the "labor" fit the bill.
		Essentially a giant mechanical exoskeleton, a labor could be used for major construction duty.
		The possibilities of a labor did not escape various terrorist or criminal groups either, so labor-based crime became more common along with the labor.
	www.robotoys.com /st_main.html?p_catid=65 (193 words)

	The Best Sites about robot from Diigo
		- some about today tech as robots too, but some times a little uneuseful, it's a blog, and some words could be erased !
		- the bauer robot robonova forum with some news and the on the fly building and upgrading robot
		effectively, two robots come together, trade their genome, die, and two new robots are born in their place.
	www.diigo.com /tag/robot (527 words)

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