Index of robotics articles

For a more comprehensive list, see the List of robotics topics.

Basic topics in robotics include:

Nature of robotics

Main article: Robotics

Branches of robotics

• Autonomous research robotics
• BEAM robotics
• Behavior-based robotics
• Biomorphic robotics
• Biorobotics
• Cognitive robotics
• Creative robotics
• Developmental robotics
• Epigenetic robotics
• Home automation and Domotics
• Human robot interaction
• Laboratory robotics
• Nanorobotics
• Robot kinematics
• Swarm robotics

Robots

Types of robots

Industrial robots

Main article: Industrial robot

• Articulated robot
• Cartesian coordinate robot
• SCARA robot

Mobile robots

Main article: Mobile robot

• Android
• Artificial powered exoskeleton
• Autonomous robot
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
• Cruise missile
• Cyborg
• Differential wheeled robot
• Domestic robot
• Driverless car
• Drone
• Entertainment robot
• Gynoid
• Hexapod
• Humanoid robot
• Microbot
• Military robot
• Remotely Operated Aircraft
• Remotely operated vehicle
• Remotely Piloted Vehicle
• Robot dog
• Smart car
• Social robot
• Space probe
• Unmanned aerial vehicle
• Unmanned Aircraft
• Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
• Unmanned ground vehicle
• Unmanned space mission
• Wired intelligence

Specific robots and robot models

• Alice mobile robot
• ASIMO
• Entomopter
• Friendly Vac
• Gemini
• HUBO
• Khepera mobile robot
• KHR-1
• Kismet
• LORAX
• Napalm
• PaPeRo
• Paro
• PatrolBot
• Polly
• Razer
• Repliee Q1Expo
• RoboMower
• Roomba
• Sandstorm
• Sbot mobile robot
• Scorpio ROV
• Zoë

Robot toys

• AIBO
• QRIO
• RoboSapien
• Robosapien v2
• Roboraptor

Robots in fiction

• Cylons
• Blade Runner (not a robot, but a robot hunter)
• Fictional cyborgs
• I, Robot (short story)
• Replicant
• Robby the Robot
• Robot Archie
• Super Robot

History of robotics

Main article: History of robotics

• History of artificial intelligence
• History of unmanned aerial vehicles
• History of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles

Basic robotics concepts

• Artificial intelligence
• Automatic speech recognition
• Behavior based AI
• Biomechanics
• Biomechatronics
• Biomorphic
• Bionics
• Bow Leg
• Control System
• Cybernetics
• Cyberware
• Datalink
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• Dialog management
• Face recognition
• Gesture recognition
• GPS
• Ground Control Station
• Haptics
• Human-computer interaction
• Inertial guidance system
• Japanese robotics
• Mechatronics
• Neuromorphic
• RC Servo
• Reciprocating Chemical Muscle
• Remote control
• Robot calibration
• Robot combat
• Robot control
• Robot fetishism
• Robot kit
• Robot software
  • Player/Stage Project
• Robot-sumo
• Robot welding
• Screw theory
• Servo drive
• Servomechanism
• Simultaneous localization and mapping
• Synthetic biology
• Telematics
• Three Laws of Robotics
  • References to the Three Laws of Robotics
• Tilden's Law of Robotics

Robotics contests and competitions

Main article: Robot competition

• BattleBots
• BEST Robotics
• Botball
• Centennial Challenges
• DARPA Grand Challenge
• European Land-Robot Trial
• FIRST Robotics Competition
• International Aerial Robotics Competition
• National Robotics Challenge
• Northeast Robotics Club
• PAReX
• RoboCup
• Robot Wars
• Robotica

Robotics companies and trademarks

• ABB
• ActivMedia Robotics
• Adept Technology
• ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Labs
• Audio-Animatronics
• Consolidated Robotics
• Epson Robots
• FANUC Robotics
• Friendly Robotics
• Hanool
• Honda
• Intelligent Actuator
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop
• KUKA
• Perrone Robotics
• Yaskawa Electric Corporation

Robotics organizations and schools

• AAAI
• Australian Centre for Field Robotics
• European Robotics Research Network
• Laboratory Robotics Interest Group
• Maine FIRST Robotics Coalition
• Robot Fighting League
• Robot Hall of Fame
• Robotics Institute

Robotics scholars

• Isaac Asimov

Leaders in robotics

• Robert C. Michelson
• Mark W. Tilden

Robotics lists

Main article: List of robotics topics

See also

External links

• Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)
• Automata and Art Bots mailing list home page
• Automonous Robots Journal
• Beginner's Tutorial for Building a Robot
• Creators of robots for people Autonomous mobile robots.
• DARPA Grand Challenge
• DIY Learning robot Build your own autonomous learning programmable robot.
• FSI-All Japan Robot-Sumo Tournament
• Guarding the fence - 2 Autonomous combat vehicles developed in Israel - An article
• qfix robot kits Robot kits for hobby and education
• RoboCupJunior
• RobotRoom
• Robot Tutorials for Beginners
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Robot-Sumo Competition