Yeonsuk Lee, Erin Rhodes, Jerry Tapiador and Marty Trevino
"A reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools, or specialized devices through various programmed motions for the performance of variety of tasks." Robot Institute of America, 1979
Robots are a fascinating and interesting part of artificial intelligence research and applications. This is evidenced by the number of websites that are devoted to the subject. From fan clubs to research facilities, robot web pages seem to be everywhere. This web page is meant to give you a brief overview of the many projects and application of robots in the United States.
Robots
Designed by the Government
These are robots that are or have been (official) projects of the United States government.
These are robots that are or have been projects of academic research facilities.
These are robots that are used or have been used in industrial communities.
Finally, here are some other cool robot sites:
A Utah company called Sarcos (beware of very slow download due to three unnecessary landscape photos) offers entertainment androids. They offer anthropomorphic robots which appear to be normal human size.
Honda has built a battery powered android which can walk like a person and can even walk up and down stairs. It looks like an astronaut in a spacesuit. It stands about six feet tall and it weighs about 460 pounds. Honda spent 10 years developing this android which was introduced in Tokyo, December 20, 1996.
