This is the starting point for the Heathkit Hero line of robots. Kits, manuals, schematics, and link pages.

Descriptions and photos of robotics projects created by MrZebra, Mandark and Graz. Site also includes a resource listing and a tutorial on ultrasonics.

Provides engineering solutions and graphic simulations for industrial automation, robotics, machine design, electro-optical systems.

A directory of selected robotics sites.

Manufacturer of life-sized educational and promotional robotics for crime prevention, child safety programs and commercial product promotions.

Windows and DOS-based software is provided to control homebrew, stepper-based, 4-axis CNC hardware that cuts parts for sailplane models.

Provides description of class and robot competition contestants. Includes an overview of previous contests.

A timeline of robotics begining with a mechanical bird built in 350 BC and continuing to the current day.

Lots of detailed information about designing and building fighting robots, including the physics behind different weapons, speed controllers, motors and batteries.

Develops and manufactures smart automation systems for pathology, industrial and environmental laboratories.

A California-based factory automation, custom machine builder and robot systems integrator for production & manufacturing. Pick & place robotics, assembly & testing, adhesive dispensing and machine vision inspection.

University of Orebro, Sweden group specializing in topology-based maps, real-time deliberation, active perceptual anchoring, and fuzzy behavior-based control of mobile manipulators.

Custom hardware and software for factory automation, laboratory automation, data acquisition, motion control, robotics and machine vision applications.

Global provider of industrial robotics and factory automation products. Based in Sweden.

Manufactures molecular biology reagents, plastic consumables and instrumentation for the life sciences market, including products for PCR.

Automation and software solutions in combinatorial chemistry, biotechnology and materials science.

Aces High Team 176. FRC team for Windsor Locks and Suffield CT.

Portal with a focus on robots and robot simulation games. Site includes discussion forums, news, and links.

Offers information, forums, tutorials, downloads, and links for several robot games.

Former director of the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at the German Aerospace Center.

Microfluidics arrays ("lab-on-a-chip") for high-throughput pharmaceutical drug screening, multiplexed gene expression analysis, and multiplexed SNP genotyping.

Services and products for laboratory automation.

Robot kits, components, information and design services.

Offers seminars on specifying and testing mobile robots for successful application in the enterprise for Technology Executives, Engineers, Integrators, Security Specialists and Programmers.

Sells robot kits, controllers, and accessories suitable for educational resource requirements and amateur robotics enthusiasts. Located in Somerset, United Kingdom.

Part of the Université Libre de Bruxelles Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Department that specializes in walking machines, gait control, micro robots, pipe robots, active isolation, and vibroacoustics.

Designs, integrates and manufactures intelligent mobile robots and their navigation, control, sensing and response systems.

ARIA is an OO C++ library for controlling ActivMedia mobile robots. Provides dynamic control of velocity, heading, and other navigation settings as well as I/O bus, gripper, pan-tilt, and bumpers. ARIA is Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL.

Manufactures and markets robotic automation software and hardware for the manufacturing, electronics, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, food processing and automotive industries.

Designs, manufactures, and markets factory automation components and systems.

Turnkey supplier of custom hardware solutions.

Synthesis instrumentation, and chemicals for combinatorial, organic and peptide chemistry.

Middlesex University group specializing rehabilitation robotics, control systems, robot positioning, and automation of hazardous processes.

Markets and integrates Kawasaki, Sony, and Puma/Unimate robots as well as vision systems.

Seller of GREEN ALIEN robot kits and accessories as well as a complete line of products for educational robotics.

Custom engineering solutions and services in automation, product and machine design.

European IST project whose goal is to design an open, modular and generic software architecture for autonomous robotic systems diagnosis and control.

A Matlab/Simulink block library useful for rapid development of nonlinear 6-DOF Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) dynamic models. Proprietary, commercial software. May be used without charge by some non-commercial users.

Manufactures 32 axis controllers, stages, positioning systems, linear motors, and drives.

Design, installation and maintenance of laboratory and industrial robotics solutions, control software to modular systems.

Based at the University of Bielefeld. Main research topics include biorobotics, cognitive robotics, sensorimotor control, and parallel computation.

Provides products and services for the genomics and proteomics industries.

Advanced electronic motion control systems for the automation, electric vehicle and automotive industries.

Based at Munich University of Technology in Germany. Site includes photos, video, and event listing.

AIBO owner's web site with pictures, a diary, and adoption certificates.

Manufacturer's official site with news, forums, and a list of retailers.

Official European Homepage for the Sony AIBO Robot with news, a technical support section, the AIBO club, and a list of retailers.

Digital art gallery with drawings and renderings of an AIBO robot dog interacting in various environments.

Robocup Sony league team based in Humboldt, Berlin, Germany. Site includes photos, videos, and event dates.

Participates in the Sony Four-Legged League. Based at Humboldt University in Berlin, German. Sites includes photos and event dates.

German forum for fans of the robot dog. -- Das deutsche Aibo-Forum.

Forums, chats, and news for the Sony AIBO robot.

Chat rooms, replacement sounds, memory stick image downloads, a list of AIBO owners, pictures, and some videos.

AIBO customization site with pictures, resource links, videos, and programming instructions.

Commercial third-party supplier of games for playing with AIBO, including Reversi and Tic-Tac-Toe.

Reviews, newsletter, frequently asked questions, galleries, and downloads.

Korean provider and integrater of Staubli robot systems for material handling, painting, clean room, measurement, medical, welding and other high precision and fast movement applications.

Information on many robots including fighting robots and beam robotics.

New and remanufactured industrial robots, parts and equipment.

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College, London. Interests in Control Theory.

A miniature, autonomous robot powered by watch motors, watch batteries and a PIC microcontroller.

Designs and builds nano-precision automation equipment applications in fiber optics, medical, pharmaceutical, micro machining and semiconductor industries. Products include kinematic robots and serial stages.

Providers of used industrial robots, field service, programming, systems integration, training, installation, rebuilding and service contracts.

News and information about commercially available personal robots.

Based at Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Colorado. Site includes photos, discussion forum, and resource links.

Primary professional organization for chemists and related occupations. LABA division covers laboratory automation,

A site devoted to ensuring the rights of any sentient robots that may someday be developed.

Biotechnology systems, products and services for drug discovery, genomics, proteomics, and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. (pop ups and banner ads)

AmigoBots, when you can't be where you'd like to be, but need eyes and ears that you can control from afar.

High performance motor controllers for DC motors. This controller converts commands received from an R/C radio, wireless modem, joystick, or computer into high current 12 to 40 Volt output for driving one or two DC motors.

Compliant robotic de-burring and de-flashing equipment.

Rapid application development in business and production process automation including warehouse and inventory management systems, business accounting systems, and data capture and distribution.

Showcases a variety of Ander's Mindstorms projects including a Yatzymatic, a Pinball machine and a cooler. Site also include information on Mindstorms programming and sensors.

Lots of information on androids and specific android projects.

Tutorials, schematics, technical explanations and do-it-yourself instructions for the solar powered robot builder. Hall of fame list with pictures of inducted robots and a list of parts available for purchase.

Providers of educational robots and robot kits, industrial robots, and law enforcement robots.

Pictures, movies and information about animatronics. Includes information on the mechanics, electronics, and programming of modern animtronic systems.

Maintains a large inventory of new and reconditioned robots and automation equipment.

Measurement technologies and washer for microplates.

Based at the Australian National University. RSL undertakes research projects with real robots working in the real world, in real time. Research topics include co-operative robot systems, mobile robot navigation, active vision, robot learning and human-r

Offers servo and pneumatic robots for injection molding machines.

Provider of vision systems and automous product management robotics systems.

Laboratory, life science, and diagnostic products used in healthcare diagnostics and scientific research.

AAI offers intelligent autonomous mobile robots and applications development using behavior-based and conventional methods. Also distributes K-Team and RWI robots.

Basic research, commercial research (pharmaceutical and biotechnology) and standardized testing, including forensic human identification, HIV genotyping and food testing.

Using advanced technology and modular construction, develops robotic solutions for manufacturers.

Developers of sensing and navigation products for commercial and military robotics including terrain mapping, obstacle detection, positioning, and automated retrotraverse.

Offers modular components for robotic applications. Located in Arlington, Texas, United States.

End-of-arm-tooling including collision sensors, grippers, rotary actuators, and tool changers.

Automation accessories.

Offers a line of industrial cartesian robots and robotic systems.

Dolphin & Wizard automatic pool cleaners, pool robot and vacuum.

A Robot Battle editor.

A Linux based, autonomous robotic car developed by researchers at the University of Parma in Italy. Site is in Italian and English.

Instruments and chemical products to provide organic synthesis throughout research and development in pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals, fine chemicals, and materials science.

Manufactures and sells mobile robots, stepper motor systems, XY positioning tables and automation accessories. Site includes general technical information on robots.

Mobile robots, stepper motor systems, XY positioning tables, automation accessories, technical information.

Provides an extensible, abstract world in which a planner controls a mobile robot. Nisp source code utilizing a CLX GUI. Free Software under a BSD-style license.

Based in Toronto, Canada. Between 1996 and 2001, ARG created a variety of robotic art and kinetic sculptures. The site includes descriptions of projects and a mailing list.

A joint effort by 7 Italian Universities for participation in the F2000 Robocup competition.

An international art exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots. Awards for "Artist Choice" and "Audience Choice".

AIROLAB is part of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. The lab specializes in the software aspects of agent design and implemented of agent architectures are on various robots.

An online book by Walter Fritz about intelligent systems and their use as cognitive architectures for robots. Proposes that intelligent robots should have pleasing and serving man rather than surival as a main objective.

The goal of the institute is to develop, design, fabricate, test, and commercialize electrically and chemically controlled artificial muscles.

Research topics include architecture for multi-sensor integration and artificial perception, data fusion, active perception, and hierarchical multi-agents architectures.

An interactive robot face constructed from scratch for research in social human-robot interaction, that can track people and interpret facial expressions.

Official home page of Honda's Humanoid Robot. Site includes a history of the robotics, photos, technology descriptions, and event information.

Asimov was one of the three grand masters of science fiction and the creator of the term "robotics". He is known in the field for his Four Laws of Robotics and the large body of fiction he wrote about robots. He envisioned a future in which robo

Custom made protective covers for industrial robots. Based in Lorraine, France.

Advancing the world-wide utilization of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence to improve the quality, efficiency, and relevance of laboratory analysis.

Advanced automation control solutions to the laboratory, water, nuclear and process industries.

Specialise in the development and supply of advanced automated system solutions.

Based at the Humboldt University of Berlin, German. Site include list of team members, results of past events, and links to related sites.

Code samples, robots for download, hints tips, and a tournament.

Installation and service of industrial robotics systems, automation systems, lab equipment, CNC machines, welding, conveyor, FMS, CIM, MPS, and special made machines. Based in Malaysia.

Manufacturer of Robotic Tool Changers, CNC Deburring Tools, intelligent force and torque sensors, robotic crash protection devices, and robotic rotary joints.

Robotic end effectors, robotic tooling, and robot end of arm tooling for industrial robots

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Holds monthly meetings, monthly RBNO, and annual Robot Rally competition. AHRC was founded in 1981 as an offshoot of the Atlanta Computer Society. Site includes a discussion forum, photos, meeting minutes, and cal

Provides real time control products and services for industrial automation.

This German team was winner of the Technical Challenge Award in the Middle-Size League at the RoboCup world championship 2003.

Automated drug discovery technologies and services for target validation and screen development.

An ABB industrial robot operated via the Internet. Online since 1994 and originally controlled with a web browser applet, this was one of the first web-controlled robots. Registration is required to use the robot.

University of Sydney group concerned with the application of advanced control, sensing and systems engineering principles to the development of autonomous machines operating in outdoor, variable and hostile environments.

Aids the sharing of resources and ideas between robotics groups in Austraila by summarising current projects and facilities throughout the country. Site also has a list of robot-related events.

Automated precision powder dispensing equipment that is used in R and D laboratories.

Fully automated nucleic acid extraction instruments and colony/plaque picking systems.

University of Sheffield group specializing in intelligent systems and control, nonlinear systems, and signal processing.

Software services in information systems, office automation, process control, and engineering.

Develops concepts and commercial prototypes of mobile robots and small automation systems. Fields of expertise include: inspection, remediation, materials handling, and reconnaissance.

ARRI is a University of Texas at Arlington research group specializing in design, analysis, simulation (discrete-event and kinematic) and prototype development of automated assembly, process, and material handling systems.

University of Texas manufacturing research, education and technology center.

Custom software solutions.

Kankakee Area Career Center educational program. Students build a robot and study topics including electrical, robotics, fluid power, and Autocad. Located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States

Design, build, installation and integration for turnkey factory automation systems.

Automation components.

Services include vehicle automation, ground-up autonomous or tele-operated robotic vehicle design, software design, and automation electronics.

Research groups include Adaptive Systems, Cognitive Robotics, Design Automation for Digital Systems, Innovative Application Design, Responsive Systems and Security Policies for Autonomous Systems.

AUSI is a not-for-profit research institute focused on promoting commercial applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), platforms and sensors.

Site includes team member bios, news, and description of their project plans.

The goals of this competition are to challenge a new generation of engineers to design and build autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) capable of performing realistic missions in the underwater environment. Information on rules, results, photographs, and

Microcontroller project/development boards and stepper motor controllers for robotics.

Overview of company, vehicles, and tools. News, press releases, and members area.

Laboratory instruments and software for the neurosciences and genomics, and clinical monitoring instruments for neurosurgery and neurology.

Site includes forums, gallery, links, scouting database, and FAQ.

A Java robot soccer simulator that use neuro-evolution techniques to evolve soccer robots control clients. Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL.

An online club whose members are dedicated to building replicas of the B9 robot from the Lost in Space TV show. Building tips, links to suppliers and technical details are provided.

Mike Joyce's construction journal describing his progress on a full size replica of the "Lost in Space" B9 Robot and other, homebrew robots.

A biped robot capable of standing up on its own from a fallen position.

Water distillation systems, sterilizers, stirring hotplates, furnaces, ovens, CO2 and shaking incubators, heating mantles, melting point apparatus, cryogenic storage systems, dispensers, chart recorders, fluorometers and spectrophotometers.

A robot project controlled by the BASIC Stamp II.

Home of the BasicX microcontroller, perfect for robotics projects. Development kits and accessories available + information and downloads

Mark Geoghegan's radio controlled beetle robots. Site includes photos and description.

Pictures, videos and information on this Battlebot.

The official site for the ultimate competition in the field of extreme robotic sports.

Reseller of robots kits, microcontrollers, and robotics accessories for hobby and education. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A timeline providing an overview of the development of robots and computers. From 400 BC to 2001.

Offers news, reviews and history of robots, as well as robot building guides and a discussion forum.

Hope Chapel Academy Beach team. Site includes photos, sponsorship, and contact information.

The team from two rival California high schools, Mira Costa and Redondo Union, who combined to compete; the only west coast team to have won a national championship.

General information including schematics, tutorials, pictures, frequently asked questions, and a discussion forum.

Tutorials and schematics.

Mark Tilden's original site with a philosophy overview, resource lists, and event listings.

Comprehensive site with information on building a robot, where to find parts, a picture gallery, and a list of related web sites.

Building robotics along with Basic Electronics, Nervous Networks, Solar engines, Motors and Motor drivers.

Links, tutorials, papers and circuits including 3,4, and 5 motor walker tutorials.

Features information, screenshots, and download for BeOS.

Automation tools for research applications, from modular liquid handling systems to integrated robotic systems.

Manual and automated tissue microarray instruments and accessories.

BAIRS meets monthly on the Western Washington University campus in Bellingham, Washington, United States. Meetings are open to everyone.

Advanced process optimization software tool enables high throughput laboratories to optimize their gene sequencing, gene expression, genotyping, proteomics, biomolecular screening, and other research processes.

Site includes a members list, information about team history, and photos

Biomedical detection systems.

Robotic components including grippers, gantry loaders, indexers, and automatic tool changing systems.

BEST stands for Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology. BEST is a non-profit organization that promotes team problem solving aided by local industry volunteers, teachers, and mentors through yearly competitions.

Research interests include mobile robotics, specializing in Autonomous Underwater Vehicle navigation. I also have a great interest in Nature Photography.

Label-free surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based technology for studying biomolecular interactions in real time.

Specializes in sensor data fusion for mobile robots. Based at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey

Test your 1-15 pound bot in one-on-one battles, a maze, and speed way. Competition in Sarnia, Ontario.

Manufacturer of laboratory automation equipment, focusing on high throughput screening.

Topics include biological control systems, motor system control theory, biologically integrative sensors, and environment adaptive robotic systems. Site in English and Japanese.

Biomedical testing equipment, laboratory instrumentation, associated software programs and integrated systems.

Manufactures a wide line of specialty equipment modules for the use in the production of rapid biodiagnostic test devices.

Custom and off-the-shelf laboratory design including lab robots, vision systems, and process equipment.

Consultants for automation in the field of drug discovery.

Biometra develops, manufactures and sells products for the molecular biology and biochemistry market, including Peltier driven multiple thermocyclers, electrophoresis instruments and specialised blotting devices.

Research on developing a new class of biologically inspired robots that are substantially more compliant and stable than current robots.

Northeastern University Marine Science Center program sponsored by DARPA and ONR. Focuses on autonomous underwater robots. Biomimetic neurotechnology is being used to create Lobster and Lamprey Robots.

A scripting language called Config++ that wraps a library of C++ classes for simulating the dynamics of multi-segment robotic devices. License allows non-commercial use only.

Provision of arraying and colony picking products to the Life Sciences.

Produces automated systems for the parallel purification and screening of the high number of compounds generated by combinatorial chemistry.

Biotechnology information, advocacy and business support.

Specialists in the detection of parvovirus b19, herpesvirus-6, herpesvirus-8 and GST assays to monitor organ and tissue damage.

Biochip applications include drug discovery, diversity screening, genomics, proteomics, biosensors and clinical diagnostic tools.

Laboratory automation development company.

Based at Hartford Public High School in Hartford, Connecticut. Site includes photo gallery, calendar of events, and news updates about the team.

Produces and markets autonomous mobile robots for industrial and research applications.

Manufacturer of microplate measurement and handling systems for basic research and High Throughput Screening.

Reagent preparation and liquid handling, purification and workup, synthesis, process development.

A fictional Victorian-era robot created as a hoax. Site include a wealth of humorous "historical" photos and fictional accounts of the robot's exploits in World War I.

Research Scientist and Head of the Mobile Robotics Lab within the University of Michigan's Department of Mechanical Engineering. Interests in mobile robots, obstacle avoidance, odometry, positioning, and the GuideCane for the Blind.