Controlling a multi-legged virtual character by human motion-capture-data
A diploma thesis by Torsten Haggenmiller about retargetting human motion capture data to multi-legged virtual characters in realtime.
http://people.freenet.de/diplomarbeit/index_e.htm
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Realistic Robot Simulation Interface
B.Sc. thesis by Göksel Dedeoglu. Describes the development and implementation of a simulation interface for the Volkswagen Robot Controller VRS1.
http://www-robotics.usc.edu/~dedeoglu/RRS/
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Project VITRA - Connecting Vision and Language
A collection of research papers and other document that resulted from a 10 year research project of the Computer Science Department of the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany. The goal of the project VITRA (VIsual TRAnslator) was to develop
http://www.dfki.uni-sb.de/vitra/
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Robotic Laser Brain Surgery with Intraoperative MRI
Describes a proposed robotic system for removing a brain tumor with a laser beam and killing the tumor cells beyond its borders, without performing a conventional craniotomy
http://www.roboticlaserbrainsurgery.com/
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The Uncanny Valley
Popular explanation of Masahiro Mori's Uncanny Valley theory that explains why almost-human-looking robots scare people more than mechanical-looking robots.
http://www.arclight.net/~pdb/glimpses/valley.html
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CMU Robotics Institute Technical Reports
20 years of technical reports and research papers on robotics from the CMU Robotics Institute.
http://www.ri.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/tech_reports.cgi
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ROBOKINE: Inverse Kinematics and Trajectory Planning
Research paper describing a robotic kinematics cad/cae tool used for workspace analysis, inverse kinematics, and trajectory planning of industrial robots.
http://www.geocities.com/pitchq/abstract.html
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Artificial Intelligent Systems and Their Societies
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.
http://www.intelligent-systems.com.ar/intsyst/
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Control of a Robot Hand using Tactile Sensors
Master Thesis by Samuel Crinier titled "Behavior-Based Control of a Robot Hand using Tactile Sensors". Describes Obelix, a mobile robot provided with grasping capabilities. Includes English and Swedish abstract and the full paper in PDF format.
http://membres.lycos.fr/fulguraupoingt/EnglishAbstractHTML.html
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Scientific American: Solving the Mystery of Insect Flight
Describe the development of insect like robots and the combination of aerodynamic effects insect use to remain aloft. By Michael Dickinson
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000EE5B1-DCA8-1C6F-84A9809EC588EF21
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