Web Directory

» AASS Mobile Robotics Lab
   University of Orebro, Sweden group specializing in topology-based maps, real-time deliberation, active perceptual anchoring, and fuzzy behavior-based control of mobile manipulators.
   http://aass.oru.se/Research/Robots/

» ANU Robotic Systems Lab
   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-ro
   http://www.syseng.anu.edu.au/rsl/

» Active Structures Laboratory
   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.
   http://www.ulb.ac.be/scmero/

» Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory
   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.
   http://www.nd.edu/~airolab/

» Artificial Muscle Research Institute
   The goal of the institute is to develop, design, fabricate, test, and commercialize electrically and chemically controlled artificial muscles.
   http://www.unm.edu/~amri/

» Artificial Perception Group
   Research topics include architecture for multi-sensor integration and artificial perception, data fusion, active perception, and hierarchical multi-agents architectures.
   http://www.iai.csic.es/users/gpa/

» Australian Centre for Field Robotics
   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.
   http://www.acfr.usyd.edu.au/

» Automatic Control & Systems Engineering
   University of Sheffield group specializing in intelligent systems and control, nonlinear systems, and signal processing.
   http://www.shef.ac.uk/acse/

» Automation and Robotics Research Institute
   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.
   http://arri.uta.edu/

» Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute
   AUSI is a not-for-profit research institute focused on promoting commercial applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), platforms and sensors.
   http://www.ausi.org/

» BU Intelligent Mechatronics Lab
   Boston University group that specializes in medical robotics, structural dynamics, and mobile robot communications.
   http://robotics.bu.edu/

» Biomimetic Robotics Lab at Stanford University
   Research on developing a new class of biologically inspired robots that are substantially more compliant and stable than current robots.
   http://cdr.stanford.edu/biomimetics

» Biomimetic Underwater Robot Program
   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.
   http://www.neurotechnology.neu.edu/

» CEDRA - Center of Excellence in Design, Robotics and Automation
   Robotics Research department of The Sharif University of Technology, Iran.
   http://sina.sharif.edu/~cedra

» CMU Robotics Institute Manipulation Lab
   Research into the fundamental mechanics of manipulation, the modelling of physical processes, and the minimum sensor information needed to accomplish a given manipulation task.
   http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mlab/

» CMU Sensor Based Planning Lab
   Specializes in topological simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) techniques as well as the development of highly-articulated snake robots, painting robots, and demining robots.
   http://voronoi.sbp.ri.cmu.edu/

» CSIRO Mining Automation
   Research into the issues relating to automation of mining. Projects include automated digital terrain mapping, undersea exploration and mining, and rapid roadway development. Based at The Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies in Australia.
   http://www.dem.csiro.au/mining_automation/

» Caltech Robotics Group
   Research topics include sensor based motion planning, robot locomotion, control theory, medical robotics, and modular robots.
   http://robotics.caltech.edu/

» Center for Distributed Robotics
   Located at the University of Minnesota, research includes the coordination and deployment of multi-robot teams in various applications.
   http://distrob.cs.umn.edu/

» Center for Intelligent Robotics
   CRI is a UNINOVA research group that specializes in sensorial systems, robotic systems, autonomous agents, and social implication of automation.
   http://www2.uninova.pt/CRI/cri.html

» Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Systems, University of Kentucky
   Research center established in 1986 to provide manufacturing technological assistance for Kentucky's industries. Specializes in applied machine vision and industrial robotics.
   http://www.crms.engr.uky.edu/

» Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems
   Multi-disciplinary research group at Utah State University that focuses on the design, development, and implementation of intelligent, autonomous mechatronic systems.
   http://www.csois.usu.edu/

» Centibots: The 100 Robots Project
   DARPA funded project using many small robots for mapping and search missions. Videos and publications describing the collaborative communications architecture used by the Centibots.
   http://www.ai.sri.com/centibots/

» Centre for Autonomous Systems
   Based at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan in Stockholm. The centre does research in (semi-) autonomous systems including mobile robot systems for manufacturing, domestic and outdoor applications.
   http://www.nada.kth.se/cas/

» Charité Surgical Navigation and Robotics Lab
   Engineers, computer scientists, and doctors work together at this lab to develop surgical robotics technologies.
   http://www.charite.de/

» Columbia University Robotics Group
   Research interests include construction of geometric and photometric correct 3D models, 3D grasping and simulation, micro-manipulation, visual servoing, visual control, model-based planning.
   http://www.cs.columbia.edu/robotics/

» Control Systems Engineering Group
   Research areas include intelligent control and decision making; distributed, hierarchical, and hybrid systems and control; and fault tolerant control. Based at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.
   http://lcewww.et.tudelft.nl/

» Cybernet Systems Corporation
   A commercial research and development lab specializing in software intelligence, network connectivity, robotics, and man-machine interaction.
   http://www.cybernet.com/

» DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
   Research topics include robotic systems, multibody dynamics, robust control, and control design engineering.
   http://www.robotic.dlr.de/

» EPFL Autonomous Systems Lab
   Swiss Federal Institute of Technology research group specializing in autonomous control of robots in uncertain and highly dynamic environments.
   http://asl.epfl.ch/

» ESG Lego Robotics Seminar
   Provides information about the MIT Lego Robotics seminars. Photos from past seminars, project lists, and links to resources.
   http://web.mit.edu/esg/proj/ic/www/

» ETHZ Institute of Robotics
   Specializes in the dynamics of controlled system, mechatronics, robotics, and nanotechnology. IfR is part of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland
   http://www.ifr.mavt.ethz.ch/

» Embedded Systems and Robotics Lab (RESY)
   Based at the University of Köln in Germany. Research-topics include navigation for milling, manipulation of deformable linear objects, and safety strategies for human-robot cooperation.
   http://ai3.inf.uni-bayreuth.de/

» GT MARS
   DARPA Mobile Autonomous Robot Software (MARS) project. MARS involves research into multi-level learning in hybrid deliberative/reactive mobile robot architecture.
   http://www.cc.gatech.edu/aimosaic/robot-lab/MARS/

» Georgia Tech Mobile Robot Lab
   The lab's charter is to discover and develop fundamental scientific principles and practices that are applicable to intelligent mobile robot systems.
   http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ai/robot-lab/

» HUT - Automation Technology Laboratory
   Specializes in the field of automation technology including robotics, mechatronics and control of industrial processes.
   http://www.hut.fi/HUT/Automation/

» HUT Automation Technology Laboratory
   Helsinki University of Technology group specializing in mechatronics, perception, navigation, legged machines, and mobile robot societies.
   http://www.automation.hut.fi/

» Havard Biorobotics Laboratory
   Harvard University group working in surgical robotics, haptic interfaces, tactile sensing, and biomechanics.
   http://biorobotics.harvard.edu/

» Hovercraft Testbed for Decentralized Control (HOTDEC)
   University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign research project consisting of self-propelled and self-controlled hovercraft floating on a airhockey-type table.
   http://legend.me.uiuc.edu/hotdec/

» ICS Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory
   Research efforts are directed towards visual perception of static and dynamic characteristics of the 3-D world (depth, shape, color, motion), object tracking, robot navigation and behaviour modelling.
   http://www.ics.forth.gr/cvrl/

» ISA System Engineering and Automation Department
   Research topics include multi-robot systems, surgical robots, telerobotics, computer vision, automation, and remote sensing.
   http://www.isa.uma.es/

» IU Hardware Methods Group
   Research topics include Kirchoff machines, robot locomotion, and vision. Site also includes information on the Stiquito six legged robot.
   http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hmg/

» Idaho National Lab Adaptive Robotics Program
   Research areas include multi-robot systems, robots performing 10,000 feet or more below sea-level, automation of commercial farming and mining equipment.
   http://www.inl.gov/adaptiverobotics/

» Institute for Automation
   Research group based at the University of Leoben in Austria. Research topics include image processing, kinematics, machine learning, and industrial robotics.
   http://automation.unileoben.ac.at/

» Institute for Process Control and Robotics
   Based at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, this group performs research into sensor based autonomous robotics, collision-free motion planning, and human-robot cooperation.
   http://wwwipr.ira.uka.de/

» Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems
   IRIS is a University of Southern California group with a focus on molecular robotics, MEMS, programmable automation, computer vision, and mobile robots.
   http://iris.usc.edu/iris.html

» Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
   IRIS is a part of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Zürich (ETHZ), and focuses on integrating robotics with the research areas of robotic micro-manipulation, hybrid MEMS, biomanipulation and micromechatronic systems.
   http://www.iris.mavt.ethz.ch/

» Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group
   University of Amsterdam group that studies methodologies to create intelligent autonomous systems, which perceive their environment through sensors and use that information to generate intelligent, goal-directed behaviour.
   http://www.science.uva.nl/research/ias/

» Intelligent Robotics Research Centre (IRRC)
   The IRRC at Monash University in Australia conducts research primarily in mobile robot navigation, machine perception and manipulation.
   http://www.ecse.monash.edu.au/centres/irrc/index.php

» Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory
   Part of the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland. The primary goal of this lab is to advance the state-of-the art in the design and real-time control of smart systems such as robots and automated vehicles.
   http://www.isr.umd.edu/Labs/ISL/isl.html

» JHU Robot And Protein Kinematics Group
   Johns Hopkins University group specializing in kinematic studies of robots, metamorphic robots, and binary robots.
   http://caesar.me.jhu.edu/

» Jouhou System Kougaku Laboratory
   University of Tokyo research lab. Research project include various humanoid robots, soft-spine robots, artificial skin, gel robots, and motion planning.
   http://www.jsk.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

» LIRA-Lab: Laboratory for Integrated Advanced Robotics
   Artificial vision and sensory-motor coordination from a computational neuroscience perspective. Experimentation is done with humanoid robots as well as basic research on artificial vision and robot control.
   http://www.lira.dist.unige.it/

» LUT Robotics & Automation Department
   LuleÃ¥ University of Technology group specializing in telerobotics and models and algorithms for controlling the motion of robots using geometrical sensors.
   http://www.sm.luth.se/csee/ra/

» Laboratory for Computational Intelligence
   University of British Columbia group specializing in decision-making, planning, reasoning, learning, object recognition, automation, mobile robotics, telerobotics, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.
   http://www.cs.ubc.ca/nest/lci/

» Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics
   The LPR at the University of Massachusetts Amherst conducts research on humanoid robots, grasping and manipulation, legged locomotion, networked sensors and motor services.
   http://www-robotics.cs.umass.edu/

» Laval University Robotics Laboratory
   Mainly focused on the study of parallel mechanisms and articulated robotic hands.
   http://wwwrobot.gmc.ulaval.ca/

» Lucy Bipedal Walking Robot
   A project of the Multibody Mechanics Research Group at the Free University of Brussels. Lucy was designed for research into the use of pneumatic artificial muscles for locomotion.
   http://lucy.vub.ac.be/

» MIT Leg Laboratory
   Focused on legged locomotion and dynamic legged robots. Images, videos, and specifications for walking, running, and hopping robots including Troody the robotic dinosaur.
   http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/leglab/

» MIT Robot Pike Project
   A robotic fish designed to learn more about the complex fluid mechanics that fish use to propel themselves. Photos and video.
   http://web.mit.edu/towtank/www/Pike/pike.html

» Machine Intelligence Lab
   University of Cambridge Department of Engineering research group. Specializes in computer vision, speech processing, and pattern recognition.
   http://svr-www.eng.cam.ac.uk/milab.html

» Machine Intelligence Laboratory
   Based at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering in the United Kingdom. Research topics include interpretation of visual motion, robot guidance, face detection, speech recognition and speech synthesis.
   http://mi.eng.cam.ac.uk/

» Manchester Robotics
   University of Manchester, Department of Computer Science group specializing in medical robotics, mobile robots, walking robots, sociable robotics, and evolutionary robotics.
   http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/robotics/

» McGill University Center for Intelligent Machines
   Research topics include ambulatory robotics, mobile robotics, artificial perception, haptics, industrial automation, motor vision, and shape analysis.
   http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/

» McGill University Mobile Robotics Research
   Searchable bibliography, project list and other resources.
   http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~dudek/mobile.html

» Mechatronic Systems and Robotics Research Group
   University of Surrey lab researching robotic workcells, industrial robotics, sensors, and robot control.
   http://www.surrey.ac.uk/eng/research/mechatronics/robots/msrrfacils.html

» Multi-purpose Aerial Robotic Vehicle with Intelligent Navigation, TU Berlin
   At the University Berlin, Marvin, a descendant of the airplane-robot Tubrob is developed.
   http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/

» NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group
   Dedicated to enabling humans and robots to explore and learn about extreme environments, remote locations and uncharted worlds. This group specializes in computer vision, human-robot interaction, mobile manipulation, interactive 3D visualization and robot
   http://ase.arc.nasa.gov/tech/groups/index.php?gid=6&ta=2

» NASA JPL Robotics
   Performs development, integration, and demonstration of innovative robotics and automation technologies, supporting NASA missions and addressing other problems of national importance.
   http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/

» NASA Robotic Vehicles Group
   This NASA Jet Propulsion Lab group performs research, development, and tests of mobile robots in support of planetary exploration missions and terrestrial applications for NASA and other Government agencies.
   http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/groups/rv/

» NASA Space Telerobotics Program
   NASA group responsible for robotics and planetary rover research for the agency prior to 1997.
   http://ranier.oact.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_page/telerobotics.shtm

» Oak Ridge National Laboratory Robotics and Energetic Systems Group
   ORNL Group performs research and development in the fields of robotics, exoskeletons, human amplifying machines, and advanced mobility devices.
   http://www.ornl.gov/sci/engineering_science_technology/roboticsenergetics/

» Oxford Robotics Research Group
   Research topics include active vision, visual geometry, pattern analysis, machine learning, sonar imaging, sensor systems, and artificial neural networks.
   http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/

» Pace University Robotics Lab
   Focuses on building and testing a robot cognitive architecture. Also does research on intelligent agents for network security and intrusion detection.
   http://csis.pace.edu/robotlab/

» Purdue Robot Vision Lab
   Specialties include 3D object recognition, vision-guided navigation for indoor mobile robots, task and assembly planning.
   http://rvl.www.ecn.purdue.edu/RVL/

» RHINO-Project
   A group based in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bonn that studies Intelligent Autonomous Systems. Topics include robotic agents, structured reactive controllers, robot learning, planning, perception, and reasoning.
   http://www.cs.uni-bonn.de/~rhino/

» Research in the field of robots and cyborgs
   Gert conducts research in the field of robots and cyborgs.
   http://www.gertballing.dk/

» Robotic Group DIEES University of CATANIA
   Service Robotic research projects include volcano inspection robots, orange picking robots, climbing robots and microrobots.
   http://www.robotic.diees.unict.it/

» Robotics Institute: Robot Learning Lab
   Offers details regarding Carnegie Mellon University research initiatives and lists publications and related personnel.
   http://www.ri.cmu.edu/labs/lab_31.html

» Robotics and Computer Vision Laboratory
   University of Illinois group based at the Beckman Institute. Specializes in robot vision technologies such as curved object recognition and structure from motion algorithms.
   http://www-cvr.ai.uiuc.edu/

» Robotics and Process Control
   A discontinued group at University of Kaiserslautern that specialized in mobile robots, 3D sonar sensing, and 3D scanning.
   http://ag-vp-www.informatik.uni-kl.de/

» Robotics at Brown University
   Research topics include environment mapping and path planning.
   http://www.cs.brown.edu/research/areas/robotics.html

» Robotics, Perception and Real Time Group
   University of Zaragoza, Spain group that specializes in mobile robot localization, map building, navigation, multi-sensor fusion, sensor-based control, and manipulators.
   http://www.cps.unizar.es/deps/DIIS/robot/

» Robotika.cz
   Czech Research group that develops robots for competition using a variety of technologies. Site also provides local robot news and information for other Czech robotics researchers.
   http://robotika.cz/

» SIUE Robotics Page
   Information on autonomous robot research and student robotics projects at the Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville.
   http://roboti.cs.siue.edu/

» Scientific American: Controlling Robots with the Mind
   October 2002 article detailing research into direct brain control of robotic prosthetic devices, by Miguel A. L. Nicolelis and John K. Chapin
   http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=controlling-robots-with-t-2002-10

» Space Systems Laboratory, University of Maryland
   Consists of understanding how you do work in space; with people, with robots and how the two work together.
   http://www.ssl.umd.edu

» Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center
   SPAWAR is a US Navy laboratory that has conducted research on space, land, air, and ocean robots since the 1960s.
   http://www.nosc.mil/robots/

» Spy Flies
   Describes research on tiny robotic flyers, called Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs), being developed for military and civilian applications.
   http://www.howstuffworks.com/spy-fly.htm

» Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)
   home for researchers in the Stanford Computer Science Department whose primary research focus is Artificial Intelligence. Specializes in including manipulation, machine learning, navigation, vision, tactile sensing, and reasoning.
   http://ai.stanford.edu/

» Stanford Dextrous Manipulation Lab
   Standford University lab specializing in telemanipulation with haptic feedback, biomimetic robots, and other tactile and haptic research.
   http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/Touch/

» State Research Center of Russia
   Russia's Central Research and Development Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (CRDI RTC). Research topics include robotics and cybernetics for space, air, terrestrial, and anti-terrorism applications.
   http://www.rtc.ru

» Swarm-Intelligent Systems Research Group at EPFL
   Research on design, modeling, control, and optimization methodologies for self-organized, collectively intelligent, distributed systems with special emphasis on multi-robot platforms, sensor and actuator networks, and intelligent vehicles.
   http://www5.epfl.ch/swis

» Swarm-bots project
   EU-IST project aimed at the study of new approaches to design and implementation of self-organizing and self-assembling artifacts.
   http://www.swarm-bots.org/

» Sydney University Unmanned Aircraft Research
   Research topics include Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), mini Air Vehicles (mAVs), Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs), Self Piloted Vehicles (SPVs), and other robotic aircraft.
   http://www.aeromech.usyd.edu.au/wwwdocs/uav.html

» The Center for Automation and Intelligent Systems Research
   The Case Western Reserve CAISR lab integrates robotics, neural networks, machine vision and other advanced technologies to create flexible, automated, intelligent systems.
   http://dora.case.edu/

» The Harvard Robotics Laboratory
   Founded in 1983, HRL does research on the topics of robotic manipulation, choreography of dynamic systems, system identification, ananlog computation, and pattern generation.
   http://hrl.harvard.edu/

» The Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center
   Sandia National Lab group specializing in robotic vehicles, collective behavior for controller robot swarms, military robotic systems analysis, and massively parallel robot simulations.
   http://www.sandia.gov/isrc/

» The Robotics Institute of CMU
   Established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. Links to a range of specific robots and labs.
   http://www.ri.cmu.edu/

» The robots at LAMI
   Lists robotics related activities at EPFL in Switzerland.
   http://diwww.epfl.ch/lami/robots/

» Toy Robots Initiative
   A research project at Carnegie Mellon University. It aims to commercialize robotics technologies in education, toys and entertainment.
   http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~illah/EDUTOY/

» UC Berkeley Robotics and Intelligent Machines Lab
   University of California at Berkeley. Research topics include medical robotics, adaptation and learning, micromechanical flying insects, micro-robotics, and aerobots.
   http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/

» UFL Machine Intelligence Laboratory
   University of Florida group specializing in UAVs, Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs), and underwater robotics.
   http://www.mil.ufl.edu/

» UIC Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory
   University of Illinois at Chicago group specializing in robot control, haptics, mobile robotics, computer vision.
   http://www.cvrl.cs.uic.edu/

» UM Mobile Robotics Lab
   Research areas include mobile robots, obstacle avoidance, robot positioning, and robotic aids for the disabled.
   http://www.engin.umich.edu/research/mrl/

» UMD Autonomous Mobile Robot Lab
   University of Maryland group specializing in robots for education and entertainment, goal-based robotics and motion planning.
   http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/amrl/amrl.html

» UNH Robotics Laboratory
   Researches the problem of vibration control in robotics through real-time control experiments and simulation.
   http://www.ece.unh.edu/robots/rbt_home.htm

» UP Mobile Robotics Laboratory
   University of the Philippines Electronics and Electrical Engineering Department robotics lab. Primarily concerned with mobile robots as intelligent agents. Research areas included path planning and area mapping.
   http://www.upd.edu.ph/~mobotlab/

» UR Vision and Robotics Research
   University of Rochester group specializing in appearance based recognition, mobile robots, and the use virtual reality techniques in psychophysics experiments to learn about the human brain and the human visual system.
   http://www.cs.rochester.edu/research/robotics.html

» USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems
   CRES is the second largest robotics research center in the United States. Brings together more than eight USC robotics research labs.
   http://cres.usc.edu/

» USC Robotics Research Lab
   Part of the University of Southern California Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems. Research includes multi-robot interaction, coordination, and communication; humanoid robotics; and software development.
   http://www-robotics.usc.edu/

» UT Intelligent Robotics Research
   University of Texas group working on spatial semantic hierarchies, vision recognition systems, manipulators, and mobile robots.
   http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/qr/robotics/

» UWE Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab
   Researches ways in which autonomous robots - large and small; walking, climbing and flying - can be developed to 'do the right thing at the right time'.
   http://www.ias.uwe.ac.uk/

» University of Bochum Neuroinformatics Institute
   Research topics include robotics, computer vision, neural robotics skills, and navigation systems for autonomous mobile robots.
   http://www.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ini/PROJECTS/index.html

» University of Delaware Robotics and Control
   Research topics include dynamic systems, fabrication of novel robots, rehabilitation robotics, and precision farming machines.
   http://www.me.udel.edu/Research/Areas/robotics_control.html

» University of Maribor Institute of Robotics
   Research is divided into three groups: industrial robotics, kinematics and simulations, and power electronics.
   http://robin2.r.uni-mb.si/

» University of Texas at Austin Robotics Research Group
   A research group focusing on the development of intelligent, modular, and reconfigurable robotics and automation systems.
   http://www.robotics.utexas.edu/rrg/

» University of Zurich AI Lab
   Works on biologically inspired robotics, particularly the principle of embodied intelligence. The lab is transdisciplinary and includes researchers in the fields of computer science, mathematics, physics, biology, ethology, neurobiology, psychology, mecha
   http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch

» VUB Brussels AI Laboratory
   Current focus is on the origins of language and robotic agents. Prior research projects include a robotic fish and other mobile robots.
   http://arti9.vub.ac.be/

» Vanderbilt University Intelligent Robotics Laboratory
   Research topics include human-robot teams, human-robot interface, mobile robot navigation, range-free perception-based navigation, sensory egospheres, and vision/image processing systems.
   http://eecs.vanderbilt.edu/CIS/IRL/

» Vision-based Robot Localization
   Research on various statistical localization architectures, with focus on vision based systems done by David Yuen of the University of Auckland Robotics Group. Description, presentations, and bibliography.
   http://www.ele.auckland.ac.nz/~cyue001/

» Walking Machines Catalogue
   Provide a list of walking machines developed in the robotics research community. Search for robots as well as submit walking robot via a web form.
   http://agrosy.informatik.uni-kl.de/wmc/index.htm

» Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
   WCSAR is a NASA sponsored research center that helps with the commercialization of robotics, automation, and other advanced technologies.
   http://wcsar.engr.wisc.edu/