BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

WEB SITES

Online Readings:

Jaron Lanier, "Agents of Alienation"

Interface Culture: "Agents"

Smell.Bytes catalogue texts: SmellBytes1 / SmellBytes2

Alonzo Addison, "Museum without Walls: Rethinking the Physical Paradigm"

Christiane Paul, "Art and Science in the Digital Age: Hybrid Forms of Inquiry" (presentation at Invencao, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1999 / CAA, NY 2000)

The Televirtual Fruit Machine)

Paul Virilio, "Speed & Information, Cyber Alarm!"

Donna Haraway, Cyborg Manifesto

Phil Agre, "Net Presence"

Web Sites: Art Projects

R.U.R., The Web is the Robot

Tillie the Telerobotic Doll http://www.lynnhershman.com/

Adrianne Wortzel Works

Liverpool: http://www.isea98.org/

International Art and Industry: http://www.i-a-s.de/IAS/htm/frprojects.htm

Garnet Hertz, Robotic Artist Interface http://www.conceptlab.com/interface/

NYU Media Lab http://mrl.nyu.edu/

Simon Penney http://www-art.cfa.cmu.edu/www-penny/works/workscode.html
Kinetic sculpture including "The Pride of Our Young Nation"

Ken Feingold
"where I can see my house from here so we are" http://www.kenfeingold.com/notes.html

Art and Industry Festival July 1999, installations and performances in the industrial zone
a project from the Kunstpflug e.V. Baitz, Germany: http://www.i-a-s.de/IAS/htm/frprojects.htm

Virtual Gallery, Spain: http://www.iua.upf.es/~gvirtual/

Ken Goldberg et. al., Telegarden

June Houston, Ghost Watcher

Steve Mann, Wireless Wearable Webcam

Parkbench, Alice sat here / / Alice sat here

Eric Paulos, John Canny, PRoP -- Personal Roving Presence

Fakeshop, Fakeshop / Capsule Hotel

Wolfgang Staehle, Empire 24/7

Adrianne Wortzel, Camouflage Town

Tina Laporta, Distance / eye2ear / Dystopia / Re:mote

Eduardo Kac, Rara Avis / Uirapuru / Teleporting an Unknown State / Genesis
The Gene Media Forum

Amy Alexander, The Bot

 



Web Sites: TechTool Kits

The Handy Board http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board/
Handy Board Documentation http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board/techdocs/index.html

http://www.wellesley.edu/Physics/robots/handouts.html
Programmable Bricks: Toys to think with by Mitchel Resnick, Fred Martin,
Randy Sargent, and Brian Silverman. Available as a Adobe Acrobat PDF file
(200 KB).

ICAM Telerobotic Cameras and Software: http://www.perceptualrobotics.com/prod/default.htm

Elekit Robots http://www.owirobot.com/
also featuring the history of robots including Movit and Owikit Electronic Robot Kits

Talrick Robot Kits http://www.mrrobot.com/descriptionsall.html

Arrick Company, PC Based Motor Control Units and Robots, http://www.robotics.com/

LEGO Data Acquistion and Prototyping System: An Engineering and Science Curriculum for K-12 http://ldaps.ivv.nasa.gov/

ROBOLAB-National Instruments, LEGO Dacta, and Tufts University Bring the Future of Science and Engineering Into the Classroom http://www.natinst.com/robolab/

ROBOTRONIKA-hypermatic:automagic -presents state-of-the-art robotic products and their applications in commerce, science and art; the various forms, functions and consequences of automatization; and the works of prominent artists from the USA, Japan and Europe dealing with cybernetic systems, mechanical environments and the production of robots. http://robot.t0.or.at/

Robotic components for researchers. http://www.HelpMateRobotics.com


Web Sites: Research Institutions

Anthopomorphic robot by NASA and HelpMate Robotics: http://shay.ecn.purdue.edu/~rhirsh/ART.htm

Rodney Brooks Projects at M.I.T. http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/brooks/projects.html

Australia's Telerobot on the Web at University of Western Australia http://telerobot.mech.uwa.edu.au/

UWA Robotic and Automation Research Brochure
http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/brochure.html

VUB AI-Lab
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, - part of the Computer Science Department and focuses on three research themes: evolution of language, software agents and robotic agents. http://arti.vub.ac.be/

Robotic Design Studio at Wellesley,  http://www.wellesley.edu/Physics/robots/studio.html
Getting Started With Handy Boards and Handy Logo. Available as a Adobe Acrobat PDF file (78 KB)
and at http://www.wellesley.edu/Physics/Rberg/proposal.html

Beyond Black Boxes: Bringing Transparency and Aesthetics Back to Scientific Instruments - Project funded by the National Science Foundation (1997-1999) Principal Investigators - Mitchel Resnick, Media Laboratory, MIT , Robert Berg, Department of Physics, Wellesley College, Michael Eisenberg, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado , Sherry Turkle, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT, Technical Director, Fred Martin, Media Laboratory, MIT

The Temple of ALife
Artificial Life - Art
TPR/fusebox Artists
http://alife.fusebox.com/  

The Art and Science Collaborative Research Laboratory
At the University of Western Australia - Wet Biology and Art
http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/

TechnoSphere is a 3D model world inhabited by artificial lifeforms created by WWW users.
http://www.technosphere.org.uk/

"Life Spacies" is an interaction and communication space, where remotely located visitors can interact with each other through evolutionary forms and images.
http://www.ntticc.or.jp/~lifespacies/

Genome Research
http://www.genemedia.org/

MIT Medialab Agents group
MIT AI Lab

The Art and Science Collaborative Research Laboratory
At the University of Western Australia - Wet Biology and Art
http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/

TechnoSphere is a 3D model world inhabited by artificial lifeforms created by WWW users.
http://www.technosphere.org.uk/

"Life Spacies" is an interaction and communication space, where remotely located visitors can interact with each other through evolutionary forms and images.
http://www.ntticc.or.jp/~lifespacies/

Genesis by Eduardo Kac - work is inoperative at this time, but there is info
http://www.ekac.org/genesis.html

Genome Research
http://www.genemedia.org/

Stanford EE
EE/CS Mother Site
HomeTech Solutions - Home Automation & Security, X10, Leviton, Audio/Video Control, and more
Security APL Inc.
HelpMate Robotics Home Page
LIRA-Lab: Laboratory for Integrated Advanced Robotics
Center for Vision and Image Sciences
CS + ECE Tech Reports Page -- CMU Libraries
Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison Robotics Lab. Technical Reports
UPenn University of Pennsylvania Vision Site, Brian Madden presiding.



FILMS

Bladerunner
Death by Design
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
, video with Rodney Brooks
Excerpts from Silent Running (predates Star Wars - with "personality
robots")
Universal Soldier
Robocop
The Little Engine that Could
The Little Toaster
Star Trek(s)
Star Wars(s)
Terminator(s)
Tron
2001


BOOKS AND PRINT

Categories:

* Lyrics from Donovan, "Clara Clairvoyant", Open Road album, 1970!



Books and Print: Industrial

Engelberger, J. F.;Robotics in Practice, AMACOM, USA, 1980.
ISBN 0-8144-5645-6

Engelberger, J. F.; Robotics in Service, Kogan Page, London, 1989,
ISBN 1-85091-358-7

Hunt, V. Daniel;  Smart Robots, A Handbook of Intelligent Robotic Systems,
Chapman and Hall Advanced Industrial Technology Series, New York, 1985.
ISBN 0-412-00531-X



Books and Print: TechTools

Conrad, James M.; Mills, Jonathan W. (Contributor), Stiquito : Advanced Experiments With a Simple and Inexpensive Robot , 1997.

Hanqi Zhuang; Zvi S. Roth;  Camera Aided Robot Calibration, 1996.

Haralick, Robert M.; Shapiro, Linda G. (Contributor);  Computer and Robot Vision Vol 2,  1992

Jones and Flynn,  Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation (Bobst Library)

Kortenkamp, David,(Editor), et al; Case Studies of Successful Robot Systems, 1998.

Martin, Fred;  The Art of LEGO Design. A seminal article  originally
published in The Robotics Practitioner that presents a variety of tips,
tricks, and ``design clichés'' for building with the LEGO Technic system.
Available as a Adobe Acrobat PDF file (974 KB).

McComb, Gordon; The Robot Builder's Bonanza : 99 Inexpensive Robotics Projects, McGraw-Hill, 1987
ISBN 0-8306-2800-2
Rev 1995.

Pattis, Richard E.; Karel the Robot : A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming,  et al ,1994



Books and Print: Robotics Research by Universities and Institutions

Asada, Haruhiko; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E.; Robot Analysis and Control ,1986.

Dorigo, Marco;  Colombetti, Marco; Robot Shaping : An Experiment in Behavior Engineering (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents), 1997.

Hoshizaki, Jon ; Bopp, Emily;  Robot Applications Design Manual, 1990.

Lorenzo, Sciavicco, et al;  Modeling and Control of Robot Manipulators, 1995.

Krotkov, Eric Paul;  Active Computer Vision by Cooperative Focus and Stereo (Springer Series in
Perception Engineering), 1989.

Mayhew, John E.W.; Frisby, John P. (Editor);  1997 IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication, Ro-Man, 3D Model Recognition from Stereoscopic Cues (Artificial Intelligence Series), 1998.

Muralidhara, Subbarao; Interpretation of Visual Motion : A Computational Study (Research Notes in
Artificial Intelligence), 1988.

Rosheim, Mark E.;  Robot Evolution : The Development of Anthrobotics,1994.

Samson, Claude, et al; Robot Control : The Task Function Approach , 1991.

Sood, Arun K.; Wechsler, Harry (Editor),  Active Perception and Robot Vision (NATO Asi, Series F : Computer and
Systems Sciences, Vol. 83), 1992.

Spong, Mark W.; Vidyasagar, M. (Contributor);  Robot Dynamics and Control, 1989.

Taylor, Russell H.(Editor), et al;  Computer-Integrated Surgery : Technology and Clinical Applications, 1995.

Vieville, Thierry; A Few Steps Towards 3d Active Vision (Springer Series in Information Sciences, Vol 33), 1998.

Zhihua Qu,; Dawson, Darren M. (Contributor);  Robust Tracking Control of Robot Manipulators,1996.

1995 Ieee/Rsj International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems :
Human Robot Interaction and Cooperative Robots : August 5-9,  Pittsburg, 1995.

5th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication Ro-Man '96
Tsukuba : November 11-14, 1996 Auditorium, Aist Tsukuba Research Center ts
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society , 1997.
 



Books and Print: Adult Fiction

Asimov, Isaac; I, Robot, 1994.

Asimov, Isaac; Robot Visions ,1996.

Asimov, Isaac; The Robots of Dawn (Robot), 1994.

Asimov, Isaac; Prelude to Foundation, Doubleday, New York, 1988.

Bellairs, John; Gorey, Edward (Illustrator); The Eyes of the Killer Robot, Puffin Novels, 1998

Capek, Karel, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (a play), 1920

Cerasini, Marc; Godzilla Vs. the Robot Monsters (Godzilla , No 3), 1998

Coville, Bruce; Robot Trouble (The A.I. Gang), Pat MacDonald (Editor), 1995.

C.O.B.R.A. series by Timothy Zahn

 



Books and Print: Children's Fiction

Berenstain, Stan;  The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Run-Amuck Robot (The Berenstain Bear Scouts), 1997.

Edkin, Joe; Attack of the Robot : Dc Comics Super Heroes (Golden Look-Look Book and Tattoos), 1996.

Fowler, Allan;  It Could Still Be a Robot (Rookie Read-About Science) 1998.

LeTord, Bijou; Merry Christmas Hooper Dooper, Random House, New York, 1979.

Murphy, Stephen; Donatello; The Radical Robot, 1993.

Slote, Alfred;  My Robot Buddy , 1986.

Yaccarino, Dan; If I Had a Robot, 1998.

 



Books and Print:  Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life, Philosophy

New York Times Book Reviews, January 3, 1999:

  • Kurzweil, Ray; The Age of Spiritual Machines When computers Exceed Human Intelligence, Viking Press, NYC, 1998.
  • Moravec, Hans; Robot, Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind, Oxford Press, NY, 1998.
  • Gershenfeld, Neil; When Things Start to Think, Henry Holt & Co., NY, 1998.

Arbib, Michael ; Brains, Machines and Mathematics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1965.

C(v)apek, Karel; R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robot), 1923, Oxford Univ Press, London, 1961.

Crary, Jonathan; Kwinter, Sanford; Incorporations, Zone Books, New York.

Crary, Jonathan;  Techniques of the Observer , An October Book, MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Epstein, Richard G.; The Case of the Killer Robot : Stories About the Professional, Ethical,
and Societal Dimensions of Computing, 1996.

Gleick, James; Chaos Making a New Science, Penguin Books, New York, 1988.

Haraway, Donna J.; Primate Visions , Routledge, New York, 1989.

Haraway, Donna J.; Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. The Reinvention of Nature, Routledge, New York, 1991.

Hofstadter, Douglas R. ; Goedel, Escher, Bach, Basic Books, New York, 1979.

Hofstadter, Douglas R.; Dennett, Daniel C. (Editors) ; The Mind's I, Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul, Basic Books, New York, 1981.
    Selection 16, pp 253-268, excerpt from Software, Rudy Rucker, Avon Books, New York, 1982

Manning, Aubrey; An Introduction to Animal Behavior, Addison-Wesley, London, 1972.

Meyrink, Gustav; The Golem, , Mudra, Prague, 1972.

Moravec, Hans; The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence ,1990.

Prothro, James S.;  Man, God's Robot, , 1998.

Roeder, Kenneth D.; Nerve Cells and Insect Behavior, , Harvard Univ Press, Cambridge Mass, 1967.

Simon, Herbert;  Models of Man,  John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1957.

Simons, Geoff; Robots, The Quest for Living Machines, Cassell,  Great Britain, 1992.
ISBN 0-304-34086-3

The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941
The Brooklyn Museum
Harry A. Abrams, 1986, New York
ISBN 0-8109-2334-3

Anthony, Piers; Robot Adept ,  1989.

Margaret Weis, Don Perrin
(Contributor)  Robot Blues , 1996.

Robot City C/Win/Us CD-ROM ,1995