Robot toys - exciting toy choice for your kids
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Robots and robot toys are exciting gift choice for kids. And for grownups too...
The robot toys are very popular this year following "The Transformers" movie release and the awards it won, including the MTV Movie Award ("Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet").
But what is a robot? A robot is a mechanical or virtual, artificial agent.
It is usually an electromechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own. The word robot can refer to both physical robots and virtual software agents, but the latter are usually referred to as bots to differentiate.
While there is still discussion about which machines qualify as robots, a typical robot will have several, though not necessarily all of the following properties:
- Is not 'natural' i.e. has been artificially created.
- Can sense its environment.
- Can manipulate or interact with things in its environment.
- Has some degree of intelligence, or ability to make choices based on the environment, or automatic control / preprogrammed sequence.
- Is programmable.
- Can move with one or more axes of rotation or translation.
- Can make dexterous coordinated movements.
- Appears to have intent or agency (reification, anthropomorphisation or Pathetic fallacy.
For more information about robots and robotics visit the Wikimedia Commons "Robots" project page and the the Wikiversity "Anthropomorphic Robotics" project page.
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The origin of word "robot"
It is fascinating that the word robot was introduced by Czech writer Karel Capek in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) premiered in 1920. However, Capek named his brother Josef Capek, a painter and a writer, as the true inventor of the word. The word is derived from the noun robota, meaning "forced labour, corvée, drudgery" in the Czech language and being the general root for work in other Slavic languages. Very interesting, isn't it?
Source: the Wikipedia article about Robot.
Classic books about robots - from true masters - at Amazon.com
World's Most Famous Robot

Probably the world's most popular robot - or at least best known one - is the famous robot R2-D2 that was built by Tony Dyson for the Star Wars movie .
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What is your favorite robot?
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WowWee Robosapien Version 2 Humanoid Robot
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Tomy I-SOBOT Robot
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Tekno the Robotic Pony
Tekno Pony walks, whinnies and dances around - just more...2 points
Revell Vexplorer Robotics System
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Hitec 77003 Robonova I Humanoid Robot Kit
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Tekno the Robotic Puppy - Dalmatian
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Wowwee Roboquad Interactive Robot (WW261)
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Robots on Amazon.com
Robotics for Kids - A Listmania! list by Gigi R. from Amazon.com
Robosapiens at Amazon.com
Electronic pets (robot pets) - at Amazon.com
Most popular robot toys at Amazon.com: Action Figures
RC (Remote Controlled) Figures and Robots - at Amazon.com
Robots for grownups - at Amazon.com
Nikko America Erector - spy robot perfect for audio/visual surveillance
Robots.net - robot news and robotics info
Interesting websites about robots

- Communist Robot - list of known robots
- NASA - The Robotics Alliance Project
- Robot World News - the chronicles of humans designing machines with human abilities
- FIRST Robotics Competition - a high school robotics competition
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New YouTube videos - fighting robots, walking robots, ASIMO Honda Robot and more
Talking Robots - The Podcast on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
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Are you afraid of robots?
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