Almost every day something new is reported in the field of robotics. Some of these changes may open up new areas of interest and impact your future. The range of links on this page - from today's news, to trade shows (where the very latest can be found), to the sounding boards of blogs and forums - provide you multiple entry points into robots and robotics.

Enjoy the Festo video below. It is an interesting combination of reactive programming and airship design.

iPad friendly version of YouTube video

RSS and CURRENT EVENT FEEDS  

• BotJunkie
• cNet
• Engadget
• ieee Spectrum
• New product news - from Robotics Online
• Robot Dreams
• Robotics Trends
• Robot news archive - from NASA
• Robots.net
• Webcasts - (a bit dated) from NASA

NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC.  

• NewScientist
• Physorg.com - robots
• Popular Mechanics
• Popular Science
• Robot Magazine - recommended for articles, links, and advertising (which gives insight into new trends)
• The Robot Report
• Science Daily
• Scientific American
• Servo Magazine

• Sizing up the coming robotics revolution - CNET news May 2007
• Robotics inspired by more than machines - CNET news May 2007
• RoboGames video clips

ROBOTICS TRADE SHOWS  

• Robotics Conferences: calendar - from the International Federation of Robotics
  

• Automa - May, Poznan, Poland
• Automatica - 20102 Munich, Germany
• FIRA -Robot Soccer Association - September 15-19, 2010 Bangalore, India
• ROBOAT - October 19-22, Taipei, Taiwan
• Robotics Online: Events - Dates and locations vary
• Robotics and Automation - May 2011, Shanghai, China

BLOGS/PODCASTS  

• The NXT Step - LEGO blog
• ROBOT.NET - has both a blog and a forum that might interest LEGO and VEX advocates using ROBOTC
• Robots Podcast - from Switzerland biweekly podcasts (also available on iTunes)

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