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Robots and Robotics

The West Valley College Library Research Guide on Robots and Robotics introduces core print and electronic books from the library collection, relevant scholarly databases and journal articles, streaming videos and podcasts, and carefully selected free web resources for beginners through advanced researchers. Use this guide to locate foundational texts on robot design, AI and control systems, ethical and societal implications, and up-to-date news and standards, along with links to library services and citation help. This list is not exhaustive and is a living document that will be updated as the West Valley College Library acquires new resources or as valuable open web sources become available.

TED Talks on Robots

"Why Don’t We Have Better Robots Yet?" (2024)

How AI will step off the screen and into the real world (2024)

WVC Library Books

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Waiting for Robots : The Hired Hands of Automation

Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything

Just Ordinary Robots: Automation from Love to War

Opinions Throughout History: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

My Robot Gets Me: How Social Design can Make New Products More Human

Robot Ethics 2. 0: From Autonomous Cars to ArtificialI Intelligence

New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI

The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots

Principles of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Web Articles

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University of Michigan - Robotics Online Courses
"Michigan Robotics publishes many courses online, which can be freely accessed through sites like GitHub and YouTube. These courses typically include all lecture videos, notes, textbooks, homework, projects, and exams."

Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics is a robotics company known for developing highly advanced, mobile, and lifelike robots designed to navigate complex real-world environments.

Robotics Alliance Project
NASA Robotics Alliance Project inspires and equips U.S. youth to engage in engineering, science, technology, and mathematics by connecting high-school students with professional mentors through national robotics competitions to build a capable aerospace workforce.
Associate for Advancing Automation
A3 is North America’s largest automation trade association representing over 1,400 organizations involved in robotics, AI, machine vision, motion control, motors, and related automation technologies.

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
Current and credible web articles on robots and robotics include recent reporting on humanoid robots and the labor market, Big Tech’s race to train robots using human movement data, major advances in AI-enabled task learning, industrial “robot ballet” automation in factories, environmental monitoring through autonomous robots, China’s investment in embodied AI, and research breakthroughs such as generative AI improving robot mobility.
Automation World
Renowned for editorial excellence, Automation World reports on developments across the full spectrum of industrial automation technologies from software to hardware with a focus on discrete manufacturing and batch or hybrid processing industries as part of Endeavor Business Media.
AI Magazines
AI Magazine reports on the latest developments in robotics and AI covering news, industry trends, innovations, and how robots are being deployed across sectors.
Robotics
Robotics (MDPI) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing the latest research on robotic systems — including their theory, design, control, sensing, autonomy, and real-world applications across fields like industrial, biomedical, service, and space robotics.