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/

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/

research in the field of robots and cyborgs  
   Gert conducts research in the field of robots and cyborgs.
   http://www.it-c.dk/~gba/index.english.html

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

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

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

NASA Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division  
   Information on projects by the ARSD, such as robots to assist astronauts during extra-vehicular activity.
   http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/

Cognitive Robotics at GMD  
   German National Research Center robotics group. Research areas include multi-robot cooperation, embodiment of cognitive functions in robots, and robot-environment interaction.
   http://www.gmd.de/FIT-KI/CogRob/

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/

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

CLAWAR  
   The European network for CLimbing And WAlking Robots. Site includes newsletter, conference calendar, information on task forces, and publications list.
   http://www.clawar.com/home.htm

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. Site includes description, presentations, and bibliography.
   http://www.ele.auckland.ac.nz/~cyue001/

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.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00065FEA-DAEA-1D80-90FB809EC5880000

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/

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

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-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mlab/

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/

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/

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/

Enrico Piaggio Robotics Group  
   An interdepartmental Research Center of the University of Pisa devoted to the field robotics and bioengineering. The site includes research activities and researcher profiles.
   http://www.piaggio.ccii.unipi.it/

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/

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/

Sparc-E and robotic research at the University of South Alabama  
   Dedicated to small autonomous mobile robotics research and robotics use in the curriculum at the University of South Alabama
   http://www.cis.usouthal.edu/~mward/

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

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/

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/

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

Stanford Robotics Laboratory  
   Specializes in including manipulation, machine learning, navigation, vision, tactile sensing, and reasoning.
   http://robotics.stanford.edu/

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/

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

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/

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

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/

Bilkent University Robotics & Sensing Laboratory  
   Specializes in sensor data fusion for mobile robots. Based at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey
   http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/%7Erobotics/

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/

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/

Cornell Robotics and Vision Laboratory  
   Research topics include computer vision, distributed manipulation, and micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). Based at the Computer Science department of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States.
   http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Projects/csrvl/csrvl.html

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

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/

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

Taygeta Scientific Research  
   Projects include autonomous walkers, Palm-Pilot robots, motion and path planning, and motor control. Site also includes resources on Forth programming and Kalman filters.
   http://www.taygeta.com/research.html

FIU Robotics and Automation Laboratory  
   Florida International University research group specializing in teleoperation, telesensation, mechatronics, and fault-tolerant systems.
   http://www.eng.fiu.edu/me/robotics/

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/

Fraunhofer IFF Division of Automation  
   Research areas include robotic systems and intelligent sensor systems.
   http://www.iff.fhg.de/eng/aut/

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/

GMD Autonomous Systems and Robotics  
   Research topics include cognitive robotics, adaptive systems, cooperation, distributed real-time control, and goal-oriented navigation.
   http://www.gmd.de/People/Uwe.Zimmer/Lists/Robotics.at.GMD.html

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/

Institute of Robotics Research  
   University of Dortmund group specializing in multi-robot systems, space robotics, communication structures, and autonomously guided vehicles.
   http://www.irf.uni-dortmund.de/

INEEL Remote, Robotic, and Automated Systems Group  
   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.inel.gov/capabilities/robotics/

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

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/

LUT Robotics & Automation Department  
   Luleå 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/

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.man.ac.uk/robotics/

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/

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

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/

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/

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/

Mechatronics Research Group  
   Lancaster University group specializing in mobile robots, construction robotics, control systems, and engineering structures.
   http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/engineering/research/mechatronics/

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

Robotics / Autonomous Mechanical Systems  
   R/AMeS is a Linköping University group. Research topics include model based inertial sensing, teleoperated robotics, mobile robots, and industrial robots.
   http://idefix.ikp.liu.se/rames/rames.html

LUCS Robotics and Vision Lab  
   Lund University Cognitive Science group specializing in mobile robots, autonomous learning, neural vision, and intelligence.
   http://www.lucs.lu.se/Projects/Robotics.And.Vision/

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/

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/

Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics Centre  
   Middlesex University group specializing rehabilitation robotics, control systems, robot positioning, and automation of hazardous processes.
   http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/ammc/ammc.html

Mihailo Pupin Institute Robotics Laboratory  
   Belgrade, Yugoslavia lab that specializes in robotic systems for contact tasks, intelligent control techniques, and kinematic aspects of robotic system control.
   http://www.imp.bg.ac.yu/prez/lab150/robotics.htm

Intelligent Robotics Research Center  
   TheIRRC is part of the Computer Systems Engineering group of the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Research topics include robot navigation and machine perception.
   http://calvin.eng.monash.edu.au/IRRC/

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

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/

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/

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/