Robotic Sensors, Actuators and Controls
- Sensors
Bumpers / Contact sensors
Light intensity sensors (CdS? Photocell)
Sharp IR Range Triangulation sensor http://www.howmuchsnow.com/snow/proto1.html
Sonar http://www.societyofrobots.com/sensors_sonar.shtml
Electronic Compass
LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging; or Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging) 
http://www.cooper.edu/~mar/images/stanley.bmp
Vision System
Global Positioning System http://www.nasm.si.edu/gps/work.html
- Actuators
PMDC rotary motor 
Stepper Motor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepper_motor
Spherical stepper motor concept http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home01/jan01/sphere.html
Linear Motor
Servo Motor
http://www.electricmotors.machinedesign.com/guiEdits/Content/bdeee4a/bdeee4a_1.aspx
Encoder
http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/robotics/projects/encoders/index.html
Nitinol (NiTi?) http://www.nitinol.com/3tech.htm
Pnuematic http://www.cooper.edu/~cusack2/bot/gallery_ti5.html
http://www.cooper.edu/~mar/images/Robot_Cockroach.bmp
Actroid (fluid motion humanoid robot): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSR4Dx37n8A
Artificial Musle http://brl.ee.washington.edu/Research_Past/Biologically_Based/Project_01_Arm/Anthroform_Arm.html
Nanotech future Energy Storage Muscle http://www.nanotech.utdallas.edu/news/2006/artificialmuscles.html
- Controls
Sophisticated World Modeling (sense -> model environment -> compute movements)
vs.
Behavior Based Reactive Control (sense -> react)