Credo is an academic alternative to Wikipedia. It holds over 400 encyclopedias, handbooks, and specialty dictionaries.
Check out Credo's topic page for robotics.
The databases featured here are particularly useful for this class. They contain full text scholarly articles, news, images, and video.
Think about keywords related to robotics to start your search in the library's WorldCat catalog. When you find a good book, look at the Subject Headings in the Description section of the record to find more books on the topic. Clicking on the subject headings will take you to a list of all the other books that have also been classified under that heading in the catalog.
Try searching for some of these subject headings related to robots, robotics, and A.I. in WorldCat:
Artificial Intelligence | Autonomous Robots | Robot Industry | Robots -- Programming | Robots -- Dynamics | Cognitive science |Robots -- Design and construction | Robotics -- Military applications | Artificial Intelligence--social aspects
Here are a few links to robots, robotics, and other relevant websites.