So my reserach project is going to be on the ethics of laying off hundreds of workers and replacing with our soon-to-be robot overlords.

ReasonTV. "Mexicans and Machines: Drew Carey on Nafta". June 25, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9csCerjfdE

In this video, Drew Carey explains how we blame job loss on Mexicans, even though the greatest job stealers are actually robots. He notes that all of the media is focused on exported jobs, while the real cause is at home. According to Carey, people wrongly blame NAFTA for allowing tis to continue. He claims that many more jobs were created by NAFTA than lost. He claims that the real threat lies with a worker that requires no sleep or pay. Factory and agricultural jobs are lost while their outputs increased. He also mentions a ninteenth century revolt against machines.

Anonymous. "Industrial robot". Wikipedia. December 7, 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_robot

The Wikipedia article accurately details the history of a robot's use in industry, from patents of the 1950's to definitions and graphs of today's modern working man. The article also gives a sample of programming used in today's machines, and a small abridged article (with a link to the main article) on the future of robotics.