SUMMARYThis is a concise survey of the activities carried out by the Robotics Laboratory of the “J. Stefan” Institute, University of E. Kardelj, Ljubljana (Yugoslavia) on the field of robotics research and development of robots. A list of research themes is given with a brief explanation of each containing the objectives, the obtained results, the history and the future outlook. Besides, the main projects concerned with the development of industrial robots are described, as well as the equipment which enables practical work and experimentations as a major element of the laboratory research and educational activities.