This is cross-posted at Robot in the Woods

    As a former Geography professor, I still think of interesting projects to work on. I have one here that I think you could Wow a Geography professor with. That is, what is Science Fiction like in developing countries. Does it exist? And the same for Robotics. How do the following nations (the United Nation’s Group of 77 developing nation) participate in Robotics and/or science fiction. What are the economic and social factors that lead to this participation (or lack thereof). What themes emerge in their writing. If you take on this project, please send me your results.

    The list of Nation’, from Wikipedia, are below:
  1. Afghanistan
  2. Algeria
  3. Angola
  4. Antigua and Barbuda
  5. Argentina
  6. Bahamas
  7. Bahrain
  8. Bangladesh
  9. Barbados
  10. Belize
  11. Benin
  12. Bhutan
  13. Bolivia
  14. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  15. Botswana
  16. Brazil
  17. Brunei Darussalam
  18. Burkina Faso
  19. Burundi
  20. Cambodia
  21. Cameroon
  22. Cape Verde
  23. Central African Republic
  24. Chad
  25. Chile
  26. China
  27. Colombia
  28. Comoros
  29. Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Kinshasa)
  30. Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)
  31. Costa Rica
  32. Côte d’Ivoire
  33. Cuba
  34. Djibouti
  35. Dominica
  36. Dominican Republic
  37. East Timor
  38. Ecuador
  39. Egypt
  40. El Salvador
  41. Equatorial Guinea
  42. Eritrea
  43. Ethiopia
  44. Fiji
  45. Gabon
  46. Gambia
  47. Ghana
  48. Grenada
  49. Guatemala
  50. Guinea
  51. Guinea-Bissau
  52. Guyana
  53. Haiti
  54. Honduras
  55. India
  56. Indonesia
  57. Iran
  58. Iraq
  59. Jamaica
  60. Jordan
  61. Kenya
  62. Kuwait
  63. Laos
  64. Lebanon
  65. Lesotho
  66. Liberia
  67. Libya
  68. Madagascar
  69. Malawi
  70. Malaysia
  71. Maldives
  72. Mali
  73. Marshall Islands
  74. Mauritania
  75. Mauritius
  76. Micronesia, Federated States of
  77. Mongolia
  78. Morocco
  79. Mozambique
  80. Myanmar
  81. Namibia
  82. Nepal
  83. Nicaragua
  84. Niger
  85. Nigeria
  86. North Korea
  87. Oman
  88. Pakistan
  89. Palestine
  90. Panama
  91. Papua New Guinea
  92. Paraguay
  93. Peru
  94. Philippines
  95. Qatar
  96. Rwanda
  97. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  98. Saint Lucia
  99. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  100. Samoa
  101. São Tomé and Príncipe
  102. Saudi Arabia
  103. Senegal
  104. Seychelles
  105. Sierra Leone
  106. Singapore
  107. Solomon Islands
  108. Somalia
  109. South Africa
  110. Sri Lanka
  111. Sudan
  112. Suriname
  113. Swaziland
  114. Syria
  115. Tanzania
  116. Thailand
  117. Togo
  118. Tonga
  119. Trinidad and Tobago
  120. Tunisia
  121. Turkmenistan
  122. Uganda
  123. United Arab Emirates
  124. Uruguay
  125. Vanuatu
  126. Venezuela
  127. Vietnam
  128. Yemen
  129. Zambia
  130. Zimbabwe