A few fun links about Robotics

As a follow-up, when I presented about the Real Challenges of Semi-Autonotomous Robots on Sunday, these were the sites/ videos I played:

https://www.play-i.com/

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/airdroids/the-pocket-drone-your-personal-flying-robot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE-YBaYjbqY Valkerie - NASA's Superhero Robot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w40e1u0T1yg Atlas Revealed: Boston Dynamics' DARPA Robot

I also mentioned a couple fun websites for keeping track of developments in this area, including:

http://crasar.org/ - Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue

http://www.auvsi.org/ The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

http://www.youtube.com/user/spectrummag - IEEE Spectrum's Youtube channel

Also, I didn't mention this at the con, but I found this article a useful reminder of some things about miltary use of robots: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2008/20081110/crispin-a.shtml