Check out the jump at the end of the video. The robot is able to navigate rough terrain more reliably than robots with legs or wheels. [more information here]

read all all about it (link here).

this is hilarious. Hope you all like robots – they are on my mind!

this is wild. Real brain cells inside/controlling robot.

this is great!

“Robots are now not only based on fixed rules about how to behave, they now have genes, similar to human genes, which affect their behaviour, development and learning,” says Dr. Kenji Doya.

 To see an abstract of his research, click here.

powered by technology from Evolution Robotics, an Idealab company.  Wowee, the maker of Rovio, has some really cool products. I bought their helicopter package at Costco, which was cool, but it only lasted about one day before breaking.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

link here