Musically talented quadrotors...

Brilliant! And here's a previous related post about these amazing and autonomous flying machines.

Swarm of nano quadrotors...

is impressive, and marks the first step towards Skynet:



Seriously, I can see immediate applications for search and rescue, and for surveillance.

UPDATE:  More impressive videos here, here and here.  And a linkage to Skynet.

Robots are coming...

in all shapes and sizes and designs:

• Soft-Bodied Robot Moves Like a Squid
• Darpa’s Creepy Robo-Blob Learns to Crawl
• Fleet of Quadrocopters Builds Two-Story Foam Tower

One thing is certain, it will be a very, very different world in another 20 years.

Related previous post.

You won't be able...

to outrun it when it comes to kill you, but on the other hand it makes a great bartender:


Let's just hope it knows The Three Laws.

Kitty vs. robot...

If you love bugs...

then you'll go crazy over these: HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creatures.

UPDATE: I ordered a Nano.

The shape of things to come...

I like the organic look and feel of this prototype. Kinda creepy, too.