This week in robotics

This 'week' has been quiet - do to the blogger outage last week I posted last weeks post this week and included the weekend. So I hope you are not too disappointed. Here goes:

• Spybots can now roll and fly:[REF]
• Robots are learning from human mistakes - be careful, there is a lot of ground to cover...[REF] and [REF]
• A number of reporters are gasping at a towel-folding robot... show me a clothes folding robot, heck, show me maid-bot![REF] and [REF]
• Lingodroids, an Australian created robot, has been developed to generate a language of it's own.[REF] and [REF] and [REF] and [REF]
• Swarm robots for mapping hazardous areas and finding survivors: I wish there was more of this in the nes.[REF]
• Chinese researchers have developed a robot capable of climbing, using tactile feedback in it's gripping claws to aid in directional navigation.[REF] and [REF]
• Good nes everyone! Bionic apenditures seem to be making inroads![REF]
• Using weight-shifting, bipedal robots are being made to turn more effectibvely[REF]
• A student uses an exoskeleton to walk at his graduation.[REF]
• Lego NXT can be programmed in pure English - Google Science Fair Semi-Finalist![REF]
• The new IEEE Transactions on Robotics is available[REF]
• Reading robot's in the natural environment will make their life a lot easier.[REF]
• Lastly, there is a robot film fesitival in New York City this July, but I imagine only robotsa will be interested[REF]

Until next week: keep making friends!