This week in Robotics

Good day boys and girls - I hope you are ready for another exciting week in robotics!

Dinsey is working on swarm robotics - probably just to make them dance around. [REF]

NXT Robots can now be controlled with a smart phone. [REF]

In health news, nanotech is being used to repair heart tissue. [REF] AND [REF]

Congratulations to the inventor of Nao, Bruno Maisonnier, who won the Invention and Entrepreneurship Award at the2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) [REF]

A real potential and needed area for robotics is in the disaster recovery area. There is a great need for these types of bots. [REF]

I don't know about you, but I thought autonomous vehicles created their own maps for navigation. Turns out only this one does. [REF]

It is great to see new things, no matter how weird they may be. Corkscrew legs in a triad formation: cool. [REF]

This cool bot can stick to walls using streaming air: [REF] AND [REF] AND [REF]

In Netherlands - medical nanobots are getting funding: [REF]

I think I may have been right about the Android-powered android: This reletively inexpensive ADK board is coming out June 20th: [REF]

Mark Stark is making prostectics that move relative to shoulder shrugs. Am I the only one who noticed that there is a guy with the name of Stark working in robotics? [REF]

Who wants to see the futuristic world of Wall-e come to life? It all starts in the library, where people are official;ly too lazy to get the books themselves. [REF]

This little robot is sick of the water and will now summersault into your living room: [REF] AND [REF] AND [REF]

Nasa's rover 'Spirit' has been damaged and has lost contact over the Martian winter. It will be listened to, but just in case: [REF]

Medi-bots are now helping surgiacal students by holding their hand while they operate: [REF]

Roomba has a new-improved cousin. It also climbs stairs and navigates really well. It's just the price! [REF]

MIT Researchers have a made a robot that divides it's tasks into sub-tasks. Believe it or not, plan sub-division is a huge element in artificial intelligence, and things like opening a door are not ass simple as one might first consider. [REF]

Water powered window bot! Seriously cool! [REF]

Finally: The most useless robot: [REF]

Until next time: Keep making friends!