Hi Everyone, I saw this story on the BBC News iPhone App and thought you should see it and might share them with the kids: US unveils humanoid robot test bed: A humanoid robot called Atlas could pave the way for intelligent machines to help in the wake of natural disasters. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23286266 Also, there are two related videos on YouTube that have been released by DARPA: Meet ATLAS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zkBnFPBV3f0 Meet the Teams: DARPA Robotics Challenge Track-A Robots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hpeZGCzUmNY Cheers, Curt ________________________________ From: Curt Tran <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Way cool Here is another aspect of Robotics on BBC to share with the kids: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21443212 Cheers, Curt On Mar 7, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Curt Tran <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi Phil, >Looks really cool! Everyone check this out too -- BBC on Robotics. > >http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21632849 > >Best wishes, >T. (Curt) Tran >Judges Advisor, GMU Regional ’11 & '12 >Judges Advisor, TJHSST Rgnl ’09 >Mentor Team #5390, Kilmer-I ’09 >Mentor Team #8941, Kilmer-II ’09 >Coach Team #324, Scitobor ’08 >Coach Team #3563, Rabid Llama Lords ’07 > > > >On Mar 7, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Phil Smith III <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >And if you thought that was neat… >> >>http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/whoa-quadrotors-play-catch-with-inverted-pendulum/ >> >>This makes my head hurt. >> >> >>________________________________ >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". >>VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to subscribe. > >________________________________ >To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". >VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to subscribe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.