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
 

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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
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>
>
>On Mar 7, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Phil Smith III <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
>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.
>>  
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