From the lab of YutaHiroto Tanaka, here’s some slow-motion video of a butterfly ornithopter in flight. It appears this video is part of a paper that was submitted to the IROS 2008 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) conference.
A light diversion for the day – a German electronics store commercial featuring prehistoric robots (and a sexy cyborg).
[Via BoingBoing, Via Laughing Squid]
Ok, so we’ve heard songs about robots before, but unless you happen to be a fan of Flight of the Conchords, perhaps you haven’t heard this one – “The Humans are Dead“. Sung from the point-of-view of two conquering robot overlords, it’s a clever and distopian view of our future.
Oh, and be sure to catch the “binary solo”. It’s a classic.
I’m anxiously waiting for the day when robotics achieves the pinnacle of engineering that is the “Retroencabulator.” This isn’t really robotics related, but I hope it inspires you to greatness.
I saw this video linked from our friends at robots.net. “Roomba song,” I say. “It’s probably bad, but I’ll give it a shot.” Well folks, I was wrong. Great song. Great voice. Great robot. Check it out.
