Today, as part of Microsoft’s restructuring plan, the Robotics division of Microsoft Research has been suspended, according to a tweet from Ashley Feniello, the current head of the division: Sadly, the Microsoft robotics team has been shut down. My card key stops working tomorrow afternoon… :-/ — Ashley Feniello (@AshleyFen) September 20, …more
Why are we so obsessed with making things that look like us? When we often say things like “sharks are the most perfectly and highly evolved predator on the planet”, why don’t we have more “Sharkbots”? The only Sharkbot on the Web is a t-shirt company: Link A critical design …more
Well, it’s about that time when it’s time to put pen to paper and lay out the manifesto for ToyBots! What began as a neat word association about a decade ago has now matured into something that is possible in the near term — and it’s pretty exciting. So, let …more
We’re still at the early, quasi-fringy stage of 3D printing, but 3D printed toys are beginning to hit the market. There’s a new 3D printed toy on Kickstarter today called “Modibot”: Link This seems like an interesting early-stage concept that is similar to ToyBots, without the autonomous operating model of …more
