Weird Robot Videos

For my students in my AI class, who had the honor of being my last exam of the spring semester, I link to the Top 10 Strangest Robots, with video! RunBot might be my favorite because he is so cute, but the OmniZero robot boxing video is probably the “must see” of the bunch and Robonova is impressive too.

It’s amazing how the last day of classes feels like a Friday, regardless of what day of the week it falls on, and how many appointments I have scheduled for the following day. I think it’s the general campus vibe that does it. In that vein, I thought I’d do a random link collection – fodder for some late night study breaks. First up, a student showed us this face locator tool from the Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition company during a class presentation today, and it is very cool. It works wonderfully with group photos even, though we found that it … Continue reading