That would be fairly impressive if it actually had people controlling them…. but they’re doing it on their own, which goes beyond being impressive and actually becomes a bit scary.
Strange – I would have thought hexapods would have been the platform of choice for all this machine-learning/playing stuff. Apparently not
On Addiction
And The Void Mooned Back...
The Spirit Of The World
A Machine to Steal Souls
More Anti Digital
Thync
Robotic Sensory Loops and Whatnot
Cartestian Robot Roundup.
Post-Scarcity Link-Dump
Servo Bender
Some day they’ll start hiding what they already know. That day.
By the way, I thought you’d be interested in this (in case you don’t already know): http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/flocking-robots/
That’s pretty cool :) – looks like these things are going through a “play” period before they start doing anything useful. Like people I guess. Mind you, some people never actually do manage to do anything useful… but you know… “looking busy” is often enough