We are going to participate in the annual Robot Film Festival. Eduardo and Mitchell made an exciting move based on a short story by Isaac Asimov. Check it out:
Time Lapse Movie On The Assembly Of An InMoov Robot
We have some excellent french students at the lab right now and they pushed our InMoov project forward. Here is a time lapse movie of the assembly of the robot.
Create LaTeX tables easily
I am a big fan of this website for creating LaTeX tables. Finally a tool that allows you to design your tables with a WYSIWYG editor.
Aldebaran and Softbank reveal the Pepper robot
Finally the cat is out of the bag. It was clear that once a Japanese IT company buys Aldebaran, that they would develop a new robot, potentially for the Japanese market. After Aibo’s death, there was a big hole in the Japanese market. So here you have it: Pepper
Sabbatical
Today is the start of my six month sabbatical. It will be great to focus on my research.