Computer learns how to play game from manual
http://www.kurzweilai.net/machine-learning-system-learns-language-by-playing-games?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=eeadd1f114-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email
Sensitive robot skin
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/tum-sds062911.php
Obama pledges funding for Robotics research
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20074040-1/obama-pledges-$70-million-for-robotics-r-d/
Robot with skeleton and muscles like human
http://www.azorobotics.com/news.aspx?newsID=1688
Controlling robots with Kinect
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/mf_kinect/all/1
Pool playing robot
Here is a pool playing robot that uses an overhead camera and humanoid arms. It calculates the possible moves by weighing them according to its difficulty. The robot can make successful hits as much as five times in a row, which is difficult even for a good player.
Robots change formation efficiently
An algorithm for controlling multiple robots designed in Georgia Tech University allows robots to move in right formation in the most efficient way for a given goal. The robots are instructed to spell a word, and starting with a random configuration, they efficiently change their relative positions so that they spell each letter of the word, […]
Neuroscience and robot vision integration
http://www.kurzweilai.net/applying-neuroscience-to-robot-vision?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3cfa36647f-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email
Minibots create map of building interior
http://news.cnet.com/mini-bots-cooperate-to-map-out-building-interiors/8301-17938_105-20063388-1.html
Growing trend of military robotics
http://www.azorobotics.com/details.asp?newsID=1028