Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Pierre Whimsey the Third was a big part of my childhood. My mother’s fictional hedgehog, featured in a series of children stories, led me off to great imaginary adventures. To this day, I see hedgehogs as mythical creatures able to travel to distant planets and worlds. It seems as though I am not the only person that believes … Read more
My daughter is a physics geek. As a robot commentator the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. At the end of the day, our ability to enter new spheres of spaces depends on the propulsion of our machines. I have always been fascinated by the 1968 science fiction movie, The Fantastic Voyage, and our … Read more
As we approach the Holiday of Rosh Hashanah in the Jewish Calendar we are asked to reflect on the past year, and look for ways to improve ourselves in the coming days, weeks and months. This process reminds us of our free will to decide decipher through the gray in life. Having a dog, one sees … Read more
I am back after a two week hiatus in the country, where I purposely removed myself from all things robotic. The only buzz was from the occasional bee interrupting our outdoor lunch, which brings me to my first September post… While the folks at Harvard are busy working on a robobee to save the hive, I … Read more