I am visiting Courtney (my girlfriend) in Wellesley, MA today. I arrived yesterday after an interminable bus ride just in time to be whisked away to a Third Eye Blind concert. I'm not a big fan, but I was surprised to find that I already knew the words to a few of their songs. It was very enjoyable.
When I tell people that I build robots for a living, there are a few different reactions. Some people just say "no way." Some people don't really listen the first time, so they say "Cool... Wait, What?" I get a kick out of that.
It's amazing how big a gap there is between the general public awareness of the state of the art and the actual state of the art, but it's almost never the same twice. Not that I'm particularly working at the state of the art right now, but I have a more accurate perspective, I think.
Some people think robots are just about ready to take over the world, and some think they're really not much more than funny toys. Unfortunately, the latter is closer to the truth, but there have been quite a few advances. Especially in terms of hardware, the technology is really advancing by leaps and bounds. As far as software goes, I haven't seen anything worth writing home about, or on my blog about for that matter.
Maybe my work with using cellular automata for behavioral algorithms will shed some light. Maybe not. In any case it's worth a shot.
-Rob
www.thinkroboteducation.com
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