Maybe this could be the thing that brings back technology companies to Massachusetts? A big chunk (I'd say a majority, but I didn't count) of these robots are from companies in or around Boston (including my favorite BigDog from Boston Dynamics in Waltham).
Maybe we'll call it Robot Cove?
Edit: I do realize this is an article from boston.com...
I work in Boston's robotics industry. Business is actually pretty good, if not actually booming, the general shittiness of the economy notwithstanding.
When I started watching that I was thinking that if I was ever in a situation where this robot was chasing me uphill through a forest I would just run up to it and kick it over to slow it down. Then 30 seconds later they demonstrate how well you can expect that plan to turn out :)
iRobot, who were once a start-up themeselves, recently bought Nekton Research, a start-up that made underwater robots. I suspect that most start-ups are spun out of the research world and have the military as their primary customers.
One of my teachers (Akim Demaille from Epita) leads a French start up whose aim is to unify the way we communicate with robots (sort of) : http://www.gostai.com/
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Edit: I do realize this is an article from boston.com...
At least, I'm hoping... :)
It's pretty creepy, when you imagine what's to come...
When I started watching that I was thinking that if I was ever in a situation where this robot was chasing me uphill through a forest I would just run up to it and kick it over to slow it down. Then 30 seconds later they demonstrate how well you can expect that plan to turn out :)
http://anybots.com/
After that, it's totally going to hit the world like a sack of bricks.