Thanks to recent school-related forays into robotics, I was curious to see what's going on in the field these days. Sony's QRIO caught my attention. What is it about Japan and almost disturbingly cute robots? This clip is particularly Mr. Sparkle-esque. After spending so much time in the lab trying to get our simple IR-tracking working properly, I'm amazed anything like this works in real life.

Also, I can hear the Molson Indy racket from here.