[Robotgroup] Anyone free on may 7th to go attend this?

[Doug Emes]

http://www.edatechforum.com/events/index.cfm

excerpts from the following URL:
http://www.edatechforum.com/events/austin/keynotes.cfm
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Austin, Texas
May 07, 2008
10am
Dances with Robots: The Story of One Engineer, 112 Little Robots, and
the Toys, Insects, and Star War Movies that Made it all Possible.
James McLurkin
Robotocist / Inventor

The presentation starts with a lighthearted look at society's views on
robots, Hollywood's portrayal of them, the current state of the art,
and the future of the technology. Philosophical questions about the
nature of intelligence are discussed, as they pose serious problems
for the creation of artificially intelligent devices. The final
conclusion? Robots are phenomenally stupid and we should be more
concerned about the next asteroid strike than a robotic rebellion. In
spite of this, robots are still useful, and swarms are the future of
robotics. McLurkin promotes the need for swarms of robots, and
explains the technology required to produce group behaviors on one
hundred robots. Live robot demonstrations and video clips of the swarm
in action punctuate the main points.
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Sounds pretty neat, but I wont be able to come on down from DFW.

Doug Emes

P.S. - Houston's club is having their outdoor robot contest THIS weekend:
http://deanandara.com/DryRun/

The DPRG's is NEXT month:
http://www.dprg.org/competitions/roborama2008a/