We have some excellent french students at the lab right now and they pushed our InMoov project forward. Here is a time lapse movie of the assembly of the robot.
Create LaTeX tables easily
I am a big fan of this website for creating LaTeX tables. Finally a tool that allows you to design your tables with a WYSIWYG editor.
Aldebaran and Softbank reveal the Pepper robot
Finally the cat is out of the bag. It was clear that once a Japanese IT company buys Aldebaran, that they would develop a new robot, potentially for the Japanese market. After Aibo’s death, there was a big hole in the Japanese market. So here you have it: Pepper
Sabbatical
Today is the start of my six month sabbatical. It will be great to focus on my research.
LEGO Simpsons TV Episode Brick Like Me
So finally, after more than twenty years, my two favorite illusions cross again: LEGO and The Simpsons. Of course we already know about The Simpsons house and the Minifigures. But now we are going to have a Simpsons Episode made of LEGO. Well, they go the CG path and not stop animation, but that is fine with me.