The annual Austrian Hexapod Championships may just be the closest thing to a Miss America pageant for six-legged robots. Not only do these crustacean robots race, but they also compete in a choreographed dance portion of the competition.
Highlight reel from the 2010 Hexapod Dance-Off after the jump.
A rescue squad has been dispatched to help contain an oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico, but this time it’s not the Planeteers – it’s robots.
Since the explosion of a BP oil rig off the coast of New Orleans last week, oil has been leaking underwater at a rate of about 42,000 gallons of oil per day. To combat this hazardous situation, BP and the U.S. Coast Guard have deployed a team of robotic submarines.
