Relayed from my good friend ScottyDogma, here's a link to an article In the July 4th Globe and Mail Newpaper regarding "10 Things Canada Does Best" (this is point #8 - Robotics). Whodathunk? Not me...
Microsoft ... BEAM Robots?!?
Dave Hrynkiw
May 3, 2006
Solarbotics held a few workshops and lectures at the MAKEr faire April 22/23rd.
After giving a workshop, a nice man from Microsoft invited me over to see their BEAM robots. Obviously intregued, I found their display at the Microsoft pavilion where Microsoft encouraged all their engineers with "MAKE"-style hobbies to exhibit, including this squad of hobby roboticists!
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