Robotics Update

Engineers use biological adaptive learning techniques to give robots the ability to learn efficient motion:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126946.600-unnatural-selection-robots-start-to-evolve.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Artificial Intelligence Update

AI is finally coming of age. This article describes some of the latest advances in machine learning, and how AI is finally beginning to live up to the hype:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=332273

(I think the final sentence is way off base, though!)

Artificial Intelligence Update

Researchers are working to build a machine that can learn from experience:

http://www.physorg.com/news148754667.html

Robotics Update

A model helicopter robot learns to fly itself by observing a human flying a remote model helicopter:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/robothelicopterteachesitselfhowtofly