Seeing a few cool new robots at CES was a great way to kick off 2013, but now we’ve got a bit of a lull until our next big events (like ICRA in Germany) start to hit in a few months. But that’s okay: we’ll have plenty of projects to keep us busy, one of which we should be able to tell you about next week! Until then, here’s a swarm of robot vids to keep you entertained.

There have been lots of questions as to what Rethink’s robot Baxter is actually capable of, you know,doing. Rethink put together this little montage of the robot setting up containers with a vacuum gripper, sorting parts, loading gears into partitioned boxes, re-orienting objects and packing boxes, and loading/unloading a conveyor. [Read More]