Robot Roundup

Willow Garage develops hardware and open source software for personal robotic applications.

That means that anyone can build one of these:

If cockroaches are more your thing, then check out the Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod (DASH) robot from the Biomimetic Millisystems Lab at the University of California at Berkeley:

Prefer geckos? Check out the Stickybot from the Biomimetics & Dextrous Manipulation Laboratory at Stanford University:

Finally, imagine a Roomba with a frickin’ laser beam attached to its head!

Call Sarah Connor, alert the Twelve Colonies, and invest accordingly.

CWE

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