This particular piece is inspiring because its artist essentially designed and built this velociraptor in his garage by himself, whereas many of the pieces reviewed on this blog have been big, high tech group projects. These are only the motion tests for how it moves and walks when being preformed, later Silva went on to create an artificial skin for the beast, but there is certainly beauty in the honesty and simplicity of the skeleton alone.

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This robot is a remote controlled toy. The robot is used to pilot a Mylar balloon which takes the form of animals including fish, sharks, and other sea animals. They give the illusion of swimming or floating through the air. The weightlessness of these balloons also gives off the illusion of flying.

The Paro robots are commercially produced robots that look like cute baby seals designed to comfort patients in hospitals and nursing homes. They are equipped with light, touch, temperature, and sound sensors and even have the ability to learn when they are given a name.

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Here a fleet of quadrocopters with LED lights attached to them take to the skies flying in formation. These flying pixels of light form patterns and animations in the night sky, creating 3-D models in seemingly empty space.

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Push is a very entertaining, approachable robot who rolls around the Disney World parks talking to guests. He is voiced and controlled remotely in real time, and his mechanical/electrical workings have been very well disguised.

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