Achim Lilienthal from Örebro University in Sweden and Lino Forte Marques from the University of Coimbra in Portugal discuss smell as a sensor modality for mobile robots.

Ryan Calo, Senior Research Fellow at Stanford Law-School, discusses liability & privacy issues when considering robots and the law.

Ryan Calo, Senior Research Fellow at Stanford Law-School, discusses liability & privacy issues when considering robots and the law.

Michael Tolley and Jonas Neubert from the Computational Synthesis Laboratory run by Hod Lipson at Cornell University present their approach at making programmable matter.

Michael Tolley and Jonas Neubert from the Computational Synthesis Laboratory run by Hod Lipson at Cornell University present their approach at making programmable matter.

Raymond Oung from the Swiss Technical Institute of Technology in Zürich discusses the Distributed Flight Array, which is a new type of modular aerial robot. We then celebrate aerial robotics with a contest on flying robot noises for a chance to win a WowWee Bladestar.

Raymond Oung from the Swiss Technical Institute of Technology in Zürich discusses the Distributed Flight Array, which is a new type of modular aerial robot. We then celebrate aerial robotics with a contest on flying robot noises for a chance to win a WowWee Bladestar.

Patrick Gyger from the Maison d'Ailleurs, one of the major Science Fiction museums in the world, presents the history of robotics in the genre and discusses interactions between science and writing. We the bring you a re-edition of the Selkies stories written by Science Fiction writer Jack Graham in Boston. You can find more of his stories at lonesomerobot.com.

Patrick Gyger from the Maison d'Ailleurs, one of the major Science Fiction museums in the world, presents the history of robotics in the genre and discusses interactions between science and writing. We the bring you a re-edition of the Selkies stories written by Science Fiction writer Jack Graham in Boston. You can find more of his stories at lonesomerobot.com.

Ari Requicha from the University of Southern California and Grégory Mermoud from EPFL describe the soft- and hardware aspects of designing systems of nanorobots.