Performing humanoids, real robots doing real jobs, funding is down but manufacturing is back in the USA.

Plus so many good papers, conferences and blogs! Here's a digest...

I think I better send out two newsletters this week because I have a lot of extra material fresh from the NSF about new programs and reviewing current research directions and performance benchmarking and extending ICorps etc. Also a few accelerator application deadlines coming up and I need more time to go through it all.

Big thank you to everyone who ha…