Please don't tip the robot

Greetings from Cupertino, California, where the temperature has cooled down to a far more reasonable 101 degrees. It's a nice change from the 109 degrees we hit here on Tuesday. There was no robotics news to speak of, but that's why we're coming to you a day late with Actuator. I'll try not to make a habit of it. We've got an interesting selection of robotics news this week. It's a testament, really, to how broad this field has become in recent decades.