IBM is a community of makers, creators and thinkers. By nature we're a curious group of people – always asking questions about what's next, and within my team, what else is possible with artificial intelligence. We love teaming up with others who are passionate about the possibilities of technology, whether it be inspiring a new hit song, creating the scariest movie trailer, or helping businesses make better decisions. The idea of joining forces with other makers, creators and thinkers to explore the potential of Watson, in a fun and easy way, was the catalyst behind a new project our team is launching: TJ Bot. In the spirit of the maker community, TJ Bot is a DIY kit that allows you to build your own programmable cardboard robot powered by Watson.

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two months; here's what we have so far (send us your events!): Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. This RHex dance contest was filmed in 2013, as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival. More isn't always better, but with glowy flying drones, it definitely is: If you do the math (and the math is simple and exponential), by 2020 Intel will be flying 312,500 drones, which is a VGA display.

IBM Research have created an open-source artificial intelligence robot called TJ Bot. Downloading the source via GitHub – coders can 3D print or Laser Cut the template, attach a Raspberry Pi and integrate it with IBM Watson API's. These include Watson Tone Analyzer, Watson Speech to Text API and Watson Conversation. TJ Bot is an example of'embodied cognition' – the idea of embedding artificial intelligence into objects in our everyday lives.