Liquid Robotics, the US company behind the project, collected data about the Pacific Ocean's temperature, salinity and ecosystem from the drone.

BBC: PacX Wave Glide

It has been created by the Massachusetts robotics company Boston Dynamics and backed by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).

BBC: Cheetah robot 'runs faster than Usain Bolt'

The Cloud, mobile devices, social networking, the internet of things, big data, stem cell research, robotics and neuroscience are all at the cusp of taking us to a fantastic new world.

FORBES: 3 Wishes, 2 Tips and a Book

And Caleb Chung and his colleagues at the startup UGobe remind us to celebrate the playfulness and creativity that has also been a hallmark of robotics over the years.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Time Warner Cable is joining with the Coalition for Science After School and FIRST Robotics -- the program created by inventor Dean Kamen, which gave us the "Cougar Cannon" -- to connect one million students with fun after-school activities, like robotics competitions.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Kicks Off "Educate to Innovate"

As we think about how robots will begin helping us in all different aspects of our lives over the next decade, we believe that design innovation in robotics will be at least as important as tech innovation in finally making robots available to a majority of people in the world.

CNN: Why robots are ready for takeoff