In case you missed it, Missy Cummings, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems and director of the MIT Humans and Automation Lab (HAL) appeared on The Colbert Report on July 27. She was there to discuss the lightweight, smartphone-operated drones she hopes will replace much heavier battlefield surveillance equipment.
Take a look as Colbert takes a turn navigating the drone (he should stick to his day job) and Cummings answers his probing question: "How do I know that this sort of flying robot here is R2-D2 and not the HAL 9000?"
