Tomorrow Daily 117: Upgraded Atlas robot, an adorable robot press conference, and more

It's almost the weekend, which means it's our last show of the week. We've got some great stuff, though, no slacking here: DARPA's Robotics Challenge will feature Atlas, a robot we've seen before, but has been almost entirely rebuilt from the ground up and is ready to compete; Harvard is offering a free online course intended to help anyone understand more about searching for alien life; and vStone in Japan hosted an all-robot press conference and introduced us to two adorable little robots who could assist the elderly someday.

We weren't kidding, it's a jam-packed show. Enjoy it, and we'll see you next Monday!

Here are some links and notes for all the things on the show today:

• Atlas robot is 75% new, ready to compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
• Free online course about searching for alien life will be taught by a Harvard professor
• vStone introduces two adorable new robots at a press conference...hosted by two *other* robots
• Into It: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and the history of sci-fi films in 4 minutes
• User Feedback: Your #TDHoloLens feedback, and our Phonetographer of the Day

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