The programme of the next edition of Dorkbot SF on June 1 is rather eclectic:

The Simnuke Team, a team of 15 artists and engineers, will commemorate the 60-year anniversary of Trinity, first test of a nuclear weapon, by presenting the Simnuke project, a simulation of the look and feel of the detonation of a nuclear device.

Heather Dewey-Hagborg will present Lighter Than Air, an autonomous flying robot and Bugs, an experiment in collective robotics. Bugs agents are able to communicate and coordinate stigmergically, through modification of their shared environment.

Violet Blue will present an updated history of Teledildonics in an interactive lecture with visuals, hands-on demonstrations, and audience members will be able to “drive” The Thrillhammer machine currently housed in New York’s Museum of Sex, and watch the results via live webcam.