Very interesting lecture by Todd C. Mowry professor at Carnegie Mellon University recorded at Stanford University.<p>The lecture gives you an excellent introduction to the research field Self-Reconfiguring Modular Robot and the current state of art in the field. The main focus is on CMU's Claytronics version and on telepresence that they call Pario.<p>There is also an excellent introduction to the basic problems and challenges in the area as well as reports on the progress CMU have made.