jrtom

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/08/why-no-i-am-not-one.html

I'm not entirely clear on how the 'distributed' element comes into play so far as flight is concerned, but the concept is pretty cool.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/10/03/musical.robot/index.html

http://www.gatech.edu/innovations/roboticpercussionist/

Haven't seen the videos yet. Nice idea, though.

courtesy of Boing Boing:

Alive in Joburg (Google Video)

A short film depicting a grittily realistic documentary set in a fictional world with extraterrestrial refugees in South Africa.

Showreel (Quicktime)

A series of short clips which apparently act as a sort of portfolio. (It starts out with a dancing car video which you may have seen; I think I linked to it a while back.) The progression of themes is very interesting.

TempBot

A short film that's a sort of slice-of-existence of a robot employed as a temporary clerical worker. Very odd, not least because no one seems to think it odd that TempBot never says anything.