As a veteran-ish roboticist, I'm real tired of the bag of tired justifications used for robotics research in extreme environments. On the other hand, as a vete

As a veteran-ish roboticist, I'm real tired of the bag of tired justifications used for robotics research in extreme environments. On the other hand, as a veteran-ish roboticist, I'm quite convinced that future folks of my kind will be more biologist than programmer. The plethora of self healing and self optimizing biological systems available for hijacking is really astounding.