Celebrating advances in robotics #8: the 2007 Japanese Robot of the Year - some amazing work http://bit.ly/m80xl

Surrogates is Life 2.0: the durability of a machine combined with the ideal human form, and completely under your control! bit.ly/4onoL

Very cool: Stanford University's StickyBot - amazing robot that can climb walls, inspired by the Gecko lizard

Imagine being the person you always wanted to be, and living without limits–this is the promise of Robotic Human Surrogates! bit.ly/JyVFB

Celebrating advances in robotics #7: even conceptual art can play a role in pushing technology forward... via Bot Junkie http://bit.ly/9pdxo

Cool military app with virtual remote operation, but they're just scratching the surface...http://bit.ly/9l3cU

Brain/computer interface (BCI) that allows Second Life avatar to be controlled by thought alone - via Gizmodo

Celebrating advances in robotics #6: fighting robots – making science fun is a great way to get people involved!

Exploration of virtual reality - but VR is too limited, VSI bridges the gap between the virtual and the real world!

Celebrating advances in robotics #5: the DARPA challenge pushed the development of autonomous robotic vehicles forward

Celebrating advances in robotics #4: a look at the 50 best robots ever - real and fictional! via Wired

Robot plays the violin - we've seen power but this delicacy is impressive - via Diagonal View

Monkey controls a robotic arm using only thought, Q: why doesn't he use it to escape? via NatGeo

Celebrating advances in robotics #3: the history of Honda's Asimo humanoid robot, truly groundbreaking work.

Celebrating advances in robotics #2: car factory robots led the way as a practical application of the technology

VSI celebrates the advancement of robotic technology with a series of posts - first a look back, via THOCP http://bit.ly/wtK6i

Honda's efforts at using thoughts to control a robot, in line with our R&D - have they cracked the code?

Some amateur footage of a lifelike robot named "Julian" - can we recruit this team?

Highly realistic Japanese "fembot" - excellent facial expressions and body language

Anybots allows users to control a bot remotely, very close to our system - believe we still have the edge http://anybots.com