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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 http://bit.ly/XCO2

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 http://bit.ly/1DrDZR

Celebrating advances in robotics #6: fighting robots – making science fun is a great way to get people involved! http://bit.ly/jWcHl

Exploration of virtual reality - but VR is too limited, VSI bridges the gap between the virtual and the real world! http://bit.ly/Bkjvp

Celebrating advances in robotics #5: the DARPA challenge pushed the development of autonomous robotic vehicles forward http://bit.ly/13xC80

Celebrating advances in robotics #4: a look at the 50 best robots ever - real and fictional! via Wired http://bit.ly/pAojL

Robot plays the violin - we've seen power but this delicacy is impressive - via Diagonal View http://bit.ly/13FsSv

Monkey controls a robotic arm using only thought, Q: why doesn't he use it to escape? via NatGeo http://bit.ly/HHcYX

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

Celebrating advances in robotics #2: car factory robots led the way as a practical application of the technology http://bit.ly/NTiIO

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? http://bit.ly/8bGdl

Some amateur footage of a lifelike robot named "Julian" - can we recruit this team? http://bit.ly/SvClo

Highly realistic Japanese "fembot" - excellent facial expressions and body language http://bit.ly/WDf2m

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