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The current generation of bicycle-riding robots (I'm talking about those crazy kids from Murata ) are extremely complicated, relying on giant gyroscopes and thick wheels to keep themselves upright even while stationary. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/hobby-robot-rides-a-bike-the-oldfashioned-way

Hobby Robot Rides a Bike the Old-Fashioned Way

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/geminoid-f-takes-the-stage More news about Geminoid F , the ultrarealistic android unveiled early this year: the robot got a job. Geminoid F is working as an actress, taking the stage in a play that opened yesterday in a Tokyo theater. In the 20-minute play, titled "Sayonara" ("good bye" in Japanese), the android shares the stage with another actress (of the human kind) named Bryerly Long .

Robot Actress

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/gostai-jazz-telepresence-robot-unveiled French robotics company Gostai is unveiling today a mobile robot called Jazz designed for "telepresence and telesurveillance." The waist-high robot, which a user can remote control using a web-based interface, rolls on two wheels and has a head that can move in any direction, with a camera stuck on its forehead. The price starts at 7900 euros.

Gostai Jazz Telepresence Robot Unveiled

Humanoid Robot Dance

Japanese roboticists recently showed off a female android singing and dancing along with a troupe of human performers. Video of the entertaining and surprisingly realistic demonstration received went viral on the Net. How did they do it? http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/how-to-make-a-robot-dance

Humanoid Robot Justin Learning To Fix Satellites

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/humanoid-robot-justin-learning-to-fix-satellites Justin is a dexterous humanoid robot that can make coffee . Now it's learning to fix satellites. Justin was developed at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics , part of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), in Wessling, Germany.

NASA Robotics - Robotics Alliance Project

This is awsome i feel so proudd to be an american that has lived threw the time of this glorious event by tcanton Feb 8

In one giant leap for robotkind, NASA will send the world’s first humanoid robot to space later this year. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/nasa-ready-to-send-humanoid-robot-to-space

NASA Ready to Send Humanoid Robot to Space