My American cousin sends hope of robot parking garages.

Boing Boing posts an amazing showreel of robots policing work for South Africans (yeah the same guy who did the Thriller dancing car, but go past that. Wicked cool). And a new addition from the same guy – TempBot (Keep an eye peeled for Wonder Woman!).

Sony makes Qiro and Aibo fall upon their swords (better article on the whole “death of the robot age” from the Beeb), but promises to continue research. Meanwhile, Beck hires Qiro to work in the entertainment industry (Flash site. Ugh. Choose “Video” and “Hell Yes”). There’s always that lummox, Asimo.

Andrew will love this. Having to interact with one would smack of a jarring scene from a William Gibson book.

Patlabor is one step closer to becoming reality.

And I noticed that Robosapien 2.0 has better hands and more farting options than his predecessor.