You have to love this commercial. Robby the Robot, Rosie from The Jetsons, WOPR from WarGames and K.I.T.T. all together and preserved here for your amusement. This has to be my new favorite commercial - I think I actually stopped breathing when I first saw it on TV.

With the new amphibious Water Runner robot, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created the first robot of its kind. This robot mimicks the actions of several water-striding lizards and insects in order to allow the Water Runner to actually “walk” on water.
They found that the [lizards] first slaps the water with […]

This beast is an “autonomous/RC crawling 6 legged robot with 14 RC servos”. It is currently still under construction but looks incredibly sexy already. The site has a very thorough walkthrough of the process and even includes schematics used in this monstrous undertaking. It looks like the final product will have a […]

What I would have done to be at this event! This video clip shows some footage from several robot faceoffs - kinda like ‘Battle Bots’ for biped robots. The red one has all kind of skills. Watch for the robot body slam (world’s first?) toward the end.
link - Robot-Fan.net [via MAKE]