As 2009 comes to a close it's time once again for the Robot Christmas Gift List! We're featuring a few of the same, but mostly new, things since the 2008 Robot Christmas Gift Guide.

Several online robot retailers are offering some sweet deals for the Thanksgiving weekend holiday, a.k.a Black Friday. If you're looking for some great gift deals, now looks like your chance.

President Obama, in remarks today about the importance of a solid education in Science and Math, tipped his hand on national defense National defense against ROBOTS.

Sci-Fi blog io9 has put together an epic list of pop-culture Cyborgs through the ages. Explore the evolution of the cinema cyborg from the pre-60's to present day.

A couple of weeks ago we reported on Jon Hyland's NanoSeeker Micro AUV project. Today Jon posted some more details on his project and he seems to be making rapid progress.

What does nature know that roboticist don't? Nature knows how to create a functioning nervous system and Roboticists don't. However, I believe we are on the cusp of a breakthrough.

Boilerplate, the fictional robot created by artist Paul Guinan, now has a robolicious coffee-table book called Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel.

MEDbot is good for what ails you The Brothers Brick LEGO Blog.

Intel is cooking up something, and they're using stereotypical engineers and some gadget-y sort of glove to advertise it.

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The video above is worth watching for two reasons. One, the amount of engineering and hard work put into these arms and legs is astounding.

I'm constantly reminded of my shortcomings as a blogger, especially with this story, as I don't think I've ever posted about Vecna's BEAR, or Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot.

Robot lovers, start saving for airfare to Korea, because you're gonna want to be there for RobotLand. Fun and fantasy with robot .

Jon Hylands, on his blog this week, posted a link to his NanoSeeker Micro AUV project. The vehicle is 6 inches long and 1.25 inches in diameter.

I'm a sucker for great looking robot art. This piece, by Jason Chan really stood out. The robot' tag at vi.sualize.us is a great place to find such art.

Carebot comes fully equipped to take care of your every need hot meals, fluffying your pillow oh, and fully trained in proctology.

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Hey, since the news and historical accounts are so great when they're crowsourced, how about robots! That'd be a GREAT idea.

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Husbands and kids, at least you have something to look forward to in the future Hauler MAT and his trash grabbing prowess. See more of Ben's art here.

EngineeringTV has two tasty interviews with Boston Engineering about their tuna-like AUV, GhostSwimmer.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this, but iRobot just posted a music video to their YouTube channel featuring the music of Lansdown and lots of footage of Packbots blowing up things. See it below:

Cornell University has won the 12th annual AUVSI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition.

AUVSI and ONR's 12th Annual International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition starts up tomorrow (July 30th), with two days of prelimiary runs and testing,

I'm a sucker for great looking robot art. This piece, by Jason Chan really stood out. The robot' tag at vi.sualize.us is a great place to find such art.

Robotic Technology Inc. is working on a robot that is powered by biomass - grass, wood, or even dead bodies.

AeroVironment, maker of several important military UAVs like the Wasp, Raven, and Dragon Eye , has received a Phase II SBIR grant from DARPA to continue work on it's hummingbird-like nano UAV (NAV),

Here's a great gallery of retro robot art creations. There quite an array of intricate robot sculptures from a variety of artists. The robot pictured above was created by artist Mike Rivamonte.

In case you missed the news, Ugobe, maker of the amazing robotic pet Pleo, has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and has auctioned off all of its goods as of May 29th.

Carebot comes fully equipped to take care of your every need - hot meals, fluffying your pillow oh, and fully trained in proctology.

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Artist Carl Pisaturo creates some amazing kinetic sculptures. His robotic creation, Slave Zero (video above),

Hey, since the news and historical accounts are so great when they're crowsourced, how about robots! That'd be a GREAT idea.

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After over five years of tireless service, the Mars rover Spirit is one again in trouble. Our long-lived martian friend now appears to be stuck in the sand.