Robot Sightings: Beer Fetching R2D2, Paul Saffo on Robotics, i-SOBOT Basketball, and more…

What's going on today in my crazy robot world?

22:31 Interesting, and thought provoking Washington Post editorial on the roots of US military robots. tinyurl.com/stone-cold-killer-robots
23:02 Paxshikai's i-SOBOT has a new sport - Basketball! And, it's darn good at taking a free-throw. (tinyurl.com/isobot-robot-freethrow)
08:48 In a year-end interview with Michael Krasny, Futurist Paul Saffo talks about the future and robotics tinyurl.com/paul-saffo-on-robots
08:55 "Bring me a beer, R2!" robot (tinyurl.com/mobile-bar-robot-BaR2D2) thanks to Missy SB (tinyurl.com/missy-suicide-bots)
10:45 MechRC is getting ready to release a new version of their popular humanoid targeted at education. (tinyurl.com/MechRC-for-education)
10:48 Aiko, the startling female android, posted her New Years greeting video (tinyurl.com/aiko-robot-newyears-greeting). Pretty in pink!
11:00 A detailed video on the Rice Planting Robot that won the Japan Robot Award Grand Prize. (tinyurl.com/award-winning-rice-robot)
17:23 We really have mixed emotions about Astro Boy's new look for the upcoming movie. Looks too real.(tinyurl.com/astroboy-concept-images)
18:55 The FIRST robot competition kicked off with a bit of Lunacy. (tinyurl.com/FIRST-robot-lunacy) Don't worry, it's the good kind.
19:02 The guru's over at WIRED served up a generous helping of 2008's funniest techie cartoons (tinyurl.com/WIRED-favorite-tech-toons) LOL!
19:30 The latest EVA (Evangelion) watch looks pretty sweet, but a little pricy for our wallet. (tinyurl.com/eva-watch)