Brain wiring

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/133651-first-map-of-the-human-brain-reveals-a-simple-grid-like-structure-between-neurons

Exciting stuff!

Robotic legs

Scientists are developing robotic legs to assist people regain their ability to walk after injury:

http://www.newser.com/story/149579/big-step-forward-for-robotic-legs.html

Brainlink will help your robot become more intelligent

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/brainlink-gives-any-robot-a-brand-new-brain

Thor Russel against the theory of Robocalypse

http://www.science20.com/thor_russell/why_robopocalypse_skynet_or_distributed_cybermind_will_not_emerge_internet-87083

Robots in education

Do kids prefer robots to teachers?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2012/02/03/kids-prefer-robots-to-teachers-and-parents

Flying Robot Acrobatics

Engadget has a good post on quadrocopter formations: 
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/01/acrobatic-quadrocopters-fly-in-hypnotic-formation/

Robots social network

More info here:
http://mashable.com/2011/12/28/social-network-for-robots

NAO robot gets an upgrade

More at http://singularityhub.com/2011/12/17/the-nao-humanoid-robot-gets-slimmer-and-smarter-with-nao-next-gen-video

Robots make sandwiches and popcorn

This intelligent robots can now make sandwiches and popcorn
http://www.pcworld.com/article/246229/cuisine_robots_make_sandwiches_and_popcorn_new_best_friend.html

NAO Next Gen : the new robot of Aldebaran Robotics

Robotland

South Korea and Japan are creating parks with the main theme to be robots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9637666.stm

Robotic evidence

Marshal Brain has an excellent blog on recent robotic developments, and how robots are becoming a bigger part of our daily lives

http://roboticnation.blogspot.com/

Robotic freedom, by Marshal Brain

Marshal Brain expresses his thoughts on the robotic future for society, and suggests some ideas on how to make the transition beneficial to everyone

http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-freedom.htm

Pool-playing robot

Can robots beat humans on pool? This robot looks like it has mastered the game
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/06/born-to-be-viral-pool-playing-robot-rivals-humans.html

Ball-catching robot

German scientists constructed a robot that predicts the monitors and extrapolates the trajectory of a ball before catching it
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/05/born-to-be-viral-ball-catching-robot.html

Kilobots

Harvard's Kilorobots organize and move in a swarm while being able to communicate with each other.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-kilobots-tiny-collaborative-robots.html

Kinect robot that can clean your house

The user's moves are recognized by XBOX Kinect and they control the robot.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/kinect-powered-robot-lets-you-clean-up-your-house-remotely

Robot chess

Someone has built chess-piece robots that can navigate on a giant chessboard. coolrobots.net has more details http://www.coolrobots.net/2011/04/monster-robot-chess-army-based-on-legos.html

Arduino

IEEE Spectrum goes through the history of making Arduino, which has become very popular for robot building. More here http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/the-making-of-arduino

Olly

Olly is a new device that connects to your computer and can deliver web notifications through smells. Definitely worth checking at http://ollyfactory.com. They will soon post instructions of how the device was made