J.J. Abrams’ reboot of Star Trek isn’t trying to be a good Trek film, but manages to be one anyway.

AIST’s 2nd robot in its HRP series was the wholly original HRP-2P, the first of its size to be able to get up from a prone position. It also reduced the impact of a fall using reactive motion control.

Panasonic is selling an Evolta minifig / cellphone charm with a 12-pack of Evolta batteries.

Samsung and KIST have been developing full-size humanoid robots since 2004, with the first version being called Mahru. It was touted as the first network-based humanoid robot.

The first trailer for Hudson Soft’s forthcoming Wii platformer, Tower of Shadow.