Robotics Update

Examples of the rapidly expanding area of controling robots remotely (telepresence):

http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/the-reality-of-robot-surrogates/0

Robotics Update

Medical robot likely to see battlefield use within a year:

http://www.physorg.com/news148069187.html

It's more like telepresence than it is a robot, but it's a significant step.