New Frontiers in Robotics

From Japan (where else?) comes this new robot designed to do push-ups and then, um, fall apart. It's a contender for the Japanese (where else?) Baka RoboCup -- the Stupid Robot competition. I do think there's something fundamentally right-thinking about a society which warns children about the dangers of physical fitness. 

Thanks to the nipponomaniacal Pink Tentacle blog.