Alice
A miniature, autonomous robot powered by watch motors, watch batteries and a PIC microcontroller. [PDF]
asl.epfl.ch Details

Aryan: An Interactive Robot Face
An interactive robot face constructed from scratch for research in social human-robot interaction, that can track people and interpret facial expressions.
www.digibrain.org Details

Boilerplate
A fictional Victorian-era robot created as a hoax. Site include a wealth of humorous 'historical' photos and fictional accounts of the robot's exploits in World War I.
www.bigredhair.com Details

COG
A humanoid robot that attempts to approximate the sensory and motor dynamics of the upper human body, used by MIT to study human robot interactions.
www.ai.mit.edu Details

HERMES
A humanoid service robot developed by Bundeswehr University in Munich, Germany. The robot is able to explore unknown environments and perform transportation and manipulation tasks in human-populated areas.
www.unibw-muenchen.de Details

Homer
An autonomous robotic project designed to explore its surroundings with a 360 degrees field of vision. Site includes photographs, sub-system descriptions and parts lists.
members.shaw.ca Details

Kismet
A Robot designed to assist research into social interactions between robots and humans. Site has a publications list, photographs and videos, a research framework analysis and biographies of the project researchers.
www.ai.mit.edu Details

MARVIN - An Autonomously Operating Flying Robot
Photographs, papers, a system overview, and press materials covering MARVIN the Multi-purpose Aerial Robot Vehicle with Intelligent Navigation. Site has details on its participation the annual International Aerial Robotics Competition.
pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de Details

NASA Robonaut Program
A NASA/DARPA research project that seeks to develop and demonstrate a robotic system that can function as an EVA astronaut equivalent. Site includes a subsystems list, a materials list, descriptions of the analysis tools and videos.
vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov Details