Wired: 50 best Robots Ever

Wired does it again! Another fun issue with Albert Hubo on the cover as posterboy for a story on "The 50 Best Bots Ever." While I was surprised to see movie bots like R2D2 on the list (its clearly not real-robots-only list), the title of Top Bot, unsurprisingly, goes to one of the most sophisticated autonomous machines of all time, Stanford's DARPA challenge-winning VW Toureg named Stanley.

STANLEY is the Stanford Racing Team's autonomous vehicle, a modified Volkswagen Touareg that can scan any terrain and pick out a drivable course to a preset destination. Cup holders optional.

For the whole list of 50 robots go here.