Honda put together an extensive history of its humanoid machines on its website, culminating in Asimo, which debuted in 2000. The first prototype started in 1986 was just a pair of legs that took five seconds between steps and could only walk in a straight line. What will this lineup look like 20 years from now?

Robots, start your Monday off right with a free mix from our friend Erol Alkan. Erol recorded an exclusive DJ set for New York's fantastic Beats In Space radio show, hosted by Tim Sweeney. You can download the hour-and-fifteen-minute-long set as an MP3 file here.

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A couple of noteworthy LA shows coming soon:
Saturday May 20th, local electro superstar Matt Sims will spin up a storm @ the Echo. $8 after 10:30.

Sunday June 25 catch French electroclash and techno producer The Hacker at Key Club.

Recent CCA graduate Courtney Skott shows off her incredibly cool Cloud Bed. She's got an entire Flickr set up documenting the design and assembly process. Superb!

Synth pioneer Thomas Dolby blinds us with the science behind his music with pictures of gear in his studio. A lovely collection of switches and knobs.

Thanks to Doyle for alerting us of this. A true example of why web video owns.

Less than four months away. For the unexperienced, Current TV's got a well produced overview of the yearly festival.

Sexy new ad from Campari. Enjoy!

Ladytron Update: Stop by the Standard Hotel on Sunset tonight, Thrusday 5/4 for a special end-of-tour party from 10-2am. Ladytron will be DJing. No cover.

Star Wars purists rejoice. George Lucas is fixing the miscarriage of cinema otherwise known as the Star Wars DVD boxed set by releasing special editions of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi from Sept. 12 to Dec. 31 that will contain the original, unmolested theatrical versions of the films. Each one will feature Dolby 2.0 Surround sound, closed captioning and subtitles in English, French and Spanish. Finally, Han will shoot first again.

LA Robots, don't forget Ladytron are at the El Rey tomorrow, Tuesday 5/2. Tickets here.