If you've never heard about RC digital servos or haven't been introduced yet
to digital servos, these sample links that will get you fluent on the subject:
Active community developing a hardware/software hack for cheap
servos to transform them into super robotics servos.
Paul Hill's web site - Probably the most approachable yet comprehensive
introduction to robotics you can get for free.
Great web site in general with tones of documentation about servo and
motor control.
A
good one-pager about robot construction for the newbie.
A good one-pager about the theory of digital servos from Kondo's competitor
Futaba.
Another short intro to servos.
Robo-One
The ultimate robot fighting contest where
humanoid robots fight according to rules taken after martial arts:
New Scientist
article with video clip
Article by
someone who attended Robo-One in Japan
Articles
TechTV article
concludes that KHR-1 is much more fun the Sony AIBO!!