Robots & Drones  

Well, technically they're hiking poles, but the underlying concept is the same

Jimmy could be your humanoid social robot companion

That's how Californian researchers think the army should go about things anyway

And it does it all while looking like a cross between a printer and a deranged puppy

It learns how to autonomously catch them through trial and error

The thing can run faster than any other robot, and you for that matter

It's called the Atlas and it is meant to rescue victims, not kill them

It's not quite the same thing as Sci Fi nanites, but it's the closest thing yet

Because, clearly, police-issued tasers of 50,000 Volts aren't good enough

You'll need to buy the kit, which costs a hefty penny but not as much as it probably could

Ants can lift 5,000 times their own weight, so robots should too

You can control the bot and see what London's Tate Britain looks like after dark

And I mean a sweeper of mines, not the classic computer game

Made by students from the University of Pennsylvania, it can lift 40 pounds / 18.14 kilos

Prosthetic limbs will actually come closer to feeling like natural ones

There's something poetic about stopping an impending stab by means of a big red button

It has contact sensors on the harness and an adhesive pad