Robots Take Over the World

Roboticists are keen to tackle mundane tasks, as the chores we do every day often prove the most abstruse challenges for machines.

Suzumo has created an automated sushi machine that can crank out 3,600 oblong rice mounds per hour, with the aim ”to precisely recreate the handmade taste and technique used by an experienced sushi chef.”

Babyloid, a robot baby designed to keep older people company, has a simplified, smiling face. Red LED lights embedded in its cheeks signify when it is contented.

Put off by robots whose looks are close to, but not quite, human? This drop in comfort is known as the "uncanny valley," a feeling people get when exposed to robots that try to mimic humans but instead come across as creepy.

A cyborg, also known as a cybernetic organism, has both biological and artificial (e.g., electronic, mechanical, or robotic) parts.

Intrepid and numb to fatigue, robots are encroaching on yet another human job, waiting tables in Japan, South Korea and China.

Companies are using robot wars, in which students create and demolish robot gladiators, to attract a new generation of employees to high-tech manufacturing.

Actroid models have strong visual human likeness. Developed by Osaka University, these interactive robots can mimic such lifelike functions as blinking, speaking, and breathing!

Standing 12m (39 ft) tall, the Robosaurus has moving arms and claws that can lift up cars while flame-throwers in his nostrils create plenty of crowd-pleasing spectacles.

This dynamically stable quadruped robot created by Boston Dynamics is capable of traversing difficult terrain at 4 mph (6.4 km/h) and carrying 340 lb (150 kg) at the same time.