coder Robot Madness
When some people think
about robots, they fear the
worst: machines on an
unstoppable march toward
global domination. Bots may
not be taking over yet, but
this year was a big year for
our mechanical cousins —
from being able to hunt or
feel pain, robots picked up
some impressive new skills
in 2016. Here's a roundup of
some of the coolest (or
scariest, depending on how
you feel) abilities machines
added to their repertoire in
the last year.