Immigrants from the futureImmigrants from the futureRobots offer a unique insight into what people want from technology. That makes their progress peculiarly fascinating, says Oliver Morton SCHAFT, A BLUE-LIMBED robot, lifts its right foot to the seventh step of the ladder, its left foot to the eighth, and stops; it sways alarmingly in the strong Florida sea breeze. Of the 17 teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Rise of the robots
