Although it was set in the far, far future and featured no black (or brown) people, some people really thought the Jetsons was where our world was going. Well, it's 2009 and our cars still don't fly, our President is Black, there's a food shortage and our maids aren't wise cracking robots. That being said, we have made some progress in the robot department.
Each year we get wind of another Japanese company furthering their quest to make robots more life-like and more useful to society. Today, another company called Kyosho introduced their new Postkun (Little Postman) robot. We're not sure what the $3,500 miniature humanoid is supposed to be used for, but it looks dope. Still, it's nothing compared to the other robots already on the market. Ones that can actually assist humans in ways never before thought possible. It's kinda scary, but it's the future, kinda like Kanye's crew's fashion. To get you prepared, we listed the five coolest we've seen below...
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