The Most Mind-Blowing Videos That Prove Robots Will Rule Earth One Day

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Watch PETMAN in action if you're ready to have some nightmares for the next week. It has sensors embedded in its "skin" that can detect chemicals leaking through the suit, and Boston Dynamics placed the robot in protective clothing designed for hazardous environments, which only makes it look even more human. 

When Nigel Ackland lost his arm in an accident, he became a candidate for this robotic replacement. It moves with Terminator-like precision, and is made of aluminum and alloy knuckles. It's a great advancement in technology and will help a great number of people years down the road. There are some scientists who believe that we may one day be able to upload our brains into a computer, and theoretically live forever that way. This could be the first step: combining machine and man in one body.

The European iCub can see and hear, and has a sense of awareness of its own body and movement. If you think little kids are creepy, a robotic one isn't going to help.

Northrup Grumman developed this bad boy, called the CaMEL. Not exactly the most badass name out there, but whatever. It stands for Carry-all Mechanized Equipment Landrover, and will mess some people up on the battlefield. 

This little robot looks like one of the RC cars you played with as a kid. But it packs a way bigger punch. Seriously, check out how f-cking high this thing can jump. Which means 20 years from now, you'll never be able to outrun a robot.

Not all robots have to spell out the apocalypse for humanity. Paul is a robot that can draw pictures of humans with surprising accuracy, as it does here at the Tenderpixel Gallery in London.

The Cheetah Robot was built to be thirsty, and the only thing that can quench its thirst is human blood. Nah, not really, but if it did want your blood, there's no way you could out run it. Boston Dynamics developed it to be able to run at 23.3 MPH, which is a little bit faster than Usain Bolt.

Over at the FRAC center in France, there's a petting zoo with your worst nightmares: tentacle robots that hang from the ceiling, and that can respond to your touch. The robots have Kinect sensors that allow them to track where a person is, and they can get angry at certain responses.

Atlas, developed by Boston Dynamics, is a humanoid robot that can cross rough terrain while maintaining its balance. And it can still stand on one leg when it's hit from the side. You're only choice is to keep running.

Boston Dynamics is the king of crazy freakin' robots. The WildCat is one of the trippiest things I've seen. It's wobbly, four-legged body can run at speeds upwards 16MPH, and can use bounding and galloping gaits. It takes a minute to find out what its front and back is, which adds to its weirdness.

Notice how the dudes run away before that thing starts up.