Top 10 bad robots: From Proteus IV to the Spider-bot

Dave Neal
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If in doubt, do not recharge

Soon robots will be everywhere. They will be driving our buses, making our cups of coffee and tying our shoelaces. Or will they? Surely, as history and film has told us, they will all turn ou...

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