Technology is changing faster than I can change my underwear (which is at least daily if you cared to know), and as a result we are getting closer and closer to officially landing ourselves in the future that the movie ‘The Terminator’ predicted.  Robots are getting very capable of doing many human functions and it is only a matter of time before they take over the world.  Once artificial intelligence can recreate emotions, which as far as I understand isn’t too far off, all it is going to take is one pissed off robot to turn on us and end the human race.

Robotics has come very far since Johnny 5 starred in Short Circuit; Robots like Johnny 5 are very close to existing, and better yet, very close to being ready for public purchase!

So, on that note, here are 10 robots that I wouldn’t hesitate to take home to mom.

10. Modular Snake Robot

9. BlackWidow Spider

8. Hexapod Phoenix

7. A-Pod Ant Robot

6. Oxyopus

5. Real Life Transformer Robot

4. RuBot II – Rubix cube solving robot

3. Toyota’s Humanoid Violin Playing Robot

2. Amphibious Robot Snake

1. Robot Fish