In the WTF department, DARPA and the Boston Dynamics have made their very own robotic cheetah that can gallop at 18 mph which according to sources has broken the previous record of 13.1 mph. Pretty cool to watch at the same time pretty freaky, hit the jump for video.
http://youtu.be/d2D71CveQwo
Fun segment Colbert did a few years ago with a bunch of freaky robot creations: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/360639/september-30-2010/droid-rage Scientists seem to enjoy making robots that imitate nature. Society seems to always have a little apprehension about them despite how useful they are.
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