7 Robots That Will Haunt Your Nightmares

The WildCat is just the latest in a long line of robots designed to freak you out.

1. WildCat

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Boston Dynamics' WildCat can run at up to 16mph (26kph). Yep, that's probably faster than you.

2. Atlas

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Can you balance on one leg while someone hits you with a 20kg weight? Atlas can

3. Big Dog

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Can you maintain your balance on icy ground while some guy wedges his foot in your guts? Nope? Big Dog can.

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Oh, and here's Big Dog throwing cinderblocks.

4. Swarming quadrotors

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What's scarier than a swarm of quadrotors coming through your bedroom window at night? A swarm of quadrotors with coming through your bedroom window WITH MACHINE GUNS!!!

5. Autonomous Segways

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Aussie firm Marathon Robotics has come up with autonomous Segway droids for use on live-fire ranges. They know to run when shots are fired.

6. Sentry robots

Samsung is mostly known for big-screen TVs, but they also do a line in ED-209-esque sentry droids.

7. Petman

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Boston Dynamics says Petman is used to test protection clothing. Come on! It's basically the Terminator!