Really Smart Weapons

" Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets.

It is one of several weapons being developed by scientists to combat militants. Others include super gloves that would give the user the strength of a "bionic man" and miniature sensors to detect suicide bombers.

It's illogical to send a plane worth $100 million against a suicidal terrorist. So we are building futuristic weapons."

It is also very much fun and at the end of the day that is what we are all about.

A Robot May (Not) Injure a Human Being.

"..two cameras; one for day-time and one for infrared night vision, zooming capabilities, a speaker for notifying the intruder, sophisticated pattern recognition to detect the difference between humans/trees, and a 5.5mm machine-gun.”

Asimov grunts derisively as DPRK begins massed nighttime tree camouflage maneuvers.

2013 - Networked Korean "Silver Robots" online.

..the Artificial Intelligence robots will assist senior citizens.

..another crucial role of the humanoids is to provide ways out of loneliness, typical for the elderly. For one, they will connect those senior citizens .... through networks,''

Sensor 'Skins' for Robots

"Robots move well on their own, especially when nothing is in the way."

Running away up stairs option still viable.