In most cases, the answer is, "Of course not." Science likely won't ever give us a booze-swilling, cigar-smoking robot like Bender from "Futurama" or the alternately sexy, cunning and deadly ...

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Some of China’s best humanoid robots took on the challenge of racing against human marathon runners on Saturday. One fell at the starting line. Another’s head fell off and rolled on the ground.

Cigarette-smoking robots and super highways were just a few of the futuristic new inventions presented at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Art of Sausage Making Manufacturing of bitumen-lined ...