Artificial intelligence is something that is proving very helpful; it has already entered our lives. It is expected that someday all the AI-endowed robots could take over us. Many scientists and technology experts have also raised alarm over the risks AI and robotics it could bring for human race.

It has been shown in Hollywood movies for decades that robots will one day perform complex task and could take their own decisions based on the situation. However, it seems that humanoid robots shown in the movies are 20 years ahead to what is there at present.

Recently, robots competed in a competition organized by DARPA, which is the military's advanced technology division. Its earlier projects were GPS, self-driving cars and the Internet.

DARPA awarded $3.5 million in prizes for robots that are able to navigate a disaster-rescue situation. The robots perform tasks such as turning off a valve, driving, drilling out a wall, crossing a pile of rubble, in addition to climbing stairs with just remote control by a human operator.

According to Gill Pratt, who heads the DARPA Robotics Challenge, it is an amazing thing. According to Pratt, "When the robot does well and it scores a point, everyone cheers as if they're the ones that are getting the points. And then of course when the robot teeters and then suddenly falls, everybody goes, 'Oh,' and they sympathize with it".

According to Russ Tedrake, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who led MIT's robot in the DARPA competition, humans are still far away from science fiction. His robot fell out a car and Tedrake said that it tried to drive while getting out of the vehicle.