Set to begin shipping in April of this year, the new bot is said to be 30 percent faster than the current generation model, boasting twice the gripping strength and able to drag larger objects and lift twice the weight of its predecessor.

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Until then, however, we'll have to be satisfied with a household bot that not only recognizes our face, understands hand gestures, and follows us around to see if we need help, but chases foes away too.

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At some point in the near future, it will be very difficult to prove to a computer that we are human and not a bot.

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Although there have been malicious bots around for some time instant messaging, security firm IMLogic believes that this is the first time someone has tried to use bot code to help spread a worm around an IM network by pretending to be a legitimate user.

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If you prefer robot bartenders to lack limbs that could be used against you in the impending robopocalypse, Bartendro might be your kind of bot.

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Then we'll be paid a visit by the creators of the Keepon, to discuss the origins of their adorable little dancing 'bot.

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But with Pramana's system in place, spammers would have to pay humans to complete every element of the registration--if a bot took over at any point, the spammer would be revealed.

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