Robot soldiers will be here in another ten years! Cool and frightening:
http://youtu.be/zkBnFPBV3f0?t=45s "The hope is that Atlas is the first step towards the day when robots, not humans, will be sent to help mitigate major catastrophes, such as the Fukushima nuclear accident." [But the research is being funded by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency! Why don't I trust them?]:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/darpa-unveils-atlas-drc-robot