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"Top Robots of 2012\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Curiosity Rover\n\nCuriosity was the undisputed robot superstar of 2012. Ever since she set down on the red planet in August, Curiosity has been behaving in true 2012 style: updating software, checking in on FourSquare and taking hipster-tastic photos.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Cheetah\n\nHow would you like a glimpse at the crushingly bleak future that awaits you in the inevitable robot uprising? This DARPA-funded Cheetah bot could chase down the world's fastest man. What chance do you have?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Honda ASIMO\n\nASIMO is still the best modern bot. Awww, look at her little hands and cute bent knees. She looks like an astronaut! But when you see a few in a room together, you start to wonder what they talk about when they're alone.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Sand Flea\n\nSand Flea is an 11-pound robot that drives like an RC car but can jump 30 feet in the air when it needs to. A human equivalent could leap over a 30-story building in a single bound. Boston Dynamics has worked on multiple robotics projects for the U.S. military, but Sand Flea would double as an awesome kids' toy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. PhantomX\nSexiest robot dance moves or arachno-bot ready to kill? You decide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Furby\n\nWe know two things about Furbies: 1) They are pure evil; and 2) They like dancing to K-Pop. So really, how bad can they be? Bad enough that they don't belong in a home with a child (or anyone, really).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. RHex Rough-Terrain Robot\nAs cute as any non-anthropomorphic robot has a right to be. Boston Dynamics is hard at work designing bots for all terrain and every situation, just to be sure we have no place to hide when the machines rise up Terminator style.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. CHARLI\n\nYou thought you could go five minutes without listening to \"Gangnam Style,\" didn't you? Well, sorry, but robots love it. Expect to hear PSY blasted over the state-run TV stations 24/7 once the robots gain control. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. PETMAN\n\nWhat a stud. Check out more of PETMAN's adventures here \u2014 or just watch him do push-ups like a robot Rocky. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. David \nOkay, this one isn't real (yet). But Michael Fassbender stole the show as David, the charming but sinister android from Prometheus. No word yet on his feelings toward K-pop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYears from now, we'll look back at 2012 as the last year of innocence before the catastrophic robot revolution \u2014 a simpler time, when we could ignore the inevitable dystopian future right around the corner. \nThat doesn't mean robots weren't on our mind this year. Disney announced more Star Wars sequels, meaning the lovable droid duo of C-3PO and R2-D2 will return to the big screen soon. And hey, we almost elected a robot president.  \nIt's best not to think about the coming robo-bellion, or what part your pitiful human flesh will play in the new world order. Instead, savor these minutes and enjoy this slideshow of Mashable's top 10 robots of 2012. \nAnd if your absurdly quaint notion of free will leads you to suggest a robot that didn't make our list, kindly leave it in the comments section below before reporting to your local conversion station, where your body will be transformed into a battery for our metallic overlords. Happy holidays, human scum!\nImage courtesy of Flickr, ChelseaWa"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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