Robots are Going to Make Our Lives So Much Better, If We Can Get Over Ourselves

First off, a military robot called Atlas could soon get a skin graft -- all over its mechanical body. Atlas weighs about 180 pounds and stands just under six feet tall, and is funded by DARPA. It's intended to be an emergency response, humanoid-like robot. In a recent paper at Science magazine, engineers at Cornell University and the Italian Institute of Technology unveiled their newest creation -- robotic "skin" that can stretch, glow, and change color. The new tech is based on capabilities found in nature, like in octopi, and could make Atlas look more human, or more terrifying.