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Alan Taylor | The Atlantic
Advancements in robotics are continually taking place
In the fields of space exploration, health care, public safety, entertainment, defense, and more.
These machines -- some fully autonomous, some requiring human input -- extend our grasp, enhance our capabilities, and travel as our surrogates to places too dangerous or difficult for us to go.
Gathered here are recent images of robotic technology at the beginning of the 21st century, including robotic insurgents, NASA's Juno spacecraft on its way to Jupiter, and a machine inside an archaeological dig in Mexico.