Stair Lift

The Japanese robot we featured the other day may have no practical application for us but today we've had an announcement about a new robot from the US Army called the BEAR. It's a piloted robot designed to rescue casualties from the battlefield and carry them long distances to safety. The photographs on the BBC news report show a BEAR robot carrying a giant GI Joe to safety. Let me draw your attention to this very important statement: "It can even tackle stairs while carrying a human-sized dummy."

That's right everyone, the US Army have developed a robot that can carry you upstairs to bed at night.