Chinese marathon robot falls, break dances itself to pieces

I'm always keeping a very close eye on the state of robotics. I'm equally excited and terrified by it.

On one hand, I'd love to have a robot around the house so it could fold my laundry and make me feel like George Jetson.

On the other hand, I feel like all it would need is one bad day or a bum software update to turn on me and hold me hostage or steal my credit card info.

But that's quite a way off. Right now, we're at the "Make robots compete in marathons" phase of development.