Technology of the future

Human experience is marked by a refusal to obey our limitations. We´ve escaped the ground, we´ve escaped the planet, and now, after thousands of years of effort, our quest to build machines that emulate our own appearance, movement and intelligence is leading us to the point where we will escape the two most fundamental confines of all: our bodies and our minds. Once this point comes-once the accelerating pace of technological change allows us to build machines that not only equal but surpass human intelligence-we´ll see cyborgs (machine-enhanced humans like the Six Million Dollar Man), androids (human-robot hybrids like Data in Star Trek) and other combinations beyond what we can even imagine

Cite: http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2006-09/future-robots

This passage from a Popsci shows alot of what we plan to do in our future in terms of robots and technology. We want to build robots that can do everything a human can, we want the robots to be able to look and think like a human. We want cyborgs and androids and all these different types of robotics to be built in the near future in order to help our society. This does have its benefits but also its risks, some of these robots are being designed to be smarter than humans and better or stronger. This could make our race the weaker one in an event like something you would see in the movie IRobot. Our future looks toward brighter things, that are faster more reliable and more convenient which is always a good thing, but could it come at a cost to our race?