In this alarming video, a sock puppet 'bot (Hm. I think they have those on IO9.com) emotes and is recognized by a SpiderBot. I think the jury is out on "emotional intelligence interfaces".... or it should be out, running for the hills! Watch the vid. See if it doesn't give you a cold shiver...

Well, combined with the canidroid a few weeks ago, we now see robots that can reassemble themselves... Things don't look good for the human race.  Read more »