Without a doubt, the future will be filled with robots. And to prove this, some brainy fellows have come up with Pico Botz, which is more likely a replica of the Megabyte fighting bot, rather than Robosapien's cheap copycat.



PicoBotz is a programmable, built-for-yourself robot, meaning that it waits for the PC's instructions to function. And since the manufacturers claim that this steel enraged-looking bot can be fed up to 180 different instructions, this ain't no toy. The programs it uses are written on a PC running Windows and downloaded into the robot, via a RS232 port.



I don't know about you, but when I look at it, I see Dark Vader's head being ripped off and stuffed with wires, but that's just my humble impression about the Pico's appearance. Moreover, this little machine can actually perform it own current program, if not connected to the PC.



Besides that and the cold steel face it makes, there are also some features thrown in the mix, such as obstacles avoidance, sound controls and the ability to follow the lines. It is encased in a solid metal body and be careful, it can understand some really difficult commands like: “Stop!” and works in three basically modes.



As long as you get a software and a reasonable price tag of about 77 bucks, you can take it home with you. You could perhaps program it to chase some cats or keep your baby away from the pool. Or whatever.