It has been an incredible year for robotics. A robot shredded the human half marathon world record earlier this year (50 minutes 26 seconds versus 57:20!). Weeks later, Sony dropped a robot that can beat the world’s best table tennis players. And now Usain Bolt himself would be watching a chunk of metal and wires zip past him. Where will this all end?

This week we meet the most famous question in the history of graph theory. But did someone say Matt Damon?

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Perfectly choreographed Chinese robot gymnastics scare some and excite others. NerdNews busts some moves.