Robots still suck. It's all they can do to stand up – never mind rise up

Simultaneous localisation and mapping is hard so for the foreseeable future ’bots will remain bolted down

Feature  Just after lunch on a sweltering summer day in Brisbane, Australia, a dozen scientists and engineers gathered to watch a dog named Bingo stand up and trot gingerly towards a man-made tunnel. At the entrance, Bingo stopped to 'think' for a minute or so before turning its body to walk inside.…

from The Register