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greetings meatbags it's time to discuss our favorite robots of the year from the totally terrifying to super adorable there's a robot for everyone on this list first up at I megawatts and kuratas who didn't want to giant robots to Duke it out in a battle to the death even though the fight was a little more staged than we had hoped we still loved watching both massive BOTS beat the hell out of each other to claim Robo supremacy in the end megabots took the win but there's going to be a giant robot combat league because of the public interest in this inaugural fight so I think the real winner here is humanity for now every robot needs a best friend which is probably the real reason Boston Dynamics is working so hard on spot many sure it's super weird to think about enjoying the company of a headless robot dog but then you see spot minnie frolicking around in the grass and suddenly you're compelled to whip out your credit card and click down a deposit or that's maybe just me I've spot Minnie is a little too horrific for you perhaps the resurrection of sony's adorable little AIBO is the answer to your Robo dog needs the company announced it would bring back the adorable little bot pooch this time with AI sensors and cute blue OLED eyes on board it won't come cheap though at around $1700 plus a required subscription okay look at Oh cuties little robot dog speaking of cute companions we also have to include Spiros r2d2 on our list was pretty cool when the sphero bb-8 rolled into our hearts but old-school Star Wars fans have been desperate for a functional r2 for decades this r2 retracts and extends its third leg just like in the movies and watches slash reacts to Star Wars movies with you r2 might be from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away but he's never felt more futuristic now that you've let your guard down over those last two adorable robots boom the last robot is a reminder that will all be enslaved by the robot race Boston Dynamics made the list Twice first with Mini spot and now with Atlas endless has technically been around for longer than a year but this year he learned things like agility jumping back flipping and freaking raising his arms in victory probably practicing for his inevitable victory celebration after successfully and humanity okay okay a lot of these robots deserve more credit than just they're going to kill us all someday but it's still fun to talk about our favorites and dream of the day robots like Rosie the robot Kay from Blade Runner 20 49 and c-3po are made real so what was your favorite robot up the air drop your pick down in the comments for more information about all these fantastic robots head over to cnet.com i'm ashley skele vegan humans and robots