Robots are many. Some are bipedal, with wheels, crawling, they can swim or even some that can display facial expressions. But virtually all of them must be programmed so they can do what they do. But a few, like Baxter, are capable of learning new behaviors from the guidance of his own, without writing a single line of code....
Your partner is there, the other side of the table. Suddenly, his face turns and looks at you with wide eyes, as making a huge force without leaving your seat. I start feeling. Spend 10 seconds and the pain starts. 15 seconds and you can not breathe. 20 seconds: your head explodes. Thoughts that kill, my friends. And no fiction...
