Top 10 amazing robots in the world

Robots, once considered a luxury for many countries, have been increasingly penetrating fields as diverse as outer space exploration and ordinary daily services. According to a report released by HIS, an international information company, about 52,000 industrial robots are expected to be sold by 2017, generating a market value of $1.3 billion.
Let's take a look at some of the world's most awesome robots that may catch your eye.
No 10 "PR2"
Robot 'PR2', developed by Willow Garage - a company best known for its open-source software suite Robot Operating System in the United States, can experimentally do household tasks and is part of a Europe-wide project.

Robot 'PR2' flips a pancake in a laboratory kitchen of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Informatics and Automation of Bremen University in Bremen, Germany, Feb 27, 2013. [Photo / CFP] No 9 Kirobo The 34-cm high robot astronaut, born in the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, was announced as the first robot that was able to speak in outer space. The talking robot was set to be employed as 'companion' to Japanese astronaut Kochi Wakata, who is expected to take command of the ISS later last year. No 8 Coloning "Bertolt Meyer" World's first-ever bionic man that can breathe, walk and talk is 6-foot tall and built entirely from bionic body parts and implantable synthetic organs. All artificial organs were donated by 17 companies worldwide. The robot worth roughly $1 million was based on Bertolt Meyer, a social psychologist in University of Zurich, Switzerland. No 7 "Compressorhead" The robotic band has three members: a four-arm drummer "Stickboy", a 78-finger guitarist "Fingures", and a top-notch bassist "Bones". Their maiden performance tour started from Australia last year. No 6 Robot jockeys Robot jockeys are used and include shock absorbers and GPS tracking systems. The camel's owners control the robot's whips from their speeding four wheel drives at the side of the track. Throroughbred racing camels can be as valuable as $1 million. Robotic jockeys control camels during a race at Dubai Camel Racing Club during the Al Marmoum camel racing season on November 17, 2013 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Camel racing is one of the oldest sports in the Middle East. Historically children from South Asia were used as jockeys on the camels until it was outlawed in 2002. No 5 Porton Man It is a newly unveiled robot mannequin that will help test the next generation of chemical and biological protective suits for the UK's armed forces. The Porton Man can walk, march, run, sit, kneel and even mimic the movement of a soldier sighting a weapon, allowing scientists to test the suits designed to protect UK personnel from chemical and biological attacks such as nerve agents like Sarin. "Porton Man" is pictured at DSTL's (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) research facility in the UK. No 4 RoboThespian British humanoid robot RoboThespian, designed by Engineered Arts Ltd, is adept at performing and taking pictures. British humanoid robot RoboThespian designed by Engineered Arts Ltd looks on at a presentation at Moscow's Bosco café, Moscow, Russia, April 22, 2014. No 3 Actroid-F Humanoid robot, considered the world's most beautiful robot, is able to make eye contact and communicate with human beings freely. Hiroshi Ishiguro (L), a leading international researcher on robotics and director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University, showcases a robot during the 2014 Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, May 5, 2014. No 2 Valkryie The 1.9-meter automaton - complete with glowing NASA logo - was designed in nine months by a team of engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to help humans during disasters and, as with all the other entrants, will be tested in a series of scenarios it might encounter in extreme situations - driving a vehicle, cleaning debris and cutting through a wall. Robot Valkryie. No 1 Robotic pole dancers  Pair of robots, made from discarded auto parts by British artist Giles Walker, perform pole dance once music starts playing. Robots perform a pole dance at the booth of the Tobit Software company on the eve of the 2014 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 9, 2014, in Hanover, central Germany. [Photo / Chinanews.com] Source: ChinaDaily