It’s inevitable. Robots are going to take over — but maybe that’s not a bad thing.

Actually, they can do everything we can do, plus some. People are mostly concerned with robots taking their jobs, but robots are the very objects that will make our lives easier. Robots can investigate hazardous environments, get into tricky spaces that we can’t, explore space and the ocean floor, and so much more!

Scroll through the gallery to see why we shouldn’t fear the bot.

[lz_slideshow ids=”164303,164299,164295,164297,164296,164302,164298,164300,164301″ front-image=”164303″]