Between this, the flesh-eating EATRs, and iRobot's autonomous weapon-wielding robots, I'm beginning to suspect that robot engineers aren't entirely on our side.

A monkey fitted with a hi-tech brain chip has learned to move a complex robotic arm using mind control. The animal can operate the robot with such dexterity that it can reach out to grab, and turn a handle. The mechanical arm has an arm, elbow, wrist and simple hand, which the monkey controls with the power of thought. Sky News was given exclusive access to the laboratory at Pittsburgh University in the United States... Neurobiologist Dr Andy Schwartz said: "What we're trying to do is go to a very dextrous hand - where the functionality is very similar to the human hand. If we could help stroke patients there would be a huge market for this kind of device."

You know how we always thought that our opposable thumbs seperate us from the monkeys? Turns out not so much, no:

References:
* Monkey Moves Robot Using Mind Control [Sky News]
* Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies [Fox News]
* Neat - Autonomous Robots With Weapons Strapped To Them [MR]

Previously:
* Neat - War Of The Worlds Style Tripod-Legged Robots... Wait, What? [Video]
* Neat - Now We're Teaching Robots To Climb Walls [Video]
* And Now, A Humanoid Robot That Transforms Into A Car [Video]