In Pictures: The year in madly cool robots

From giants to itsy-bitsy shape shifters, robots are hot

Robot arms assemble cars inside the Hyundai Motor India Ltd. plant at Kancheepuram district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu Oct. 4, 2012. Running around the clock and selling everything it can build, Hyundai Motor's Indian factory is bursting at the seams, the company says.

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