Today in Robots: Fabulous Farm Droids, Scary Stick-on Spy Planes

Robots, robots everywhere, with barely time to think (about the coming robocalypse.) Mechanoids are a fact of life folks, and if you need proof then learn about Chinese farmer Wu Yulu and his list of robo pals, and Stanford's freaky sci-fi-esque perching UAV.

Wu Yulu is something of a one-mad mechanoid phenomenon--he'd almost fit the geeky home-tinkerer stereotype from many a 1980's vintage sci-fi movie. Wu has produced 38 individual robotic inventions, and has been invited to present some of...