MIT & Audi are collaborating in order to develop robotic co-drivers for cars of the future. A host of new technologies that rely on GPS, cameras and other sensors will be deployed to control every facet of your car, making you redundant as a driver.

In Western Australia, expect this technology to show up first in mining & farming transport vehicles that are active off the main road system, then possibly the controls will be implemented in vehicles for people with disabilities or who have lost their licences.

These high speed robotic hands are fascinating. They've beaten us at chess, now they'll beat us at basketball.