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Here are 5 robots, most of them are either hugely lacking in basic mobility and weaponry, or simply impractical designs. Thus, don’t expect a real shape-shifting Volkswagen Beetle that wields rocket missiles at your backyard any sooner.

1) Hajime 33, a Soccer-Playing Robot in Osaka, Japan

What surprises me most about this video is that Hajime 33 only kicked the ball once, and that’s it. So just by kicking a ball, this giant is proclaimed a soccer-playing robot. In that case, what would he be called if he had kicked a bucket? Anyway, judging by his movement rate, he can’t even be a ball collector, let alone a soccer player. Compared to the “mini-soccerbots”, Hajime 33 really has a long, arduous way to go in making a mark at the robotic world of soccer.

Now if it shares the same control as Winning Eleven... you might want to avoid the 'R1' sprint button.

2) One of the Street Fighting Robots

Two-legged robots fighting it out at the ‘Robo-One’ Championships in Tokyo. It seems like the objective of the competition was to knock down down the opposition first. Yet the first robot (silver one with punching gloves) that appeared on the video, only assumed a defensive stance most of the time. And to top it off, he was knocked down in that stance. What on earth was he thinking?

Bravo! Optimus Prime must have been really proud of your balloon attack!

3) Anna Konda, a snake-like Firefighting robot

After watching the video, I’m sure you are as doubtful as me as to its ability to put out fire. Okay just imagine in a real-life scenario, your kitchen’s burning and suddenly Anna Konda ambushes you from nowhere. What would your first reaction be? Would you continue to put out the flames or to mistakenly but understandably smash this 3-meter long snake — that pisses a suspicious stream of “vemon” — into oblivion?

4) Honda’s Asimo Robot buckling on the stairs

Everybody knows Honda’s famous four-feet-tall humanoid robot, Asimo. Asimo has a variety of tricks up its sleeve and that includes running at a speed of 6km per hour. Almost worthy of being a brethren of the Transformers, till it takes an epic fall from the stairs. Phail!

5) A crawling Japanese Salaryman Android

Crawling is by far the most effective but tedious movement in avoiding enemy’s line of sight and fire. Replace the elderly businessman skin with a rugged soldier holding a killer rifle and this android is all ready for battle. In the end, lo and behold, his creator proceeds to unscrew his butt — of all places — and replaces in it, a new battery. Image tarnished!

It's official. His heart is located right in the butt.

As for now, I guess either this or that is the closest we can get to the age of the Transformers.

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