robots

I'm pretty sure this is how HAL 9000 was built. SO IT BEGINS.

The Mars Colonisation project by ZA Architects suggests that humans could colonise the red planet by living in underground dwellings dug out of the planet's bedrock by an advance party of solar-powered machines. "Curiosity sooner or later will bring human to Mars and wouldn't it be nice to have permanent station to explore it?" said Arina Ageeva of ZA Architects.

Engineers at the University of Tokyo have taught this robot to push heavy objects with its body in a way similar to humans.