2016 wasn't to everyone's liking, but for robot aficionados there was plenty to pore over. If you believe what you read, robots are set to take our jobs, replace sex and may count as people.

But if the actual robots we saw this year are anything to go by, it might be a while before any of that actually happens. Here is what we saw from our future overlords this year:

The robot that endured its master's torment