Robots may someday dominate our world. Let's keep an eye on them. Robots: they're basically just computers that walk around, so we're going to start covering them more regularly here at PC Gamer. And there's a lot to cover: hardly a day goes where we don't see a clip of a robot doing something weird, funny, alarming, impressive, or—and this is pretty darn rare, but it does happen once in a blue moon—useful. Whether they're running races or serving as butlers or playing our videogames, we need to start keeping a close eye on these things. The dangerous creations of mad scientists used to have to escape from the labs they were built in before they could wreak havoc, but these days their creators are simply leading them by the hand into densely populated public spaces and pressing the "on" button. If you're struck by a self-driving car or crushed by a toppling robot: congratulations! You've just participated in a beta test you never agreed to. Mechanized mayhem was everywhere in April 2026, and a we've got a lot of clips to choose from, but here are our top five robot sightings: Sony built a robot named Ace to play ping pong, finally solving the biggest problem of our times: the endless hours of human-based ping pong we're all constantly subjected to. Ace isn't quite up to pro levels, but it did defeat three out of five "elite" players it faced. It both looks and sounds impressive, but I made the mistake of reading the fine print. This article in the Guardian states that "Ace sidesteps some tricky aspects of table tennis by having an eight-jointed arm on a movable base that does not have to stand on two legs." Congrats on the understatement of the year. That's like saying "Galactus sidesteps some tricky aspects of competitive cooking shows by completely consuming the planets the shows are held on." I've had a clawing fear of dogs with human faces since that scene in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. (Incidentally, my clawing fear of being brutally suckerpunched by