Battle machines: how automated fighting machines have developed -- Sensors and computers looking at robotic control and computer equipment -- Spies in space: robots silently cruising overhead map our movements all the time -- Eyes in the air the robotic secrets of uncrewed air vehicles, or UAVs -- UCAVs in action: robots can do more than just watch, as these combat machines show -- Robots at sea: how robots go into action at sea, and deep below the surface -- Robot army: robotic gadgets are taking over on the battlefield -- Supersoldiers: how today's troopers are becoming more than human -- Danger / UXB! Robots that go into explosion zones to disarm unexploded bombs -- Robocops: the streets of our cities are becoming safer, thanks to these watchful robots -- Home guards: intruder alert in our homes, thanks to robot sentinels -- Things to come? next steps in robot technology -- Time track: the story of robot warriors.