Many years ago, a joke circulated through America. Scientists poured all of manâ??s knowledge into a computer to ask one question. The query: Is there a God? The answer: There is now. In popular media this scenario was illustrated in the Terminator movies and much earlier in the prophetic classic, The Forbin Project. Robotics then was a nascent science. Today, increasingly sophisticated robotic applications are becoming more and more a part of everyday life.