Slashdot linked up this New Scientist article that details a startling new development in autonomous robotics:

A bright yellow slime mould that can grow to several metres in diameter has been put in charge of a scrabbling, six-legged robot.

The Physarum polycephalum slime, which naturally shies away from light, controls the robot's movement so that it too keeps out of light and seeks out dark places in which to hide itself.

Great. It's not enough we need to worry about giant genetically engineered blobs yanking our heads down drainpipes. Now they've got robots to walk around with!