The real world has not caught up yet with "Star Wars" and its talking, thinking robots, but some of the most sophisticated units that exist headed to Florida this month for a Defense Department competition.

Seventeen humanoid robots were be evaluated at Homestead Miami Speedway for how well they can complete tasks including getting into an all-terrain vehicle and driving it and opening doors. (AP)
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© REUTERS/Andrew InnerarityAn LS 3 (Legged Squad Support System) robot demonstrates its movement, showing it is designed to accompany soldiers and Marines any place they go on foot, helping to carry their gear, during a demonstration in Homestead, Florida December 20, 2013.

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© REUTERS/Andrew InnerarityAn unidentified LS3 team member shoves an LS 3 (Legged Squad Support System) robot that was galloping off course, back on track during a high-speed demonstration in Homestead, Florida December 20, 2013.
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© REUTERS/Neil HallA flying sushi service tray known as the "itray", created using miniature remote-controlled helicopter rotor blades, is demonstrated by staff at a "Yo! Sushi" restaurant in London June 10, 2013.
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© REUTERS/Tyrone SiuEBipedal humanoid robot "Atlas", primarily developed by the American robotics company Boston Dynamics, is presented to the media during a news conference at the University of Hong Kong October 17, 2013. The 6-foot (1.83 m) tall, 330-pound (149.7 kg) robot is made of graded aluminium and titanium and costs HK$ 15 million ($1.93 million). It is capable of a variety of natural movements, including dynamic walking, calisthenics and user programmed behaviours, according to the University of Hong Kong's press release.
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© REUTERS/Paul YeungHumanoid robot 'Actroid DER' watches during a media preview of the Asia Robot Dream Exhibition at a shopping centre in Hong Kong November 24, 2006.
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© REUTERS/Gil Cohen MagenA Japanese-made robot receptionist named Ms. Saya greets students in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the southern city of Be'er Sheva in this picture taken February 5, 2007.
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© REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoA customer (R) is seated on a 3.6 metre-high custom-made female robot at the newly opened "Robot Restaurant" in Kabukicho, one of Tokyo's best known red light districts, August 16, 2012. It's show time at the "Robot Restaurant" a new and high-tech take on the city's decades-old cabaret scene that puts a friendly, if unusual, face on the robot technology in which Japan is a world leader.
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© REUTERS/Toru HanaiHonda Motor Co's Asimo humanoid robot opens the top of a bottle to pour the drink into a cup during a news conference at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo November 30, 2011.
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© REUTERS/Albert GeaHonda's second version of the humanoid robot Asimo climbs a flight of stairs in Barcelona during its first appearance in Europe, September 28, 2007.
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© REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonA dentist demonstrates on a dental patient robot at its unveiling ceremony at Showa University in Tokyo March 25, 2010.
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© REUTERS/Nicky LohCombo picture shows a robot produced by the electrical engineering department of the National Taiwan University mimicking the facial expressions of a human at the Taipei International Robot Show October 19, 2010.
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© REUTERS/Vivek PrakashSpectators watch as robots play soccer on a miniature field during the Robocup tournament in Singapore June 22, 2010.
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© REUTERS/Michael CaronnaA robot with soft pneumatic fingers handles plastic sushi during a demonstration at the FOOMA Japan international food machinery and technology exhibition in Tokyo, June 12, 2009. The robot's hands are soft and have very few metal parts in order to handle delicate objects without crushing them.
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© REUTERS/Robert PrattaThe Wall-Ye prototype, a robot designed to prune vines, is seen in the Pouilly Fuisse vineyard during a press presentation near Macon October 12, 2012. The 50 by 60 centimetre robot, with four wheels and two metal arms, has six web cameras and a GPS and can roll between grapevines, test the soil and check the grapes. With a little more training, Wall-Ye will be able to prune up to 600 vines per day, says his inventor, French engineer Christophe Millot, who has been working on the project for the past three years. Picture taken October 12, 2012.
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© REUTERS/Joshua RobertsAn engineer makes an adjustment to the robot "The Incredible Bionic Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington October 17, 2013. The robot is the world's first-ever functioning bionic man made of prosthetic parts and artificial organ implants.
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© REUTERS/Michael CaronnaTMSUK Ltd.'s Banryu home utility robot, which is able to phone its owner if it detects unusual sounds, smells or heat as well as transmit real-time video and sound, is pictured before a news conference in Tokyo June 18, 2008. Four Japanese robotics companies (Business Design Laboratory,TMSUK Ltd., Vstone, and ZMP Inc.) announced that they were jointly forming an association to create business markets for next-generation robots.
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© REUTERS/Nicky LohRoppie the robot plays a game of tic-tac-toe with a member of the public at the Taipei International Robot Show October 19, 2010. The robot is integrated with a human-like voice, dialogue functions, stereovision and an arm module and is aimed at providing home security, interactive companionship and health care for the elderly.
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© REUTERS/Luke MacGregorA robot is pictured in front of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey as part of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots in London April 23, 2013.