The future has already arrived: people use robots and new technologies in the air, under water and on land. People explore ocean basins with the help of bathyscaphes, put planes into autopilot mode, and use drones not only in defense, but also in everyday life. We can no longer imagine a world without robots. But what will remain of our professions - scientist, lawyer, doctor, soldier, driver and janitor - when robots learn to do it all? MIT professor David Mindell, who has devoted more than twenty years to robotics and oceanology, states with confidence that autonomy and artificial intelligence do not pose a threat. In this complex system, the connection between human and robot is too close. The rigid boundaries that we have drawn between people and robots, between manual and automated control, only hinder the understanding of our relationship with robotics. Together with the author, the reader will go down to the bottom of the Tyrrhenian Sea to find ancient ceramic vessels, make the way to the sunken Titanic, and visit in the cockpit and finds out why the pilot needs an indicator on the windshield; will find the answer to the question why Neil Armstrong did not use an automatic system to land on the moon. The book will be of interest to anyone who is passionate about airplanes, spaceships, submarines and robots, and the influence of technology on our world.