yayitswei posted a link to a robot that produces the effect I meant. A modern version of the catcher that could outperform a human would be nice too. Or the knife trick by the robot in Aliens.

Also I saw some news about a spanish uni developing one robot arm to catch space debris.

The thing is we still don't realize how fast they really are. We say all the time that computers are dumb. The perception is somewhat distorted for most people.

Moore's law has been almost completely eaten by the screen growth. That's the easiest least imaginative way.