In what seems less like your standard Evil Robot Tomfoolery and more like a direct shot of molten fear across the bow of humanity, the ECCE Robot group, a European consortium, is truly crossing the Rubicon with this jazzy little number.

With this mawkish horror, we can be assured that the old tactic of anthropomorphism (perhaps the prime stratagem of the enemy) is being used to lull you, oh brave, fully biological unit, into a false sense of security. We knew, oh yes we knew, that nothing good could come of the "European Union". Once the Evil Robot Overlords establish their cruel and inescapable system of Neo-serfdom, which will make Orwell's 1984 look like sunny day on Sesame Street, you will regret the Marshall Plan ever having been proposed!


"YOU may have more in common with this robot than any other - it was designed using your anatomy as a blueprint. [ Oh, lost sanctity! - ERN ]

Conventional humanoid robots may look human, but the workings under their synthetic skins are radically different from our anatomy. A team with members across five European countries says this makes it difficult to build robots able to move like we do."

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