With 17 precision servos, the MechRC is capable of performing 180 degree movement. Using a three-dimensional software program, the user can input custom motions.

The robot comes with over 100 motion files pre-installed, from killer fighting moves to hardcore dance motions, with even more available on the supplied CD-ROM and from the MechRC website.

Programming is done via an interface that looks like an animation filmstrip, by simply positioning the robot into the different poses you want, then assigning it to a button or button combo on the handset and hitting “Download”. You can also add sound effects, pre-recorded voices, and music files; these play from a speaker in the robot’s chest. An infrared controller is also included.

The design of the robot allows you to easily add additional mechanical components. The MechRC appears to geared toward user-friendliness, with the handset controls resembling a gamepad-style remote, a range of upgrade kits, and a straightforward method of creating motion files and action sequences with the MechRC Commander Software.

We are so fucked.

I am completely and utterly convinced that if the human race isn’t finished off by armageddon, the rapture, enviromental devastation, Miley Cyrus or an asteroid, then it’s going to be robots, Terminator style (not Cylon style because the ending of BSG sucked balls). I can handle being shot to shit, having my limbs ripped off or even being man-raped by a killer android, but I am so not cool with this creepy little fucker having his mechanical way with me.