From iRobot, the makers of the Roomba and the PackBot, comes the newest monster to crawl from the hellish landscape of my nightmares, the robotic blob known as Chembot. It’s like the worst of both worlds. It’s both a fleshy, gooey, oozey monstrosity AND a horrible killer robot, all in one! Given that the Chembot is designed to ooze through small holes, then reform itself back into shape, it’s also frighteningly unstoppable! No simple human fortification can withstand the onslaught of a thousand Chembots, all thirsting to lubricate their synthetic silicon skin with human blood!
Given that former Marine Steve McQueen has passed on, and Kevin Dillon is busy filming Entourage, who is going to save us from the inevitable assault of the roboblobs? No one, that’s who. Once they merge with the Roomba and become real-life Katamari Damacies, sucking up everything they come across for fuel and mass, we’ll REALLY be in trouble. Thanks, science. Once again, you’ve killed us all.
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