According to Elon Musk and many others robots will eventually defeat mankind and become our overlords, but for now let’s watch them boogie.

I know you busted out a cracker of a robot dance at your mate’s wedding and people are still talking about it (by people I mean you), but how about 1 069 robots simultaneously getting down in China?

Yep, that’s a world record. The Verge reports:

The robots are all named Dobi and are made by Chinese company WL Intelligent Technology. Walking, talking, and doing Tai Chi are some of their abilities on top of the synchronized [sic] dancing. WL Tech said the team organized the dance off as a way to display the technology of their robots, which were programmed through one group control system.

…they beat the previous record of 1,007 dancing robots by 62.

Right – dance for me:

Mesmerised.

This is how it starts. They win your trust, you invite them into your home, and then it’s basically I, Robot from that point on.

[source:theverge]