Riot Control Robot Unveiled in China Looks Ominously Like a 'Doctor Who' Dalek, May In Fact Be One

China's first intelligent security robot debuts in Chongqing, reads the headline in the Chinese Communist Party official newspaper People's Daily. The riot control robot has a name, AnBot, and it's freaking everyone out even more than your regular garden variety riot control robots because the damn thing looks like a Dalek from Doctor Who. And nothing good comes from a Dalek.

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