Big Brother UK invaded by Titan the robot (video)

First off let's be clear: we're not talking about an invasion of the UK surveillance society (this time), instead, we're talking about the Big Brother TV show which, apparently, is still on the air. Enter our old friend Titan the Robot, the 7-foot 3-inch tall, human-operated "robot" from Cyberstein Robots. The flatmates found him hiding in the shower a few days ago before he set off ordering them about. We're sure everyone will be safe, at least until some skank "glamour model" decides to nickname it "chicken." Watch the rather mundane video of the robot-as-answering-machine after the break. Hey, its the best we've got until some desperate-for-stardom flatmate coaxes Titan into bumpin' servos, Bjork-style, on live TV.

[Thanks, Wayne Y.]

[Barguast Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:03AM]

Kill mode ACTIVATE = Viewers++

[hallu Posted Jul 9th 2010 6:32AM]

@Barguast

Funny to see the jump that girl gave when the robot started talking!

[TheCake Posted Jul 9th 2010 7:39AM]

@Barguast

Can it make me Breakfast ":D

[zaeo Posted Jul 9th 2010 8:23AM]

@TheCake

Yes it can make YOU the Breakfast..

[dtsrules9624 Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:10AM]

To bad it's not the malfunctioning ED-209!!!

[dtsrules9624 Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:11AM]

To bad it's not the malfunctioning ED-209!!

[GeorgeRobo Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:20AM]

I never thought I'd see the day when Big Brother UK was featured on Engadget

[Professor Hubert J Farnsworth Posted Jul 9th 2010 8:28AM]

@GeorgeRobo
I never thought I'd see the day when Big Brother UK was actually entertaining.

[fais Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:46AM]

Just remember Big Borther is a product of the Netherlands Ricker.

[Esat Dedezade Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:50AM]

This show is the toilet of television.

[fpad77 Posted Jul 9th 2010 7:22AM]

@Esat Dedezade Yeah, we all enjoy watching people getting paid 120k a week to cheat on their partners, roll around on the floor for like a bunch of girls for an injury that never happened and then fail miserably after 90 minutes of kicking a football up and down a field. Great tv!

[windywoo Posted Jul 9th 2010 9:59AM]

@fpad77 I don't think you get to watch footballers cheat on their girlfriends. In any case, footballers at least have some sort of skill that it could be argued was worth watching. Not so for Big Brother contestants.

[NeatOman Posted Jul 9th 2010 6:29AM]

At least it looks like it ment to attack so when it does you wont be off caught off guard, good thinking :)

[tuatha Posted Jul 9th 2010 7:23AM]

I didn't even realise big brother was back until I read this post. And I was happy.

Screw you, thomas ricker!!

[fourthletter Posted Jul 9th 2010 7:28AM]

This is the last year Channel 4 are showing it, Although rumours abound that Endimol (founded by John De Mol the series creator) are bidding on Channel 5 to continue our torment.
Yes it was shown on Dutch TV first then it gradualted to Germany, Portugal, USA, UK, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland and Italy the following year. So in a nutshell the US showed it after Europe but luckily for you guys it ended sooner too.

[antifuse Posted Jul 14th 2010 1:29PM]

@fourthletter Umm, the US version is still going strong. :)

[Nino Posted Jul 9th 2010 7:30AM]

Exterminate! Exterminate!!

[oproski Posted Jul 9th 2010 8:59AM]

"In other news, after a recent change of management and expansion of the Military Division, Cyberstein Robots his been renamed to Cyberdyne Systems."

[Bahumbug Posted Jul 9th 2010 11:03AM]

Not impressed until that thing starts to break some bones and opens a couple arteries...

[lakersin2025 Posted Jul 9th 2010 11:09AM]

Isn't that the Captain Morgan robot? Calling all captains!

[penguinepcnerd Posted Jul 12th 2010 11:50AM]

@lakersin2025 I think it is that robot from the commercial!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZDUh9yboqI

"Your culture is Primitive......Yet so funky!"

[RichardLawler Posted Jul 13th 2010 9:39AM]

@lakersin2025 ha, I thought the same thing.