Swarm-Bots: Child Stealing Robots (Seriously)

Every wonder what it would look like if a bunch of little robots ganged up on a kid and dragged it across the floor? This.

The video is 3:00 long, so just let it load and then skip towards the end for the full effect.

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Thanks Michael, you wanna come over and help me install casters on the kids' PJs?

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