Alright DARPA, I get it: You're hell-bent on making me fear the inevitable rise of the machines. Do you have to go all Youtube and remind me about it every few months? Yeesh!

Members of the IBR Algorithm Group and Braunschweig University of Technology mounted LED lights on a batch of Roomba floor-cleaning robots and let them go to town in an empty room, taking long-exposure camera shots of the guys in action. The resulting light show is pretty cool, wouldn't you say?

Oh hey, that's cool, a big robotic snake. What's that other thi- OH GOD THE END IS NIGH ROBO-SPIDER.

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Did I say pants-wetting? No no, I just meant cool. And awesome. Not terrifying at all or anything like that.