Apple's first ever 'gaming robot' is a mechanical spider

Apple is selling its first ever'gaming robot' that can carry out augmented reality warfare and is controlled by a smartphone. The fearsome-looking mechanical spider is called MekaMon and relies on four infrared sensors to measure distance, location and wage attacks on its opponent. This fighter, which launches today on the Apple store for £300 ($300), simultaneously has bot-on-bot brawls in real life and on the screen. The robot is used to play a game is set in 2076 following an alien invasion on Earth. Humans are using their MekaMon robots to fight back and recapture their territory.