First British robot reborn in London, ready to haunt your nightmares

London's Science Museum has rebuilt Eric the robot -- Britain's first robot, and one of the first seen anywhere in the world. He was originally built in 1928 and was capable of standing up, and moving his arms. Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign that raised over 50,000, Eric has been reconstructed by the Science Museum and will be on display as part of the Robots exhibition beginning in February next year. While I don't mind the humanoid, "knight-in-armour" look, nobody has explained why Eric has been given glowing red eyes and sharp metal teeth. Nor do they know where the original Eric vanished to.