Russian scientists may 'dismantle' rebellious robot after it escaped for the second time

With a wide base that tapers and expands to a fat midsection, upon which is perched a tiny head, the Russian robot named Promobot IR77 is no C-3PO. It evokes nothing so much as an artificially intelligent snowman, down to the machine's white-as-fresh-powder paint job. Like another famous snowman and itinerant – Frosty – the robot seems to have acquired a taste for skipping town, too. On June 16 the robot fled its creators, as The Washington Post reported. The story goes that an engineer working at Promobot Laboratories, in the Russian city of Perm, had left a gate open.