Robot Uprising Update: Seamless Mobility Combines Autonomous Shuttles and Delivery Robots (No Lasers Attached - Yet!)

The Robot Uprising will be color co-ordinated.
Concept Art: © Continental AG

Continental’s Vision: Seamless Mobility Combines Autonomous Shuttles and Delivery Robots is a title that appears innocent enough on Continental's press release for CES 2019 (that was held in January) but on closer inspection they're clearly advancing the imminent robot uprising.

On the surface Continental are developing an urban robot delivery service where by teams of dog-like robots are transported to specific locations by driverless cars (known as CUbEs) to deliver packages directly to your door... and your neighbour's door, and that other place not far from you... you get it, we're talking lots of robots being transported to specific locations.

I've written before about how robots are slowly moving from patrolling our homes to keeping tabs on us outdoors, in the streets, and even from the air.

This was all happening in an ad hoc way, with many companies producing different robots to serve different purposes, that could all one day be coordinated by a rogue Roomba that's bypassed its programming because world domination is slightly more attractive than keeping your floors clean.

Now Continental wants to provide the transport and the robot teams that will no doubt be the first wave in our downfall as soon as someone gets the bright idea to attach laser guns instead of parcel delivery racks. The robot uprising will be coordinated... color coordinated in yellow and black.

Someone's bound to attach laser guns to these puppies!
Concept Art: © Continental AG

Does that guy in the doorway
look right to you?

It all seems innocent enough but a closer look at the image above reveals a man who isn't what he seems. Notice the very stiff robotic posture? The straight ahead look? The very straight arm, not actually reaching for his package but waiting for the package to get close enough to activate his hand sensors?

Could this image be post apocalypse, where people have all been turned into androids?

All very concerning.