These things just look terrifying. The reversed knee joints, the square bodies, the vulture beak head, the color, all send a message of hostility. You want to put one of these things in my office or my home? Forget it.
Said in the most synthetic-sweet robot voice they can find, pouring out of the speakers every two minutes. ;)
http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirror-metalhead-interview...
But that might be because i've seen videos of it like [0] where it likes to hop and bounce about (and it doesn't help that the yellow is a bit less "military robot sent to kill")
Some of us will always want these robots to look even more horrifying though. \m/ And for myself I've always found each of the BD robots somewhat cute and always sympathetic whenever hockey stick man bullies them.
Or do you mean the uncanny valley?
I agree, although I don't know exactly why. Maybe it's our reptilian brain which sends a message of fear. All I want when I see this robot thing is to hit it with an axe until it does not move anymore...
I used to find the look off-putting, but having seen more and more videos of the thing, I sort of find it adorable.
I guess that makes sense though; some people think insects are really neat. There's bound to be some variance in human reactions to appearance.