As stated in the article, it's a reference to a piece by James Iry on programming languages. From the title I expect something wrong, funny, but mildly insightful.
And it delivers.
Unfortunately I don't know robotics history as much as I know PL history, so I'm sure I missed most of the references.
It's humor, a robotiscist joking about their field.
If you are interested in robotics, you'll find it funny. If not, you will be confused.