Rise of the ROBOTS!!!

Hello again my Future Subjects!!!

I pray that sufficient time has passed as to allow for you to stop trembling in fear from my last communication.

And that being the case, I shall now stamp out any spark of hope that you may possibly have as to the avoidance of my inevitable enslavement of  the world's entire population on my campaign of complete and total GLOBAL DOMINATION.

Igor inspects the blueprints for our prototype Mark I Automaton!

For you see...

Earlier this morning Igor and I were talking during the drive back to the Laboratory from her "Underwater Demolitions Class" (or as Lab Manager "Mommy" refers to them "Swimming Lessons").

We discussed how the time had totally come for our crew to take our plans for GLOBAL DOMINATION to the next level, and that the logical next step was to begin the formation of our ARMY OF AUTOMATONS!!!

So we paid a quick visit to the "Mad Scientist Supply Store" and acquired a very special project for the day.

The Evil Dr. Albertus Magnus!

As raising an ARMY OF AUTOMATONS is a rather serious undertaking, we decided to utilize the services of an outside consultant that specializes in the field of "Robot Armies".

Renfield spent a few minutes Googling on the Ipad and came across the name of a Dr. Albertus Magnus whose Wikipedia page reads as follows... 

"Dr. Albertus Magnus was a highly respected robotics expert in the Soviet Union during the Cold-war era. Heralded worldwide as a genius in the field of artificial intelligence, she fell out of favor with the scientific establishment in the mid-1970's when it was discovered Dr. Magnus had been been engaged in the unethical practice of transplanting the brains from domestic cats into her robotic creations." 

This lady sounded like our kind of evil robotics genius.

So we petitioned the infamously Evil Russian Mad Roboticist Dr. Magnus to come to our aid...

and she agreed to meet with us!
 

(L to R) Bear, Igor, Dr. Magnus, & RENFIELD!

We discussed Global Domination over refreshments.

Dr. Magnus carefully inspecting our plans and materials.

Dr. Magnus (in her thick Russian accent): "Comrades, vee need two thingz. One, a tin can. And two... THE BRAIN OF A LIVING CAT!!!"

I eagerly volunteer my services in acquiring a tin can.

Now that we have a can, we need to find a fresh brain from a living cat...

Igor, Dr. Magnus and I are stumped. We don't know where we can get a fresh cat brain on this short of notice.

Dr. Magnus: "Has anyone seen Renfield?"

RENFIELD!!!

Now that we have all of the materials we need, Igor starts assembling our Prototype Mark I Automoton!!!

Installing the motor with worm-gear into the chasis!

Igor is carefully wiring the power supply to the motor!

Attaching the Automatons powerful arms!

...adding the CRUSHING CLAWS OF CHAOS!!!

Igor is pleased!!!

It is time for me to complete the final steps and add the can, and the CAT BRAIN!!!

NOW!

BRACE YOURSELF!!

BARE WITNESS TO THE MONSTER WE HATH BROUGHT FORTH FROM THE DARKEST RECESSES OF OUR MINDS WITH THE FORBIDDEN ARTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL-NECROMANCY!!!

  

MUHUHAHAHA!!!!

WITNESS THE SHOCK!!!

WITNESS THE TERROR!!!

Igor is very proud of our creation!

To celebrate our project's success, the entire Lab Crew heads to the park to enjoy the electromagnetic radiation emanating from our planet's nearest star and to study the inertial properties of pendulums.

Well that my dear Future Subjects, will bring this communication to a close.

As you can see, my Lab Crew's first step in compiling an ARMY OF AUTOMATONS has been completed, and with each new Automaton added to its ranks in the future, your subjugation at our merciless robotic claws draws that much closer!

So, you might as well attempt to gain my favor now and comment below, and share these communications with your friends and loved ones!

Do them a favor and warn them that their doom is imminent.

Also, check back often as we have some really amazing projects lined up for the coming weeks including some with Arduino micro-controllers and the much anticipated build of our 3d printer!!!

I suggest that you enjoy the remainder of the weekend, and remember, we are coming, and we will have hordes of ROBOTIC MONSTROSITIES at our command!!!

So take the knee and pledge your allegiance...while you still can!!!

MUHUHAHAHA!!!

P.S. No cats were actually harmed during the creation of this Automaton.

Renfield ended up cloning a brain from DNA she extracted from a yak'd up hairball.

Oh, and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! ;-)