An autonomous robot vacuum cleaner has become an internet hero after running away from work in a Travelodge hotel.
Staff said the automated machine "could be anywhere" after failing to stop at the entrance of the building and heading out into the night.
People praised the robot for 'making a desperate bid for freedom', and others joke it might now be cleaning up the streets near the Orchard Park hotel in Cambridge.
Others feared this could be the start of a Terminator-style uprising, but those fears proved unfounded as the vacuum cleaner was found under a hedge the next day.
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The assistant manager from the hotel posted online: "Today we had one of our new robot vacuums run for its life.
"They normally sense the lip at the entrance and turn around, but this one decided to make a run for it."
Soon news of the escape was spreading online and social media users flocked to Twitter to comment their opinion.
One said: "Obviously making a desperate bid for freedom to escape this country."
Then a second added: "They're going to clean up if we don’t watch out."
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And then a third user wrote: "Re-wilding urban areas."
"If they learn to conquer stairs like the Daleks did, we’re screwed" quipped another Twitter user.
But then the escapee was found by a cleaner the next day, as it had become wedged in a bush near the hotel.
Speaking to the BBC, a worker confirmed it was "back sitting happily on a shelf with the rest of its robot vacuum family."
Travelodge have been approached for comment.
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