Such viral videos were the inspiration for metalhead a gripping black mirror episode which began streaming friday.
Black mirror metalhead dog.
The often scary realistic and prophetic science fiction series black mirror continues to deliver dystopian visions of the future including robotics.
Boston dynamics robot dog reminds many people of metalhead an eerie black mirror episode.
It was written by series creator charlie brooker and directed by david slade the episode first aired on netflix along with the rest of series four on 29 december 2017.
The year is 2020.
Metalhead is the fifth episode of the fourth series of the anthology series black mirror.
After a clip of the robot dog went viral twitter was abuzz with several reactions.