Killer Robot

The Killer Robot, a.k.a the Mecha-Scorpion, is a machine Monster kept in the Facility. It is not listed on the Whiteboard but can be seen in the System Purge.

Physical Description and Attributes
The Killer Robot is designed as an enormous, yellow, spider-like robot with four fast pneumatic legs and three arms; one small one in the front and two long ones in back armed with loud, squealing buzz saws. The smaller arm is capable of shooting out a pair of grappling hooks to snag and drag its prey closer to it, allowing it to deliver a killing blow. Where the Killer Robot was built or originated from is completely unknown, but it appears to be one of the deadliest Monsters to be encountered due to its ability to kill its victims almost instantly.

It is not known what item from the Cellar summons it. Some possibilities include a buzz saw similar to the ones on its arms, other machine parts such as motors or gears, or mechanical blueprints of the robot.

Appearances


The Killer Robot is seen throughout the Purge when the elevators first open, where it launched grappling hooks, piercing two guards and dragging them closer to eviscerate them with its fast rotating buzz saws. It is later seen on security footage scrambling after facility workers down a flight of stairs.

Trivia

 * In the novelization, it is described as a "Robot with Flaming Hands" as opposed to its buzz saw type arms.

Inspiration
The Killer Robot is an homage to many fictional robots that kill people- either by deliberate design (such as the Terminators from the franchise of the same name), by a flaw in their programming (AMEE from Red Planet, the Protectors from Chopping Mall or the ED-209 from RoboCop) or in rare cases, by supernatural forces, such as in Stephen King's short story The Mangler, where an industrial laundry press gets unwittingly possessed by a demon and starts killing people. Interestingly enough, unlike other famous homicidal robots, the Killer Robot is not humanoid in shape, nor does it act with any sort of cold logic or precise movements, instead possessing a multi-limbed, quadrupedal body and attacking with wild, feral thrashing.