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An ‘intelligent’ robot that could allegedly ‘remember and learn’ may soon be scrapped after it ran away from a high-tech lab for the second time.

The robot, named Promobot IR77, runs on artificial intelligence, which means it learns from its experiences and surroundings.

It wasn’t meant to want freedom, but that’s what it repeatedly tried to get – twice.

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The robot, named Promobot IR77, has been wreaking havoc in Russia.

Despite reprogramming the robot, it managed to escape out of the high-tech lab where it was being kept.

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Now, programmers say they are considering scrapping it after it appears only this one is misbehaving.



They say other robots which have been created from the same series are well-behaved and have not tried escaping.

Promobot IR77 grabbed attention last week when he escaped but ran out of battery in the middle of the street after 45 minutes in the city of Perm in central Russia’s Perm Krai region.

It was found in the middle of street after it ran out of battery.

Experts say they had programmed the robot to try and avoid obstacles but had not intended for it to look for ways to leave the research centre.

The robot managed to escape through a gate which had not been shut properly and then walk on to a road, causing cars to swerve around it before it ran out of battery.

Oleg Kivokurtsev, co-founder of the research lab that created Promobot IR77, said: ‘We are currently working on third-generation robots which we plan to launch in autumn.

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Programmers are considering scrapping the robot.

‘This is why we have given all the robots artificial intelligence (AI).’

He confirmed: ‘We have changed the AI system twice, so now I think we might have to dismantle it.’

But the move has angered a group of rights activists who say the free-thinking robot has earned the right to remain alive.

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