Westworld comes to west London with a robot boozer called Fred

John Plunkett. Updated April 18th, 2018

Westworld came to west London in the form of an ultra-realistic humanoid robot called Fred and gave a glimpse of what the series would have looked like had it been set in a pub.

The good people of Now TV created a robot based on a real 55-year-old chap called Tedroy Newell to publicise the second series of the sci-fi show. The pair even got to meet each other.

Anyway, this is what he looked like …

Our latest piece of work for Now TV

We glimpsed into the future of marketing by creating a hyper-realistic humanoid robot to promote #WestworldSeason2 https://t.co/MCSwRA1jJR #comms pic.twitter.com/zBsL1jfkbl

— Taylor Herring (@TaylorHerringUK) April 18, 2018

He nattered to regulars – his movements captured on a whole bunch of cameras – and ended up shattering a pint glass for that authentic closing time atmosphere. Spookily accurate…