Robot watch: The weirdest things the clankers did this month including moonwalking themselves to death, losing a fight to a step, and drowning by the dozens in Sydney Harbour

As another month goes by, another mountain of evidence is collected suggesting that robots are just like us: dumb as hell and bad at everything.

Whether demonstrating martial arts, cutting a rug on the dance floor, or attempting to delight people on the ground with an aerial lightshow, May was another busy month for robots completely eating it.

Here at PC Gamer, we've decided to start collecting these mechanical malfunctions. Last month we dutifully noted that robots were violently faceplanting during marathons and pooping NFTs, and this month we're watching them lose fights to stairs and moonwalk themselves to death. Here are our top five robot sightings for May.

5. Martial parts

Why are we teaching robots how to kick and punch? Humans are an exceedingly violent species and we shouldn't be outsourcing our short tempers and melee lust to a bunch of tin cans, especially when they seem entirely incapable of finishing the fights they start.

Here's a robot demonstrating some taekwondon't (gottem) before encountering an unbeatable oppone...