The art of disguise has become far more advanced than slapping on a fake moustache or stacking three kids on top of each other under a trench coat.
Take the case of Boris, the supposed robot showcased on Russian state TV last week.
While Boris amazed the TV show鈥檚 hosts by speaking and dancing in a very humanlike manner, there was a simple reason for that: Boris was actually a human inside a robot costume.
Russian company Show Robots under the name Alyosha. The suit retails for 250,000 rubles, or approximately $5,000.
According to a translation of the website, the costume comes with a voice transducer and speakers to make its wearer sound robotic, as well as LED panels and a built-in tablet display.
The same translation refers to Alyosha as a 鈥渃utie鈥� who is 鈥渕ade with tenderness and love鈥� and creates 鈥渁n almost complete illusion鈥� of being a real robot.
鈥淭herefore, everyone wants to make a selfie with him,鈥� it reads.
This video from Russian state broadcaster Russia 24 shows Boris' original appearance:
