Bizarre footage captured the chaotic moment a service robot appeared to spin out of control at a restaurant near San Jose, California, leaving staff struggling restrain the uncontrollable humanoid.

Maybe it's the unseasonable heat or the heavy state of the world, but the dancing robot that went rogue at a Cupertino hot pot restaurant earlier this week feels like just what we need right now.

Customers at the Haidilao hotpot restaurant in San Jose, California, were enjoying their meals when the robot suddenly slapped its hand down on a guest’s plate of food.