The robot is called Momo, and two of them can do the work of the 250 laborers needed to build a 100-megawatt photovoltaic power plant, its creator claims.
The Nationalist devolved Scottish government thinks that if Scottish companies can establish a lead in marine energy, much as Denmark did in wind power, it could be a big job and wealth creator for the country.
In the tradition of the televangelist, that bond has survived its creator's metamorphosis from austere crusader against corruption to a man who clearly enjoys power and its perquisites.