Visitors to the Art Basel in Miami were greeted by a surreal spectacle this week: a pack of robot dogs trotting around an exhibition pen, each with an eerily lifelike silicone face of a well-known tech titan or artist.

One robot, fitted with the likeness of Elon Musk, is seen in a video posted by Art Basel’s Instagram account, circling the space with its lips puckered. Nearby, faux Andy Warhol and Mark Zuckerberg nearly bump into each other, while a Pablo Picasso lookalike pauses contemplatively, as if lost in thought.

Occasionally, the machines would tip backwards and eject small images resembling Polaroid photographs from their behinds, accompanied by the words “poop mode” flashing on screens mounted on their backs, CNN reported.

Crowds of people are seen in the video surrounding the pen, with some pointing their phones at the spectacle.

The bizarre installation, titled Regular Animals, is the latest work by American digital artist Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann. Two of the robots feature his own face, complete with his hairstyle and glasses, sharing the arena with the Musk, Warhol, Zuckerberg, Picasso and Jeff Bezos versions.

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