Electric Lab Assistant

Electric Lab Assistants are variants of lab assistants that appear in Crash Bandicoot and Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. They will shock Crash if he runs into them while they are sparking.

Crash Bandicoot
Their only appearance is in The Lab. They appear on platforms with pits surrounding them and will run after Crash and attempt to electrocute him. When the lab assistant is not electrified, he can be spun back until he falls into surrounding pit screaming. Crash can also avoid them by jumping around them.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
These lab assistants appear in Rock It and Pack Attack. Unlike the previous game, they now look half robotic and half human, and don't approach the player. They must be spun into a fiery force field in order to continue, and will make the same pit screaming as the previous game.

Trivia

 * In the Japanese version, the level "The Lab" is named after this lab assistant.
 * The fact that the electric Lab Assistants generator electricity is a hint that points to them being androids as well as a half robotic face.