Reports from the US claim Michael Jackson has signed off on a project that will see a 50-foot robotic replica of himself created to roam the Las Vegas desert. The robot is apparently the centrepiece of an elaborate Jackson-inspired show in Vegas, according to designer Andre Van Pier. Luckman Van Pier, his partner at the company behind the proposal, claimed blueprints have been drawn up for the show and approved by the star. "Michael's looked at the sketches and likes them," he told the New York Daily News. "[The robot] would be in the desert sands. Laser beams would shoot out of it, so it would be the first thing people flying in would see." After stints in Bahrain and Ireland, Jackson is now living in Las Vegas and working on a comeback album. Collaborators include Will.I.Am and 50 Cent.