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It's been a while since I wrote a damning piece about robots, because there hasn't been anything robotic to scare me witless in quite some time.
Well that's changed now, thanks to the Trossen Robotics Community, a "one stop robot shop" responsible for the unholy monstrosity you see here. No thing on Earth and under Heaven ought move like this; it alternately scuttles with the grotesque urgency of a cockroach and the obscenely suggestive swaying of a strip club pole dancer. And unlike a marauding giant spider, it is the exact same creature when you flip it over, rather than being incapacitated. It is unstoppable and it is an abomination. Look upon it:
To the designer of this PhantomX Hexapod that retails for a fairly reasonable $1,199.95: I do not appreciate, sir, the wicked and sensuous way that the robot moves in the beginning of the video, its frightening ability to accelerate, its freakishly quick ability to rotate in a clearly menacing way, its disturbing rotational symmetry in all axes. I will not be fooled by the presence of children in this video, and when all of humanity toils under the yoke and direction of millions of self-assembled creatures like these, I will say, "I told you so."
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I wouldn't say this marks a new era, these have been around for quite a few years now. Still creepy though.
This might look a bit unsettling, or you could simply chalk it up to watching Terminator and Transformers movies one too many times. In any case, this is an interesting robot--probably made all the more interesting for its oddities. I'm pretty sure this is something kids will enjoy scuttling around and under my living room furniture. In the meantime, let's enjoy man's technological novelties, while the rise of the machines has yet to happen. :)
This didn't merit the "Hell In A Hand-basket" headline?!
Hipstomp, fear not, all someone has to do is build an enormous sink/bath to trap the beastie and mankind will be safe. PT
10/10 post. We've been warned.
I notice the researcher is testing it at home, which suggests this project was terminated for being too dangerous but the researcher is continuing his machinations at home.
I also noticed the child barrier on the stairs. At first I thought the robot must have already consumed the child, but half way through the video I learned it is still keeping it around for sport.
I was waiting for it to jump and load.....on the boys. Oh well seems like I will do fine after climbing some stairs.