22-foot tall robot crafted entirely from excess styrofoam
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fome @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:33PM
What is with Engadget and killer robot jokes?
Andrew @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:38PM
GGGGGGGGODZILLA
Yevon @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:47PM
Now, they never used the word killer anywhere. Maybe when you cut it loose it would give everyone a great big hug! Way to be a robot racist Fome.
JK
Blackstar @ Jul 4th 2008 1:49PM
Pftht, EVE would take him down in one shot.
Fruition @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:36PM
That's got to be the coolest thing I've seen all year.
...It's been a slow year.
karts41 @ Jul 4th 2008 3:36AM
I think he should light it on fire and melt it from the bottom up
fumes might be troublsome though...
karts41 @ Jul 4th 2008 3:36AM
I think he should light it on fire and melt it from the bottom up
fumes might be troublsome though...
DaLa @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:37PM
add led eyes
gad get @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:42PM
I, for one, welcome our new towering styrofoam robot overlord.
pball_inuyaha @ Jul 4th 2008 12:17AM
nice
i agree with you fully
peekinde @ Jul 4th 2008 12:04AM
lol, what is that a gorilla-bot
Striker @ Jul 4th 2008 12:29AM
I can tell you who is a gorilla, your mom.
phanbouy @ Jul 4th 2008 1:40AM
let's make an Engadget Middle Schooler edition for all the kiddies.
Shinigami @ Jul 4th 2008 6:44AM
phanbouy
We'll have to put lots of grown-ups into "middle schooler" part. Not everyone grows up with age...
Pavan @ Jul 4th 2008 10:30AM
Isn't that what G***odo is for?
bg @ Jul 4th 2008 12:11AM
its been done.
monkfishbandana @ Jul 4th 2008 11:20AM
Why yes, yes it has. There is even a picture of it with this post. The picture itself is proof that you are correct.
Mr. Fax Sender @ Jul 4th 2008 12:13AM
I want one.
It will stand in my front yard and I shall call it "Bill". I will later shoot it with a cannon.
chustar @ Jul 4th 2008 12:43AM
I saw this live. And yes, it was really cool. (Not the coolest at the gallery, but...)
maxter @ Jul 4th 2008 12:57AM
Why? I don't hate him...
David Z. @ Jul 4th 2008 1:05AM
Is it sad that I can tell that the piece of styrofoam with the holes in it under its head is from the packaging of a MacBook?
Wait, I'll just answer that myself. Yes, yes it is.
Mindfield @ Jul 4th 2008 1:09AM
It was a good concept, but its attempts at being a vicious killer robot were foiled by the fact that you could hear the squeaky noises it made when its thighs rubbed together from a mile away.
matmccoy @ Jul 4th 2008 1:34AM
That perforated breast plate is from a Mac Book.
I'm just sayin.
Cupertino @ Jul 4th 2008 1:37AM
This is the giant robot from the movie called "Castle in the Sky" or a one of the Giants from Shadow of the Colossus !
dervheid @ Jul 4th 2008 6:29AM
THAT is seriously fuckin' cool. Nice one!
Ben Nachman @ Jul 4th 2008 7:05AM
All hail the mighty styro-bot, quick, if veryone befriends it, it may not take over our planet with its evil styro-friends!
Bennasher @ Jul 4th 2008 7:10AM
All hail the great Styro-bot, quick everyone, if we befriend it now, it may not take over our planet and enslave us with its army of styro-nians!
Imran @ Jul 4th 2008 7:52AM
I hope it doesn't rain when they take it on the tour.
albtms @ Jul 4th 2008 8:52AM
That guy's gonna make a nice batch of homebrew napalm someday...
bartoron @ Jul 4th 2008 8:55AM
I'd prefer a 22-foot tall styrofoam Cloverfield monster.
muddyh2o @ Jul 4th 2008 9:07AM
any video of it in motion? what kind of robotics are in it?
Pavan @ Jul 4th 2008 10:31AM
Isn't that what G***odo is for?
cr @ Jul 4th 2008 10:48AM
Calling this a robot implies it's more than a sculpture. This is as much of a robot as a picture of your grandmother is your grandmother.
konshuss @ Jul 4th 2008 11:15AM
great, now the packaging is finished... bring on the robot that goes inside it.
Ryan Riddle @ Jul 4th 2008 12:43PM
I saw this at the San Jose Museum of Art a few months back. You really cannot appreciate how big/ intricate/ painstaking this is until you stand at it's feet.
jag @ Jul 4th 2008 12:54PM
I say saddle im up to a deep sea submersible and see what happens after a trip to the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
k0raid @ Jul 5th 2008 2:10AM
It's pointing at me help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tealfixie @ Jul 5th 2008 12:08PM
i see a macbook Styrofoam thing for the chest grill
rollah @ Jul 6th 2008 12:36AM
Saw this at the San Jose Museum of Art a couple of weeks ago. Really cool, except it's very easy to get paranoid that you're going to trip, bump it, and make it all come crashing down..............
zhangliubao @ Jul 8th 2008 5:19AM
LOL!