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Walking shopping cart

This robot scares me, I mean really scares me. I am not sure if it is the lack of a torso, or that fact that it appears to catch fire. Either way it is kind of creepy, yet it is one of my favorite works of art. I wish I could have seen this in person.

Robotics are often used in environments which are considered dangerous to humans. Deep sea exploration, nuclear cleanup and volcanism are some of the "higher profile" adverse environments which robots are used. My question was, "What about other dangerous or hazardous areas?". For example, homeless people live in extremely dangerous environments. Shouldn't there be automated equipment used by this strata of society?

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Posted by Marc de Vinck | Apr 14, 2008 03:00 AM
Arts, Culture jamming, Robotics | Permalink | Comments (3)

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Posted by: Collin Cunningham on April 14, 2008 at 6:01 AM

creep salad!

First "Big Dog" - and now this?!?
I can't even decide which freaky-bot to have nightmares about first.

Posted by: Phillip Torrone on April 14, 2008 at 8:40 AM

love it, a new favorite

Posted by: Maxster on April 14, 2008 at 12:58 PM

gate

I would say this is very well made, the proportions and gate look fairly natural.

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