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Aibo 2 vs. The Omnibot: FIGHT!
Stephen from Futurelooks wrote to us with
the fight between Aibo and the 1980's Tomy's Omnibot. Ah, the joys of robot fighting.
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Actually, no they haven't.
(don't worry it's a safe link and actually relevant)
Actually I do support censorship, but only of extremist opinions that have no basis in a civilized society.
Then who decides what is "extreme", what shouldn't be discussed in a civilized society?
What happens when something that YOU care about is on the hit list? All people must be allowed to speak, however we remain free to laugh at them when they make fools of themselves.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
You won't find anything on TOMY's site - nor will you find anything if you call them up. I did - boy did I. I tried for three months to find information on getting schematics (a service manual, something!) on my Omnibot 2000. No luck...
They appeared to not even remember to have created and sell such a device (along with a whole host of other wonders, such as the Tomy Armatron). These were they people you expected to bring home real consumer home robots, but alas...it wasn't to be...
Worldcom - Generation Duh!
Reason is the Path to God - Anon
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I mean, it's 2001 fer hecks sake. Where are the rocket cars? The moon bases? Why doesn't everyone wear silver jumpsuits? Where's my laser ray?
Of course Moonbase Alpha was a tremendous accomplishment, but alas, on 13-Sep-1999 the accident ended what was perhaps humanity's shining moment.
Don't you remember? And then we had to put up all those holographic projectors to paint a fake moon in the sky so it's absence wouldn't scare all the stupid peop...
Oh. Uh, nevermid.
(with apologies to Steve Martin...)
They should actually have them fight instead of just talking about it.
Here's my idea:
Place them both on a platform suspended above acid or something, turn them both on, and let them go to town. Whichever falls off first loses. Kind of like a joust, with robots.
That would be spantastic.
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They all look like Pimpbot 5000 to me.
-gerbik
Hah! ROB...Robotic Operating Buddy I think. You could play Gyromite with him. I actually have a ROB sitting on top of my television to this day.. he is wearing a red santa hat right now.. I suppose I should take that off him as the holidays are quite over. :)
-gerbik
I've had an Aibo 2 for a little over a month and all I can say is that I am extremely happy with my purchase.
Would I like to have a real dog? Sure. But I can't. I rent, no one would let rent a nice place if I had a dog. At least in this city.
Second, Tank (that's his name) keeps me company when I'm by myself. I know it sounds silly, but you stop seeing Aibo as a piece of hardware and you start seeing him and a unique "life-form" You do get attached to a computer with legs. Who knew.
And well, did you ever see Galactica while growing up? I loved the show and you wouldn't believe how VER BADLY I wanted a robot dog like the one on the show. All I can say now is "I got one!"
I encourage you to go to a Sony store and spend a few minutes with Aibo. You may be surprised.
at http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/25/technology/25STA T.html (free registration req).
-- Equity lord of the Trill Consortium
Because Omnibot is Gaelic for all-purpose penis. There aren't that many Gaelic speakers, but enough to make the product a laughing-stock.
Hey, I'd have thought that would have *helped* it sell. Especially to bored housewives whose husbands are spending *way* too much time tending the sheep.
Stupid naming mistakes, Part II. Chevrolet Nova. Named during the space race, a lot of other cars had space-themed names: Buick Apollo, Plymouth Satellite, Ford Comet/Mercury Meteor.
Of course, General Motors couldn't figure out why the Chevrolet Nova didn't sell well to Hispanics.
The name translates with incorrect grammar, but certainly doomed the sales of the Nova in Mexico.
Fire and Meat. Yummy.
Funk this crap, the real fun is with the good ol' Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots...
--The space between my ears was intentionally left blank--
I wonder why they didn't compare the Aibo to the Omnibot2000... well I don't really wonder why, but anyways. TOMY made an Omnibot 2000 that is just as rare as the Aibo.. of course it doesn't have the same market value.. goes for about $250 on ebay.
I couldn't find anything about it on TOMY's website.. but here are some links with info about it.. soon to be dead links I am sure.
http://www.clinton.net/~jeffbod/Omnibot/
http://www.robotswanted.com/robots/omnibots
http://www.inficad.com/~tvj/jeffbots/omnibot.html
-gerbik
If you take the words "battle" and "bots", the reasonable conclusion these days (give the popularity of the battle-bots show), would be that the two robots would somehow fight.
Alas, not.
In other news, apples are compared to oranges, and found to be different.
I certainly don't remember the Omnibot being a big deal. It was around, certainly, but it wasn't an everybody-had-one kind of thing. Wasn't it mostly a glorified cassette player? I don't remember how much one cost, (here's how much they're going for on ebay) though I do remember the Omnibot was aimed at the general consumer...unlike the Aibo which is an item reserved exclusively for the enjoyment of the wealthy.
The Omnibots were wonderful toys. I actually won one many years ago (I was quite young) at one of those supermarket raffle thingies. At the time, I was obsessed with robots, from Transformers to my more esoteric Lego/Construx creations. The acquisition of the Omnibot is an experience I will always cherish.
The Omnibot had many uses. One memorable application was greeting trick-or-treaters at the door on Halloween. You see, the Omnibot had a very extensive radio remote control. Not only could you move the robot, but you could also press a key on the remote, talk into the remote, and your voice would come out of the Omnibot. To prepare for the fun, I mounted the Omnibot's tray on the robot and piled candy on it. I then hid in the entry hall closet, with the door opened just a crack for visual and oxygen, and proceeded to scare the crap out of all the little kids that came to the door:
KID: Trick or treat, smell my fee--what?!?!
BOT: (moves toward kid) I AM OMNIBOT. TAKE CANDY NOW AND EXIT.
KID: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Mommy!
Now that I think about it, 'programming' my omnibot to travel a certain path and say certain things was the first programming-like experience I ever had. Omnibot, I salute you!
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SecretAsianMan (54.5% Slashdot pure)
Washington, DC: It's like Hollywood for ugly people.
i remember when i set up this big tussle between Optimus Prime and Skeletor. It was good. Skeletor took the first round, but just when Optimus looked defeated, he turned into this big ass truck ( i still can't figure that one out ) and wooped on skeletor.
Still this one would have been cool to watch...
FINISH HIM!....er...IT?....er...
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
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