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Aibo 2 vs. The Omnibot: FIGHT!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-in-this-corner dept.

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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  1. Omnibot 2000 by mr_gerbik · · Score: 3

    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

  2. Somewhat... Misleading... and Pointless by Sodakar · · Score: 3

    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.

  3. Omnibot who? by Alatar · · Score: 3

    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.

  4. I have an Omnibot! by SecretAsianMan · · Score: 4

    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)

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  5. yeah. by fluxrad · · Score: 4

    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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