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Toyota Demos 'Partner Robots'
angryflute writes "Toyota has created a walker robot that the driver sits in and controls. It's meant for handicapped people to get around with, but you can easily see the potential for this technology to become the basis for a real-world version of an AT-ST Scout Walker or mobile suit Gundam -- just add guns!" Gizmodo has some more pictures.
DO you have to wear the quasi-futuristic suits to make it work? Handicapped people still have dignity you know.
In order to push bread down their throats.
Do you have stairs in your house?
In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
That phrase has never caused anything bad to happen.
In Japan, only old people use walker robots.
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Sigourney Weaver may be able to get her old job back!
Get away from her, you bitch!
So, who's in favor of starting a paypal account for people to donate to so the geeks can get one, mount very large guns on it, and then mount a very small nuclear reactor? Destruction of cities is fun for the whole family!
First couple things I thought of when I saw the conceptual ad:
1. wtf?
2. Seriously, wtf?
3. A new Power Rangers design?
4. Cheap Peyote hits Tokyo?
5. Does it come in "Confederate Flag" with a gunrack?
and now back to the fallout shelter...
. . . how many of y'all saw the headline "Partner Robot" and assumed that you were going to read about the debut of a ErotoBot?
Stefan
...and they've gone wrong!
Jory
So when do the robots start fighting? Do all three models join together to form a larger robot?
This is wonderful news for all those handicapped people that can climb four feet.
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Hobo: Gus old chum, let's give a friendly welcome to this new robo.
[Bender rolls up his sleeves.]
Bender: What did you call me?
Gus: A robo. You know? A robot-hobo.
Bender: Oh OK I thought you said "romo."
I'm not going to be satisfied until the NatalieBot keeps me in as many lapdances and other, um, jobs, as I can pay the electric bill for. Plus, she needs to be able to convince my mom that she's only a phase I'm going through.
500 lbs. Good luck trying. I hope the handicapped don't crush you for your insolence.
Laws are for people with no friends.
Randy: Well, yeah, but I have one question about the way it works.
Mr. Garrison: Sure.
Randy: Well, it seems all the buttons on these front and rear flexigrips are also found on the side of the vehicle.
Mr. Garrison: Yeup.
Randy: Well... so... they don't really... do anything.
Mr. Garrison: Right.
Randy: So then, couldn't I just order one that works without going in and out of my ass and mouth?
Mr. Garrison: [thinks about this a moment] Well, I... guess you could.
Am I the only one that notice just how tall, wide, and long these things are?
Well...I'm guessing that the initial conversation went something like this:
Japanese Engineer: Hey, boss - - would it be ok if I took a couple years off the Prius team and started making Mecha?
Japanese Boss: I'm sorry...that sounds like a terrible waste of time and company resources.
Japanese Engineer: Ah...yes. You're right. On an unrelated note, have you seen these designs for...uh...Assisted Mobility Vehicles that I've been working on?
Japanese Boss: Very impressiv...wait...what's this, an EMP gun??
Japanese Engineer: Personal protection. Old people are weak, and...old.
Japanese Boss: Well, I'm sold. Whip up a psychedelic butterfly show while you're at it.
+ Built in autodoc to automatically release anti-coagulant over any detected gunshot wound, and coolant/soothing cream over any burn.
;)
That makes the whole NASA fubar of switching metric/imperial units seem minor by comparison.
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Well, one of the "robots" looks like she's sitting in a huge wheeled vagina.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
You say that like it's a bad thing...
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.