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Caltech and JPL Build 50ft Robot

Posted by michael on from the danger-will-robinson dept.

OctaneZ writes "NASA announced that they will enter, in cooperation with Caltech, a 50ft robot in the Rose Bowl Parade - unfortunately it will be made entirely of flowers and will not attempt to enslave the crowd. However, they have mounted a camera to it, which will allow you to view the parade from the top of their creation."

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  1. Obligatory Slashdot cliche by exhilaration · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one welcome our flowered robot overlords.

    1. Re:Obligatory Slashdot cliche by SilentChris · · Score: 4, Funny

      "unfortunately it will be made entirely of flowers and will not attempt to enslave the crowd"

      Ah, but so they think! First hayfever, then the world!

  2. Theme music? by BrynM · · Score: 3, Funny
    The Transflowers! More than sneeze and red eyes! The Transflowers! Pansies in disguise!

    Someone tell Optimus - there's a new competitor in the garden!

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  3. Well.... by NTiOzymandias · · Score: 3, Funny

    It won't enslave anybody? I guess that means it doesn't qualify for welcomable-overlord status....

    But at least they'll get a short-tempered, socially inept 14-year-old kid to pilot it, right? ....Right?!

  4. Let the bot have his self-respect by elecngnr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I imagine the look on the robot's face will be similar to the look my dog gets when my wife puts him in a Christmas sweater or when he has one of those stupid bows on his head from the groomers

    Who the heck is running the show at NASA these days, Martha Stewart?

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  5. *ACHOOO!* by Duncan3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    it will be made entirely of flowers and will not attempt to enslave the crowd

    Well then it's not nerd news! Let me know when the enslaving starts, not the allergies.

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  6. Wrong size and Armor by Ironsides · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gah! They got it all wrong! It was suposed to be 60 feet tall and have Gundanium armor, not Geranium Armor!

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  7. Tax Dollars... by Shag · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Your tax dollars at work."

    Hmm, no, that doesn't cut it.

    "Your tax dollars at play."

    "Your tax dollars on parade."

    Dunno.

    Anyway, it was probably a lot cheaper to build than most things they lob up into space, so I won't fret.

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  8. Hidden Purpose? by laing · · Score: 3, Interesting

    CalTech has a history of antics wrt the Rose Bowl/Parade. Do a google search of "caltech rose bowl" and read all about them.

  9. Re:How do you know... by Class+Act+Dynamo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obligatory Jack Handey Reference:

    I've always been afraid of flowers. I'm not sure why, but I think it may go back to when I was a child in the garden and a flower killed my father.

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  10. yeah right by BortQ · · Score: 4, Insightful
    it will be made entirely of flowers and will not attempt to enslave the crowd

    famous last words...

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  11. It's the Rose Parade, Not the Rose Bowl Parade by NSJunkie · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just a little nitpick. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses is colloquially called the "Rose Parade." The Rose Bowl started about a decade after the parade itself.