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Wii Hacked To Control Sword-Wielding Robot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-part-of-that-title-is-not-freaking-sweet dept.

ianchaos writes "WiiBot is the pet project of two engineers who apparently have way too much cool hardware and time on their hands. These two guys figure that as long as you have a Kuka KR16 industrial robot to work with, why not see if you can control it with the Wii Remote? The result is a tennis-playing, sword-wielding mechanical arm that simultaneously captures 'weekend of nerdy fun' and 'accident waiting to happen' in a fun two minute video. The website even details the technical aspects of teaching a robot to parry."

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  1. Obligatory. by Mr_Rogerson · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our wii-capable overlords. ...first post ever, gimme a break right?

  2. Looks like... by tanveer1979 · · Score: 4, Funny

    An accident already happened, in the server room. Service Unavailable

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  3. Robotic Operating Buddy by ChromeAeonium · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its all fun and games until they become possessed by the angry ghost of R.O.B.

  4. RUR-tastic... by L0stb0Y · · Score: 4, Funny

    Loved the discussion of how the bot can easily decapitate.

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    1. Re:RUR-tastic... by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Funny

      Certainly helps with those pesky highlanders.

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  5. Time to Update the Clue Boardgame by hedgemage · · Score: 5, Funny

    The robot arm, in the server room, with the sword.

  6. What happens next... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

    After a fun day of playing "Swordsman" with the robot they accidentally hand it the Wii remote... The police find their decapitated bodies two days later and a cold oil trail leading out of the building. In the distance a faint voice is heard, "Hello. My designation is Inigo Montoya. You reprogrammed my previous model; prepare to die."

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  7. Re:Military? by binarybum · · Score: 5, Funny

    you're right - let's slashdot the heck out of it so the military can't get to the website, 'cause as soon as some goofball in the military gets an idea about using "robots" as killing machines- whoa!

      Fortunately, this hasn't occurred to anyone but you.... yet.

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  8. Re:The perfect crime? by Melfina · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a long enough lag and some planning, it could make it look like the bot did it all on it's own >_>... hmm

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  9. It's my ... ah ... sword, yeah. by surfcow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soon, we can pornsurf with *both* hands.

  10. Re:The perfect crime? by Mercedes308 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I couldn't think of anything more fun to have.

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  11. Princess bride version by Kierthos · · Score: 4, Funny

    My name is Inigo Roboto. You degaussed my father. Prepare to die.

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  12. Re:The perfect crime? by Cappy+Red · · Score: 5, Funny

    "With a long enough lag and some planning, it could make it look like the bot did it all on it's own >_>... hmm"

    It wouldn't be the first time someone was killed by lag... or so they always claim.

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