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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. Lav mic please! by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That video could have been much better if they used a lav mic, all that ambient humming is unnecessary and irritating. Mics commonly built into camcorders tend to pick up that sort of garbage.

  2. mFod down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    there are about 700 Sim7ilarly grisly

  3. Re:Military? by suyashs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh snaps!

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  4. Please Help by Whiteox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could someone please make Windows go away?
    It hurts my head.

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  5. The black knight... by kcbrown · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (with apologies to Monty Python)

    ARTHUR: You fight with the strength of many men, Sir Knight. I am Arthur, King of the Britons. I seek the finest and the bravest knights in the land to join me in my court at Camelot. You have proved yourself worthy. Will you join me?

    [pause]

    ARTHUR: You make me sad. So be it. Come, Patsy.
    BLACK KNIGHT (in monotone robot voice): None shall pass.
    ARTHUR: What?
    BLACK KNIGHT: None shall pass.
    ARTHUR: I have no quarrel with you, good Sir Knight, but I must cross this bridge.
    BLACK KNIGHT: Then you shall die.
    ARTHUR: I command you, as King of the Britons, to stand aside!
    BLACK KNIGHT: I move for no man.
    ARTHUR: So be it!
    ARTHUR and BLACK KNIGHT: Aaah!, hiyaah!, etc.
            [ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's left arm off]
    ARTHUR: Now stand aside, worthy adversary.
    BLACK KNIGHT: 'Tis but a scratch.
    ARTHUR: A scratch? Your arm's off!
    BLACK KNIGHT: No, it isn't.
    ARTHUR: Well, what's that, then?
    BLACK KNIGHT: I've had worse.
    ARTHUR: You liar!
    BLACK KNIGHT: Come on, you pansy!

            [clang]
            Huyah!
            [clang]
            Hiyaah!
            [clang]
            Aaaaaaaah!
            [ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's right arm off]

    ARTHUR: Victory is mine!
            [kneeling]
            We thank Thee Lord, that in Thy mer--
    BLACK KNIGHT: Hah!
            [kick]
            Come on, then.
    ARTHUR: What?
    BLACK KNIGHT: Have at you!
            [kick]
    ARTHUR: Eh. You are indeed brave, Sir Knight, but the fight is mine.
    BLACK KNIGHT: Oh, had enough, eh?
    ARTHUR: Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left.
    BLACK KNIGHT: Yes, I have.
    ARTHUR: Look!
    BLACK KNIGHT: Just a surface wound.
            [kick]

    etc.

    Shamelessly ripped off from here: http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-04.htm

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  6. Re:Obligatory. by Tim+C · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Post 1 million user slashdot? The place started going to pot around about the hundred thousand user mark if you ask me.

    (Cue 2- or 3-digit UIDer saying the same about the ten thousand user mark in 3, 2, 1...)

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