Chairbot Walks You Around While You Sit

Gary writes "What do you get when you combine a robot and a chair? The Hubo FX-1 chairbot, of course. In what is perhaps my favorite robot design yet, this giant chair with legs looks like it came out of some ridiculous 80's sci-fi movie or something, but it's very, very real. HUBO FX-1 is two meters in height, and weighs 150 kg. The person sitting can control the robot easily using the built in joystick. Each ankle has a 3-axis force/torque sensor which measures the normal force and 2 moments. Each foot has an inclination sensor which measures the angle of the slope. Also, the rate gyro and the inclination sensor of the body allow the device to stabilize itself."

Comments

Protecting us

[LiquidCoooled]

This thing will protect us from the terrible secret of space.

Pak Chooie Unf!

Chairbot Mech moves 3/5/0

[bughouse26]

I'll take one with 6 Medium Lasers, an AC/20, a PPC-10, and an LRM-6 please.

Payback

[SPrintF]

Payback's comin', Ballmer... walkin' slow.

Steve Ballmer Version

[aschlemm]

The Steve Ballmer version of this chair will automatically throw itself across the room. :)

May I be the first....

[Xinef Jyinaer]

May I be the first to say, "Goliath Online". And just in time for SC2

good timing

[Jeek Elemental]

was considering taking up jogging but havent cause of all the running involved, this might be the push needed.

Ok, Dude,

[Cadallin]

Stephan Hawking NEEDS this thing. All it needs is a set of grasping hands on long arms so he can crush his enemies like Robo-Nixon. That would be so awesome. In any case, add some lasers and missiles and you've got a fully functional Gundam!

Re:If you're gonna build a chairbot, do it right..

[Doctor Memory]

Heh, that was my first thought: "Jesus, how soon before I see these things stomping around Wal-Mart?" I swear, I go there about five times a year, and every time it's like Bloated Freaks on Wheels week.

LipoBot

[Voice of Meson]

If we could hook up some Liposuction equipment to it, then use the extracted fat of the occupant as a fuel for the machine we'd really be getting somewhere. Their fat arses would actually be hauling them around. Ha!

LipoBot - Patent Pending.