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Are Matt's Robot Hexapods Creepy or Cute? (Video)
University of Arizona grad student Matt Bunting doesn't come across as a mad scientist. That's a very good thing, because his robot hexapod creations are easy to imagine crawling across the USA in large hordes, devouring everything in their path and using all the electricity they come across to feed their Queen Hexapod, a 3-D printer mounted on a hexapod chassis that turns everything fed to it into more robots. Luckily, the real life Matt is an affable (self-described) "Roboticist, Electrical Engineer, Musician, and Rock Crawler" who freely admits that at this time his robotic creations have no practical application whatsoever. This is probably true, except for the fact that they can liven up a music video like mad, as you can see on YouTube in Pedals Music Video (featuring REAL robots) . Our little video is a lot simpler, of course. In it, we interview Matt and he tells us what he's up to with his robots, and gives some
'how to get started with robotics' advice for budding young engineers. (Alternate Video Link)
Like something out of a Hollywood movie.
3D printed legs, Intel Edison system board, machine vision camera and $4200 worth of drive motors.
and all it does in the video is sit there and wobble like a drunk, white, middle aged guy at his daughters wedding reception.
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It depends entirely on the amount of charisma that Matt Bunting has. That's why he's described as "affable" and why there's a video of him, right? Thanks so much for telling me, the reader, what bias to have! I can't think for myself because I'm a slashdolt.
to the horror that was the Replicator War. Still makes me shudder when I think how those tiny little guys almost destroyed the Asgardians.
So, do these robots do something interesting or useful? Or is it all about the creepy-cool black look?
"his robotic creations have no practical application whatsoever"
Ah, but they were 3D-printed which makes them perfect fodder for Slashdot!
*sigh*
There is no 3D printer that fits that description. What's this thing going to do? Eshaust its lipo-pack just getting across the street, then taking 6 hours to print a towel hook that's going to break in a week?
Settle down you delusional loons, it's not quite Gray Goo just yet.
Are Matt's Robot Hexapods Creepy or Cute?
Yes.
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I always feel great to know that our upcoming generation is so technical. When we were young we never thought about robot and all but bravo Matt you are genius Thumbs up for you
Is the robot creepy or cute? yes. Does Matt start every sentence with "So..."? Yes. Drives me nuts? yes.
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Not only a guy suffering from a midlife crisis, but pretending to play guitar while crappy synthetic sounds blast your ears. That "music" video should come with a disclaimer and warning. "Probably does not contain what you consider music, start with the volume really really low."
I didn't study the rest of the article or person. I simply assume that his self proclaimed titles in other areas match his self proclaimed "musician" title, and are pretty much ego boosting statements with little to no truth. In fairness, I could be wrong but generally the first opinion is correct.
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If they teach these things to screw geeks, Slashdot is doomed! DOOMED, I tell you!
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I can build a robot that will destroy all of them. I built it back in the day when battlebots were around.
It will spew liquid nitrogen and hit them with a hammer. never to replicate again.
"Mechasm" by John Sladek, 1968. Social satire built around self-replicating machines. Funnier when I re-read it a few years ago than it was on first publication. So once again we see life imitating art.
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evocation. If these humans have three pairs of legs,
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If the only way to make your video more compelling is to jiggle it like a twelve year old with his first Penthouse maybe you should be using different subject matter. Not only has the video of 10,000 cuts been done a million times it wasn't that interesting in the first place.
As for the robot I couldn't judge. Maybe a video of it lasting more than two seconds would help.
If video games influenced behavior the Pac Man generation would be eating pills and running away from their problems.
If creepiness was the point. Just take a look at what hideous monstrosity is crawling aroud the Harvard campus. Now that's the stuff nightmares are made of.
Depends on if you've watched Stargate, Replicator