meow. wwrrrr wrrrr. meow

August 14, 2005 9:01 AM

I, for one, welcome... oh, never mind. It's a robot cat.
posted by Extopalopaketle (32 comments total)

"He likes to turn around" - Uhm, it looks like the poor thing just doesn't know (yet) how to go straight... ("Meow!")
My cat would kill me if I made her a robot platform, but then again, she has functioning kitty legs.
posted by easternblot at 9:09 AM on August 14, 2005

I, for one, don't think it's real.
posted by zardoz at 9:19 AM on August 14, 2005

Was everything but the head on this cat damaged?
posted by null terminated at 9:26 AM on August 14, 2005

Oh yeah, it's definitely not real -- robotcombat.com? I just thought it was amuuuusing.
posted by Extopalopaketle at 9:28 AM on August 14, 2005

Am I the only person who was frighted by the motorized box with a living cat head grafted on it?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:32 AM on August 14, 2005

At the very least, this post is the first use of that joke that wasn't completely lame in the last year.
posted by KirkJobSluder at 9:42 AM on August 14, 2005

Despite my cat's perfectly good legs, I have a sudden urge to attach her to a remote-controlled wheeled platform. It would be hilarious.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:47 AM on August 14, 2005

I kept wondering why dude and wife are wearing operating theatre garb. Curious. Or not..
posted by peacay at 9:51 AM on August 14, 2005

Robot cat? (mp3)
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 9:52 AM on August 14, 2005

I think it's real. Rather sad, though, that the cat can only go in circles.
posted by mert at 9:56 AM on August 14, 2005

I know I'm not the only one who'd love to see those motors revved up and stick the robocat on a skateboard half-pipe?
posted by StephenV at 10:00 AM on August 14, 2005

Y'know, this is exactly how Davros got started...
posted by Smart Dalek at 10:50 AM on August 14, 2005

Rowr! It's like Captain Pike.
{meep}=Yes or something.
{meep meep}=No or whatever.
posted by nj_subgenius at 10:52 AM on August 14, 2005

According to the RobotCombat website, this was originally shown on Comedy Central. (It's on a list right above the classic "Old Glory Robot Insurance" bit from SNL.)
posted by brain_drain at 11:34 AM on August 14, 2005

Yep, it was originally shown on Comedy Central - it's a clip from Battlebots (as the logo in the bottom corner of the video said). Carlo Bertocchini was a contestant, and this clip was provided as background info on his robot-building chops.

And by the way, it's not just a living cat head grafted onto a box (duh) - the rest of the cat's body is inside the box. It's only the cat's back legs that don't work.
posted by kcds at 12:17 PM on August 14, 2005

<dalek>exterminate!</dalek>
posted by blue_beetle at 12:27 PM on August 14, 2005

Hah! I love the simplicity of the tags.
posted by billybunny at 1:03 PM on August 14, 2005

That cat looks pissed off.
posted by ORthey at 1:07 PM on August 14, 2005

My perfectly functioning cats would dig that if it weren't quite so enclosed and if there were a litter box inside. Then they wouldn't have to move at all.
posted by rhiannon at 1:27 PM on August 14, 2005

It's more of a cyborg cat than a robot cat, isn't it?

It's just a motorized cat wheelchair, folks.
posted by maxsparber at 2:00 PM on August 14, 2005

It's now more machine than cat, twisted and evil.
posted by interrobang at 5:02 PM on August 14, 2005

I, for one, welcome... oh, never mind. It's a robot cat.


you owe me a new keyboard, this one has coffee in it now.
posted by vagus at 6:28 PM on August 14, 2005

Schrodinger called. He wants his cat back (dead or alive).
posted by hal9k at 6:47 PM on August 14, 2005

Schrodinger called. He wants his cat back (dead or alive).

He'll never know! Bwa ha ha!
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 6:48 PM on August 14, 2005

But, on a cool midwestern summer morning, can the robot cat scratch on the screen door to bet let in, purr contentedly as I scratch his neck with one hand (reading the newspaper with the other), and then deposit a big steaming heap o' cat vomit on the carpet next to me? Cause my cat did all of that just this morning.
posted by LarryC at 7:09 PM on August 14, 2005

No. But if that's a Roomba robo-cat's strapped to, he could clean up the vomit from other cats. Now that's a useful pet!
posted by MsMolly at 7:26 PM on August 14, 2005

Schrodinger called. He wants his cat back (dead AND alive).
Fixed.
posted by Citizen Premier at 10:04 PM on August 14, 2005

It is more machine than cat now.
posted by TwelveTwo at 3:15 AM on August 15, 2005

Having just recently finished reading Charles Stross' Accelerando, the whole robotic cat thing kind of freaked me out...
posted by feersum endjinn at 12:27 PM on August 15, 2005

It is more machine than cat now.
posted by TwelveTwo at 3:15 AM PST on August 15 [!]

Not only did you dupe Interrobang's comment, you screwed up the quote.

TwelveTwo, YOU'RE FIRED!
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 3:28 PM on August 15, 2005

I kept wondering why dude and wife are wearing operating theatre garb. Curious. Or not..
posted by peacay at 9:51 AM PST on August 14

Because Carlos built the infamous BioHazard, it's the team uniform
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 3:35 PM on August 15, 2005

Bummer, hoax
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 2:01 PM on August 16, 2005