Robot ant on youtube
April 7, 2009 1:46 PM Subscribe
I, for one, welcome our new sigle link youtube post overlords!
I was inclined to go the "Kill it with fire!" route, until I got to 3:10 and realized that I could have a robot ant mix & deliver my cocktails.
Fuck the flying cars. This is exactly the future I've dreamed of.
posted by Someone has just shot your horse! at 1:51 PM on April 7, 2009 [6 favorites]
Fuck the flying cars. This is exactly the future I've dreamed of.
posted by Someone has just shot your horse! at 1:51 PM on April 7, 2009 [6 favorites]
This video demonstrates:
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Autonomous abdomen
Hubba hubba!
posted by dersins at 1:51 PM on April 7, 2009
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Autonomous abdomen
Hubba hubba!
posted by dersins at 1:51 PM on April 7, 2009
WHY DID HE GIVE IT JAWS?!
HE IS THE FATHER OF NIGHTMARES!
posted by The Whelk at 1:52 PM on April 7, 2009
HE IS THE FATHER OF NIGHTMARES!
posted by The Whelk at 1:52 PM on April 7, 2009
HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE.
posted by The Whelk at 1:58 PM on April 7, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 1:58 PM on April 7, 2009 [3 favorites]
Heh, it writes. The LOGO robot from hell.
PD
L 90
F 10
R 90
F 10
PU
posted by GuyZero at 1:59 PM on April 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
PD
L 90
F 10
R 90
F 10
PU
posted by GuyZero at 1:59 PM on April 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
The natural movement makes it creepy for me.
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 1:59 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 1:59 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
Sure, it looks like a happy robot now. Nobody has told it that it's future involves yanking baby robots from the bloated assembling abdomen of a queenbot, over and over and over, until it's servos wear out and some other bot drags it onto the spare parts heap. Innocence is bliss.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 2:07 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by kuujjuarapik at 2:07 PM on April 7, 2009
The natural movement makes it creepy for me.
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 4:59 PM on April 7
You don't say. The foot-long giant robot ant with fucking pincers makes it creepy for me.
posted by Pastabagel at 2:09 PM on April 7, 2009 [7 favorites]
Although not specifically designed to freak the shit out cats, well, there you go.
posted by longsleeves at 2:11 PM on April 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by longsleeves at 2:11 PM on April 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
It's a viral ad for Coke.
posted by brain_drain at 2:16 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by brain_drain at 2:16 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
This thing was much scarier than I thought it would be. I was okay with it until the very end, when I found that yes, they can make it walk. Eeek.
posted by rtha at 2:29 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by rtha at 2:29 PM on April 7, 2009
Heh, half the time it looks like its doing some weird dance, and half the time it looks like it's doing calisthenics. The movement doesn't look that natural to me, but it is kind of 'organic' looking.
posted by delmoi at 2:41 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by delmoi at 2:41 PM on April 7, 2009
It's happening people, get your guns and head for the hills the robot ants is comin' for your chil'ren!
posted by nola at 2:46 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by nola at 2:46 PM on April 7, 2009
Why did they have to make it look like that? It's just creepy.
posted by KokuRyu at 2:47 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by KokuRyu at 2:47 PM on April 7, 2009
I knew the walk was coming but it still freaked me the hell out. That is one funky robot ant though.
posted by minifigs at 2:48 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by minifigs at 2:48 PM on April 7, 2009
It's happening people, get your guns and head for the hills the robot ants is comin' for your chil'ren
your guns mean nothing to them.
posted by delmoi at 2:58 PM on April 7, 2009
your guns mean nothing to them.
posted by delmoi at 2:58 PM on April 7, 2009
That music doesn't make it any less creepy, that's for damn sure.
posted by solipsophistocracy at 2:59 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by solipsophistocracy at 2:59 PM on April 7, 2009
The Uncanny Valley - now filled with severed limbs!
posted by CynicalKnight at 3:03 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by CynicalKnight at 3:03 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
I got a shotgun, a taser, and a supersoaker full of saline solution. Bring it.
posted by stenseng at 3:06 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by stenseng at 3:06 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
You know, I spent 10 minutes today searching the web to find a way to BUY one of these, then gave up and came to read something else at MetaFilter to get over my misery at being robo-ant-less.
They really are taking over.
posted by rokusan at 3:11 PM on April 7, 2009
They really are taking over.
posted by rokusan at 3:11 PM on April 7, 2009
It would have been nice to have an explanation of what you were linking to in this FPP.
I'm just sayin'.
posted by zarq at 3:17 PM on April 7, 2009
I'm just sayin'.
posted by zarq at 3:17 PM on April 7, 2009
delmoi : your guns mean nothing to them.
Not true at all. At their request, I've mounted guns on hundreds of them, and they've been very grateful.
They've promised me that this is in no way part of their overall plan to eradicate the human race. They are using the ant-bots with drills and saws attached to them for that.
posted by quin at 3:21 PM on April 7, 2009
Not true at all. At their request, I've mounted guns on hundreds of them, and they've been very grateful.
They've promised me that this is in no way part of their overall plan to eradicate the human race. They are using the ant-bots with drills and saws attached to them for that.
posted by quin at 3:21 PM on April 7, 2009
Oh my god it's more beautiful than I could have ever imagined.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 3:22 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 3:22 PM on April 7, 2009
YouTube user ZentaOlbaid has a ton of scary videos of other robots he's made.
posted by Kattullus at 3:25 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by Kattullus at 3:25 PM on April 7, 2009
Man that thing can dance!
posted by Liquidwolf at 3:35 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by Liquidwolf at 3:35 PM on April 7, 2009
While the standing body movement is very natural, the walking leaves a lot to be desired. I was prepared to see the robot galloping all over the place but was rather disappointed. I mean relieved. Yes, relieved.
posted by ooga_booga at 3:36 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by ooga_booga at 3:36 PM on April 7, 2009
Natural movement = humping the floor when grabbing a can of coke? Yeah, not the ants I've seen.
posted by not_on_display at 3:37 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by not_on_display at 3:37 PM on April 7, 2009
At what point does one say "Just because we CAN build a robotic ant with bolt cutters for jaws, doesn't mean we SHOULD build a robotic ant with bolt cutters for jaws?" My guess is that thought doesn't occur to roboticists until the moment their toe is severed by those very same bolt cutters.
posted by sh0ganai at 3:43 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by sh0ganai at 3:43 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
Oh no way, I was just looking for one of those.
Seriously, I needed something that could cut some heavy wire, and entertain me with a disturbingly sensuous arthropod dance.
posted by louche mustachio at 3:48 PM on April 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
Seriously, I needed something that could cut some heavy wire, and entertain me with a disturbingly sensuous arthropod dance.
posted by louche mustachio at 3:48 PM on April 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
zarq: "It would have been nice to have an explanation of what you were linking to in this FPP."
You've never actually seen the episode of the Simpsons that quote comes from, I take it.
posted by Plutor at 3:50 PM on April 7, 2009
You've never actually seen the episode of the Simpsons that quote comes from, I take it.
posted by Plutor at 3:50 PM on April 7, 2009
Product placement was too obvious.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 3:55 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by Pater Aletheias at 3:55 PM on April 7, 2009
When flagging the "noise" option seems to have disappeared.
posted by caddis at 3:56 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by caddis at 3:56 PM on April 7, 2009
Great, two legs away from being It. That's just great.
posted by FelliniBlank at 3:58 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by FelliniBlank at 3:58 PM on April 7, 2009
Anyone else hoping it would crush the can, jump up and attack the camera?
LIAR!
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 4:01 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
LIAR!
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 4:01 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
When hexapod robots have finished conquering the world they like to get down like the rest of us.
posted by markr at 4:34 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by markr at 4:34 PM on April 7, 2009
I especially liked the trancy version of Duran Duran's "Come Undone." I'll never hear that song again without thinking of robotic ants.
posted by nosila at 4:35 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by nosila at 4:35 PM on April 7, 2009
I think we've found a pet for our undead Japanese robot boy!
Amazing though.
posted by Avelwood at 4:42 PM on April 7, 2009
Amazing though.
posted by Avelwood at 4:42 PM on April 7, 2009
This is the work of Gene Simmons. Somebody call Tom Selleck!
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:43 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:43 PM on April 7, 2009
Really, the only option would be to kill it and burn it.
posted by jimmythefish at 4:59 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by jimmythefish at 4:59 PM on April 7, 2009
Cool video, but stunt posting, not so much.
Yes, why can't you describe the link in your post?
posted by LarryC at 5:17 PM on April 7, 2009
Yes, why can't you describe the link in your post?
posted by LarryC at 5:17 PM on April 7, 2009
The ant uncanny valley plus humping.
It was cool, but I was like Gaaaahhhhh.....
posted by hellboundforcheddar at 5:47 PM on April 7, 2009
It was cool, but I was like Gaaaahhhhh.....
posted by hellboundforcheddar at 5:47 PM on April 7, 2009
Sweeeeeeeet. Put some antennae and a fuzzy bee suit on it and it's great for kids' parties!
posted by DU at 5:52 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by DU at 5:52 PM on April 7, 2009
SO CUTE. The next thing they should do is teach it to ride around on people's shoulders. It would be like having a third hand to hold your Diet Coke.
posted by AAAA at 5:58 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by AAAA at 5:58 PM on April 7, 2009
This is pretty much what the future was invented for: a giant ant-bot that will get you a beer (or two.)
Is this service free?
Of course not. That's when the humping starts...
posted by agress at 6:25 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
Is this service free?
Of course not. That's when the humping starts...
posted by agress at 6:25 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
Gotta say, if this is the oppressive police force of tomorrow, I'm PUTTING THE CANDY BACK WHERE I FOUND IT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE FUCK IT GOT INTO MY POCKET, FUCKING HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL I'LL DO WHAT YOU WANT.
posted by maxwelton at 7:28 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by maxwelton at 7:28 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
My wife is glad they didn't choose to model it after a spider with giant mandibles, at least. I say it's cold comfort when a few thousand of them swarm toward you like the scarab beatles in The Mummy.
posted by empyrean at 7:48 PM on April 7, 2009
posted by empyrean at 7:48 PM on April 7, 2009
Great robot, but the trend in bio-inspired robotics today is away from systems like this, where every joint is actuated and controlling the robot becomes difficult and computationally intensive, and towards systems with few actuators and a number of passive, compliant joints which nevertheless take advantage of biological principles to improve mobility. Compare, for example, the mobility of this robot with something like Rhex or Whegs.
posted by Krrrlson at 10:11 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Krrrlson at 10:11 PM on April 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
I liked the airborne deployment method for the Whegs. Not ominous at all - no sirree!
posted by Harald74 at 1:38 AM on April 8, 2009
posted by Harald74 at 1:38 AM on April 8, 2009
They couldn't coat it in a fur and give it a cute puppy face and a little yapping bark. Oh no. They had to make it out of terror.
posted by PenDevil at 2:35 AM on April 8, 2009
posted by PenDevil at 2:35 AM on April 8, 2009
That Whegs video is fascinating, Krrrison.
Why does the A-Pod have to have that abdomen piece in back? Does it help to balance out the weight of the Coke? Does it just enable more realistic humping?
posted by HeroZero at 5:22 AM on April 8, 2009
Why does the A-Pod have to have that abdomen piece in back? Does it help to balance out the weight of the Coke? Does it just enable more realistic humping?
posted by HeroZero at 5:22 AM on April 8, 2009
Oh dear. Why do I both dread and desire a mash-up with the floppy zombie boy robot? Those big dead eyes blinking over a set of pinchers, the sad little white torso skittering around the floor on its 6 legs...
(All is forgiven once it starts pouring drinks, of course!)
posted by maryh at 5:27 AM on April 8, 2009
(All is forgiven once it starts pouring drinks, of course!)
posted by maryh at 5:27 AM on April 8, 2009
Starting about 1:30 in, I had the awful feeling I was watching some sort of weird robot porn.
So I cued up the soundtrack to Vampyros Lesbos, and then I knew I was watching some sort of weird robot porn.
posted by 1f2frfbf at 7:58 AM on April 8, 2009
So I cued up the soundtrack to Vampyros Lesbos, and then I knew I was watching some sort of weird robot porn.
posted by 1f2frfbf at 7:58 AM on April 8, 2009
I'd like to give the world a Coke/
and keep it company!/
so the insectbots dont' invade my home/
and tear me limb from limb!
I'd like to teach the world to sing/
but first I have to scream/
I bolted the doors, and drew the blinds/
but somehow they still found me!
It's an unreal thing/
to survive the world of today/
for the love of Christ/
please bring back those polar bears/
from Christmastime/
oh God, oh God, sweet Christmastime....
(what the world needs today-y-y-y)
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 7:59 AM on April 8, 2009
and keep it company!/
so the insectbots dont' invade my home/
and tear me limb from limb!
I'd like to teach the world to sing/
but first I have to scream/
I bolted the doors, and drew the blinds/
but somehow they still found me!
It's an unreal thing/
to survive the world of today/
for the love of Christ/
please bring back those polar bears/
from Christmastime/
oh God, oh God, sweet Christmastime....
(what the world needs today-y-y-y)
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 7:59 AM on April 8, 2009
Plutor: You've never actually seen the episode of the Simpsons that quote comes from, I take it.
I've seen the episode. I've also been here long enough to see dozens of tired variations of the phrase on MeFi (and hundreds on Slashdot, for that matter.) It's ubiquitous.
Not only isn't there an explanation in the FPP of what we should expect to see when we surf to the link, but the phrase itself is so overused that I don't necessarily equate it to that episode anymore.
Obviously, this isn't a huge deal. All I'm saying is an explanation would have been appreciated, that's all.
posted by zarq at 8:22 AM on April 8, 2009
I've seen the episode. I've also been here long enough to see dozens of tired variations of the phrase on MeFi (and hundreds on Slashdot, for that matter.) It's ubiquitous.
Not only isn't there an explanation in the FPP of what we should expect to see when we surf to the link, but the phrase itself is so overused that I don't necessarily equate it to that episode anymore.
Obviously, this isn't a huge deal. All I'm saying is an explanation would have been appreciated, that's all.
posted by zarq at 8:22 AM on April 8, 2009
When you click the link, you get video. It's a robot ant.
posted by joelf at 10:22 AM on April 8, 2009
posted by joelf at 10:22 AM on April 8, 2009
The future of combat is going in and clipping all their achilles tendons before the battle starts. We win!
posted by Askr at 9:07 PM on April 8, 2009
posted by Askr at 9:07 PM on April 8, 2009
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