Steam powered RC vehicles set for world domination

by Paul Miller, posted Jan 27th 2006 at 6:28PM

An RC crab is sweet enough, but I-Wei Huang over at Crabfu is tossing some steam power into a crab and other vehicles to put other RC hobbyists to shame. Sure the RC tank isn't the zippiest unit around, and the RC walker looks a little tipsy, but we'll forgive them for their straight up badass-ness.

[Via GoRobotics.net]

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bob @ Jan 27th 2006 6:51PM

Those are awsome!

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pbase @ Jan 27th 2006 7:07PM

Cool indeed, but Dr Loveless did the steam powered crab/spider thing in "Wild Wild West."

It tunred out not to be a viable model for world domination�

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Reytacular @ Jan 27th 2006 7:21PM

I would buy one of those steam powered wheel chair with spider legs.

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furtim @ Jan 27th 2006 7:34PM

And of course Tesla built remote controlled vehicles back in the 1890s.

Man was obviously meant to one day combine remote control technology with steam power. Today is that day. The revolution will not be televised (because nobody's built a steam-powered TV).

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chris @ Aug 11th 2007 10:17PM

von dutch built a steam powerd televison

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GoRobotics.net @ Jan 27th 2006 8:14PM

It's like a strange mix between luddite and technophile.

http://www.gorobotics.net

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Arthur @ Jan 27th 2006 9:07PM

furtim:
Well, Nikola Tesla invented fluorescent light. Without him we wouldn't have alternating current, radio, television... x-ray technology... induction motors, particle beams, lasers; none of that would even exist if it weren't for him.

Hmm, or the rock band Tesla.

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Ivan @ Jan 28th 2006 12:33AM

I for one welcome out steam powered overlords

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Timerider @ Jan 28th 2006 4:14PM

#2
I was just thinking that when I saw this.
That giant mechanical spider was cool.

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henry @ Jan 28th 2006 4:45PM

this thing frightens the shorts offa me.
not the whole domination bit, but the fact it's spiderish.

*insert several shivers and paranoid looks over shoulder*

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joe @ Jan 28th 2006 6:22PM

steam produced by solarpower,yeah!
otherwise we'd run out of coal and/or trees even faster then we will/might anyway.
That would leave world domination reserved for sunny days, that would be cool I guess, or maybe rather hot, since all those in history going for world domination got burnt one way or another, he he,.......
otherwise 10 out of ten for alternatives and getting up and doin' it! Sweet as.........

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jon @ Jan 29th 2006 12:31PM

Are they built out of Erector sets? Sweet...

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