Just when you thought
steampunk robots couldn't get any nerdier, along comes Crabfu -- creator of the steam-powered
RC Rover and other
magnificent creations -- and totally raises the bar. The R2-S2 (R2 Steam Too) claims to be the predecessor of
R2-D2, and while its steam engine makes this guy quite the sluggish one, we're sure he still has that same heart of gold we've come to know in R2-D2. Crabfu built the bot out of an broken Hasbro R2-D2 Interactive Droid, and after gutting the electronics, he hooked up a fancy new pair of steam engines to the existing gears, squeezed in an old Cheddar Boiler and slapped on a few Victorian steampunk details for good measure. Peep the video after the break to see this puppy crawl.
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posted Apr 9th 2007 10:05AM
True steampunk shouldn't be plastic. At the very least, he should paint the white parts black.
NO NO NO, "R2 Steam Too" that is just toooo corney
How can he be the predecessor of R2-D2 when R2-D2 was created a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away?
..... Time paradox maybe?
I, for one, welcome our steam-powered robot overlords!
die
Why? Just because I had some fun with my commenting? I would like to point out that I wasn't the first one to post such things. Also, they're funny. (Although I really missed the "I, for one, welcome our robotic dolphin overlords" comment from the robotic dolphin post. That would have been the ultimate!
Okay, I admit it, it's a stupid joke and it's getting kinda old, but I wanted to have a go at it anyway. Sometimes it's just fun to be silly. Also, you must be SOOO bored... is posting "die" really worth-while to you? You need to either a)get better insults b)post something intelligent, or c) find something else to do with all your free time (I suggest a wii...)
Just when I thought this site couldn't get any nerdier...you had to go and out do yourself Engadget.
I think it is scary that people are actually arguing over whether this is "true steampunk" or not.
Steam Powered? What year are we in? 1885?
Also, AGAIN... Engadget needs editors! The mechanics errors are pretty awful.
Glorious. GLORIOUS. This site is the nerdiest of them all. GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!
Is that an exhaust pipe coming out of its head?
... or is it wearing one ring to rule them all? (Them, in this case, being steam-powered robots, of course.)