Vinegar: conducting the robotic uprising

Forget all those cute and cuddly robots. We like our overlords menacing and if at all possible, dressed in a skirt. We're not exactly sure what "Vinegar's" purpose will be here on Earth. After all, the wee QRIO has been available to conduct orchestras for years. One thing's for sure, when that stick points in your direction, you'd best get your meat sack a-dancin'. Video after the break.

[nuguns101 @ May 18th 2007 9:15AM]

so what's this for?....

[Ras Thavas @ May 18th 2007 9:19AM]

I,for one, welcome our menacing looking, stick wielding, skirt wearing overlords.

[ronh @ May 18th 2007 9:20AM]

Can we get these robots to look a little more menacing, like with teeth and claws?

[Richard Lai @ May 18th 2007 9:23AM]

This has got to be in Terminator 4.

[Rick Lyon @ May 18th 2007 9:36AM]

K, he flinched a few times in the video, so I'm not sure how robotic he is, but looks cool.

[PDubNYC @ May 18th 2007 9:38AM]

he seems pretty insecure to me, constantly looking down at the ground. Maybe it's all just a ploy.

And Ras, how about you get a new f'n joke? Now you are just the loser kid in the class repeating the joke the funny kid said weeks ago in a desperate attempt to be cool. Stop it, and find your own humor.

And no, Yakov Smirnoff cannot help.

[PreGHz @ May 18th 2007 2:04PM]

PDub:

In Soviet Russia, dead horse beats you!

[craig @ May 18th 2007 9:45AM]

In the robot world there is no need for more than one breast and this robot is obviously a girl. Is your meat sack dancing now, schoolboys?

[James Crasta @ May 18th 2007 9:46AM]

"And Ras, how about you get a new f'n joke? Now you are just the loser kid in the class repeating the joke the funny kid said weeks ago in a desperate attempt to be cool. Stop it, and find your own humor."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

Posting the "I for one, welcome our ____ overlords" is an obligatory statement on engadget. If Ras hadn't posted it, I would've. And if I hadn't, someone else would've. If you really dislike it, then don't draw attention to it. For what it's worth, it made me chuckle.

[blackfeather @ May 18th 2007 2:04PM]

me too.

[Aaron @ May 18th 2007 4:38PM]

Agreed. I don't understand the people who get angry about the overlord jokes. Half the fun of finding a robot story on Engadget or Slashdot is reading the dumb overlord comment(s). Makes me chuckle too.

[inseptiv @ May 18th 2007 9:48AM]

I'm waiting for his companion kitten robot pets, Fish and Chips.

[Joe Smith @ May 18th 2007 9:59AM]

nice boob, baby!

[Grey Acumen @ May 18th 2007 10:04AM]

His name needs to be Darth Vinegar.

[Parker @ May 18th 2007 10:09AM]

Looks like Marvin, the paranoid android. I feel sad just watching it.
The way they implemented the mouth is pretty cool though

[wille @ May 18th 2007 10:34AM]

The Vinegar robot knows stuff about vinegar and will conduct presentation to a japanes vinegar-companys guest. Boring... But it looks pretty cool. :)

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/05/tamanoi-vinegar-robot/

[J Carr @ May 18th 2007 10:47AM]

So it's just a metronome, right?
What's more impressive are those organic metronomes they have now...what do they call them? Oh, yes. Conductors.

[steve @ May 18th 2007 10:50AM]

I would have called it the Darth Dalek

[Ralph @ May 18th 2007 10:56AM]

Am I the first one to think of Box from Logan's Run here?

http://www.jeffbots.com/box.html

[michael @ May 18th 2007 11:14AM]

Is it doing the maracrena in the video?

[R @ May 18th 2007 11:47AM]

Speaking as a fellow conductor, I can say I'm not impressed. Darth Vinegar stares at the sheet music too much (I'm assuming that's why he keeps looking down) when he should be making eye contact with the musicians. Of course, if I was in this guy's group, I think eye contact with him might freak me out a little, and I'd miss all my entrances. Yikes.

[PAco @ May 18th 2007 11:59AM]

Its that the robotic transvestite version of darth vader?

[Brett Kelley @ May 18th 2007 12:20PM]

I want a robot with a serious attitude adjustment problem--a real meanstreak. Perhaps I need a Pusher or Shover Robot.

[Cameron @ May 18th 2007 12:48PM]

yesa masta, imma play the tune real well.
By the way engadget that was the most funny post in days, i tip my hat

[Jonesy @ May 18th 2007 12:59PM]

Doesn't matter if the robots wearing a skirt, shawl or mumu, my "meat sack" will not be dancing when it points it's "stick" in my direction!

[Bazza @ May 18th 2007 1:39PM]

why the hell do we keep building these things??? we just added a General to their army of killbots.

please stop! wont anyone think about the children!?!?!

[mike @ May 18th 2007 2:31PM]

Mmmm...

Robotic uniboob.

[krizoitz @ May 18th 2007 4:03PM]

No no no, you've all got it wrong, this is Darth Vader's robotic nanny :)

[nd4speed @ May 18th 2007 7:46PM]

He's lean, mean, ready to kick @ss... and he's doing it sporting a "to die for", sexy black skirt by Dolce and Gabbana.

[bill @ May 19th 2007 10:07AM]

first depressed robot?