ETRI's Rabie terrifies children like Frank The Rabbit

Come on ETRI, at least make Rabie look like Smurfette or something a bit more cuddly. And "Rabie?" Do you really have to name your latest robot after a fatal viral disease? Perhaps that name is a clue to how this robot intends to "play" with the kids it's designed for. Rabie is a networked bot which transmits video of your children wetting themselves in fear direct to your mobile phone. Good times. Watch Rabie in action after the break. Only you'll have to suffer though about 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds of the arguably more interesting, Kobie the killer koala first.

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[Bad Beaver Posted Nov 9th 2007 5:40AM]

Wendigo?!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 5:59AM]

I, for one, welcome our new...

Nah, too easy....this thing is a little creepy though...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 10:02AM]

You meant... I, for one, welcome our rabbit overlords. Right...?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 6:28AM]

It should be called Rabies.

[bombastinator Posted Nov 9th 2007 6:33AM]

This is an amazing design error worthy of use as an academic case study. They tried to make it cute but by the simple addition of two red panels they turned it into a skull with ears.

This is really easy to fix. Just lose the red and curve the tops of the side arms into half domes so they look like the haunches of a sitting rabbit

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 8:12AM]

go away

[bombastinator Posted Nov 10th 2007 1:39PM]

heh. your work then?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 6:44AM]

Wow, a Donnie Darko reference, a koala, AND a sorta-kinda reference to Rabies, which is a great Skinny Puppy album.
It's like the post knew all of my favorite things...

[Bad Beaver Posted Nov 9th 2007 7:04AM]

Video finally loaded... I love how these things actually do... pretty much nothing. The koala has this frightening squeal and constantly shakes his head as if saying "cut this crap and KILL ME PLEASE!"

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 9:13AM]

What's that 6 wheeled Mars Rover type vehicle behind Kobie? It looks much more fun that an oversized Furby.

[toronado455 Posted Nov 10th 2007 5:01AM]

You mean the olive drab one? It looks like it only has 4 wheels. But it looks cool. Or even that R2 unit shaped thing that sneeks up behind Rabie looks much better!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 9:40AM]

who's the fuckass who made this up

;P

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 9:40AM]

who's the fuckass who made this up ??
;P

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 9:40AM]

aw geeez double post

[thethirdmoose Posted Nov 9th 2007 10:00AM]

i am confused... these children, you say they are like a rabbit?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 10:15AM]

Frank: 28 days... 6 hours... 42 minutes... 12 seconds. That... is when the world... will end.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 11:23AM]

Thanks for... that.

[blackflag Posted Nov 9th 2007 8:09PM]

its from a movie... a bad movie

[magallanes Posted Nov 9th 2007 12:04PM]

Pacman with a usagi-mimi fetish.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 12:21PM]

Man...its not often I actually, literally laugh out loud at a poorly designed product, but this is just perfect. A demon rabbit named Rabie...LOL.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 10:32PM]

reminds me of Jumping Flash..