Robot goes bowling, gets angry

Everyone knows you can't take a robot bowling. After a few pitchers of beer-flavored suds, deep-fried mushrooms, and pickled eggs even the most well-mannered robot will turn ugly. Bring a vision-guided, fireball-throwing industrial robot and it's guaranteed. Hey robot, this isn't 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. See for yourself after the break.

[Via Hack A Day]

[boulderhorn @ Jan 17th 2008 8:31AM]

Where can i pick one of these up? I have some people i need to throw over large distances with repeatable accuracy.

[mlody11 @ Jan 17th 2008 8:50AM]

Excellent, they turned a couple thousand dollars of high tech equipment into a 21th century Trebuchet... it only took 2 centuries to get that aiming right...

Why are they calling this robopult? I would think Robobuchet is more like it... but what can I expect from someone who actually does this...

[Cash @ Jan 17th 2008 4:33PM]

Try a couple hundred thousand dollars chief.

[Adoniteking @ Jan 17th 2008 9:01AM]

stereotypical replies:
beach kid:
"That was AWESOME!...DUDE"

hillbilly:
"Son of a seabiscuit! Zats sum fine caravan you boys fram Jawjuh be messin with. its gonna be hod to fix...NAW"

[imec @ Jan 17th 2008 11:57AM]

Stereotypical Brit says:
"I say, that was quite the site! Come here sister, let us become royalty!"

[Grindboy @ Jan 17th 2008 1:44PM]

I'm obviously not stereotypical enough as I hv difficulty understanding that and I am British! LOL

[Andre @ Jan 17th 2008 9:09AM]

The company ABB sells them http://www.abb.ca/product/us/9AAC100735.aspx?country=CA I used to operate 2 similar model like in the video.

[TVGenius @ Jan 17th 2008 9:36AM]

I love how they could afford everything else, but were too poor to have their own video camera and 'rented' one (bought and returned) from Fry's. Idiots.

[aardvark sandwich @ Jan 17th 2008 10:34AM]

Hmmm. Maybe if I skip the Mac Book Air I can get one of these.

Nahh; not thin enough.

[Xee @ Jan 17th 2008 9:37AM]

Wow. I expected the bowling balls to knock gaping holes in the RV. I guess medieval weapons are no match for consumer overindulgence.

[Bryan Thornsberry @ Jan 17th 2008 10:13AM]

Dear Engadget,

You just took top honors in my respect category for quoting Lebowski.

Bryan.

[Frank Maker @ Jan 17th 2008 10:56AM]

I can think of no finer way to use a robot. Kudos!

[Niels R. @ Jan 17th 2008 10:58AM]

They probably don't clean up their mess afterwards, do they?

[KiwiBri @ Jan 17th 2008 11:09AM]

"....FireBall!!!" - Joey, from Friends

[AdamK @ Jan 17th 2008 11:11AM]

Will it blend?

[nonamo @ Jan 17th 2008 11:22AM]

OMFG

UFO at 2:57

:P

[rv @ Jan 17th 2008 12:03PM]

just camera glare

[der00 @ Jan 17th 2008 11:25AM]

This would work so much better than my USB missile launcher.

[Matt Noble @ Jan 18th 2008 7:21AM]

can we make a USB version plz?

[Rex @ Jan 17th 2008 11:37AM]

I have one question: Why?

[Andir3.0 @ Jan 17th 2008 1:49PM]

Why not?

[Brassen @ Jan 17th 2008 12:03PM]

What a waste of beer... =)

[Chris @ Jan 17th 2008 2:23PM]

that wasn't beer, it was beer flavored suds

[NHAnimator @ Jan 17th 2008 12:28PM]

4 minutes and 8 seconds of my life that I will never get back. Thanks.

[Xee @ Jan 17th 2008 12:43PM]

And yet you waste another 30 seconds replying (which you'll never get back).

[Andir3.0 @ Jan 17th 2008 1:50PM]

And another 30 seconds coming back to see what was replied.

[Scott G. @ Jan 17th 2008 1:10PM]

I think i had a mini version of this as a kid

[Thunderbuck @ Jan 17th 2008 1:42PM]

Okay, that's now officially the dumbest thing I've ever seen off YouTube.

Also the funniest.

[Metacore @ Jan 17th 2008 4:37PM]

I saw somewhere one of these shows where they take two competing groups of engineers, give them a random task(build a slingshot type catapault) and then test both to see who'se better. I think they have them get the parts from a junkyard and build it in a few days. In said episode, they went well beyond a hundred feet(It wasn't a bowling ball, but it must have waid more than 20kg).

I think all the money and stuff is for the accuracy, which is pretty cool, and all, but with a anchored base, and maybe a shorter rope, and slightly longer wait till the release we could really get some distance!

P.S.
So now you can't have anything bowling related without a Big Lebowski reference? Is that the kind of world we live in?! ...I surely hope so.

[couchpundit @ Jan 17th 2008 4:45PM]

That was completely stupid--but I still enjoyed the video. It must be the XY chromosome combo.

[Ollie @ Jan 17th 2008 9:45PM]

Awww, youtube?? Lame.

(It's blocked at my work..)

[SEB @ Mar 10th 2008 6:49PM]

all robots are angry now. wtf?