Gepetto robot fires paintballs, demands respect

We've seen paintball guns destined for robot mounting, but darkback2 reckoned it was entirely more wicked to actually construct his own paintballing overlord from scratch. Apparently, Gepetto wasn't born to a be a killer (nor a lover, for that matter), but the idea of remotely controlling a security guard outside your domicile really gets our gears turning. Head on past the break to catch a couple of videos of this creature in action -- oh, and Gepetto, we hear there's a street down in Atlanta that could use someone like you.

[Via Technabob]

[Johannes @ Mar 7th 2008 5:07AM]

I wish I'da had a dad as cool as him.

[FTY @ Mar 7th 2008 6:31AM]

To this day I don't understand why RC stuff is labeled as robots. Shouldn't robots be autonomous and not some modified Tyco toys?

[Superprime @ Mar 7th 2008 7:29AM]

Yes they should. You're completely right

[Flashpoint @ Mar 7th 2008 8:22AM]

There is plenty of debate in science as to what qualifies a machine as a robot, but as a general rule - robots typicaly are artificial and have some degree of interaction with the environment, or have autonomy - such as the abilitiy to act using pre programmed code.

If this machine has sensors that allow it to react to road obstacles, or allow it to fire its gun when cetain criteria are met by the environment, it would qualify as a robot.

[B.C. @ Mar 7th 2008 2:44PM]

Robot: a person who acts and responds in a mechanical, routine manner, usually subject to another's will; automaton.

[Origin: < Czech, coined by Karel Čapek in the play R.U.R. (1920) from the base robot-, as in robota compulsory labor, robotník peasant owing such labor]

[CamryFan88 @ Mar 7th 2008 6:37AM]

I for one welcome our paintball firing overlords

[AbqH1V @ Mar 7th 2008 6:44AM]

Gepetto is ghetto man. Let's at least attach the camera to the gun (that's way cooler), in fact, how about some monster tires mang? Either way, Gepetto is ghetto.

p.s. it needs rapid fire, oh and the hopper (where the paint balls go) makes the thing look janky and tall (side loader would be sick); and Night vision?!

Ditto on wishing I had a cool dad like that

[Flashpoint @ Mar 7th 2008 8:24AM]

I wanna see someone arm a robot with a ball bearing gatling gun
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Imagine those silly battle botz games with one of these tearing the other bots apart.

[Robots, Take Over, Please @ Mar 7th 2008 11:00AM]

For a second I thought the guy in the photo was Bigfoot.

[Paintball Guru @ May 26th 2008 8:52PM]

Wow, this is truely one of the best things to hit Paintball. Are they using this thing at fields? Are they being sold anywhere? Someone help!

Aside, very cool, loved the videos!

Niko