Laser-guided EL-E robot offers point-and-grab operation, the future
By Paul Miller 
posted Mar 12th 2008 6:39PM
posted Mar 12th 2008 6:39PM
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All good fun until you accidentally point at your cat...or significant other.
What if you point at your balls?
My nuts hurt
What do you do when your laser pointer is all the way across the room?
What do you do?
i dance around the frikkin laser beams like that annoying French guy from Ocean's 12
You get your second robot to pick it up. Duh.
can i point it at my dog?
This is... Bob. Yeah. Bob is a...consultant! ..yeah.
and can i point it at another laser pointer?
The reincarnation of a certain NES robot.
That guy is truly a man's man.
What happens if you take one to a laser show?
madness
Sparta
use the force
what if you put the laser on the robot itself
masturbation i guess...
Wow...what's a great idea.
If I point the laser at the wall, will it bring me the wall?
What happens if you want a magnifying glass, you shine your green laser at it, it magnifies the laser to the point that it starts a fire and burns your house down.
Then what does it do.
3 words: Home insurance claims.
Freakin lasers!
[in robot voice] baaahhb is yerrr unnnkuuhhll!
different reference, but:
Robert's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt, and there you are with two ships, the makings... of your very own fleet.
they should put it on a ring so i can fulfill all of my green lantern fantasies
One word...Atrophy
that's an obscenely bright laser.
Next step, a laser tracking system that points at random objects. Finally, a two-part solution to cleaning one's room!
That is one BIG CUP.
I just have an image of a robot taking the place of a house pet daftly chasing a laser dot.
Bob is your uncle......Wesley
Is... that... Grant Imahara??? I thought he was going to build a GIRL robot!
No. That's just some other Asian guy. Seriously.
Dude... it was a joke... seriously
Dude... it was a joke... seriously
Dude... it was a joke... seriously
Hmmm... serious server hiccup? What the heck...
It would be fun if someone accidently installed it on the Death Star. I mean one minute you are all set to blow up Alderaan and the next minute the planet is coming crashing at you...
Vader will be so pissed...
I hope the Helper Monkey's don't hear about this.
My dog already has that functionality. I guess I have to say the name of the object. Maybe I should teach her to bring me whatever I point a laser at...hmmm
One glance at this guy's face and I know he's gonna be waving that pointer around between his own legs as soon as the happy snaps are all done.
Instead of a laser they could install eye-tracking hardware and you wouldn't have to lift a finger at all! All you'd have to do is look at the object...
Lasers? I know a freakin light saber when I see one. Which is good, because when your dog is a 400 pound robot, and its bringing you next doors car instead of the newspaper, its going to take more than a rolled up magazine to discipline it.