Video: Elvis robot takes his face off, continues to sing the blues

The Elvinator Project is just one of many attempts to recreate The King as a robotic being, but based on the video posted after the jump, we're really wondering if this isn't Elvis reincarnated. From what we can glean, the idea here was to create a masterfully sculpted rendition of Big El that sung and conversed with mere mortals, but there's just something absurdly creepy about seeing him carry on without a face. Oh, and Mr. Presley -- your lip syncing could use some serious work.

[mastakilla @ Apr 9th 2008 6:40AM]

really creepy

[Blackstar @ Apr 9th 2008 7:16AM]

I guess he's all shook up, ahuh. A thank you, thankyouverymuch.

[PJK @ Apr 9th 2008 9:49AM]

Was anyone else hearing the ACK-ACKACK-ACKACKACKACKACK , of the martians from Mars attacks while looking at that thing?

[3rdsun @ Apr 9th 2008 6:46AM]

Elvis in Faceoff

[cybereality @ Apr 9th 2008 7:05AM]

This is the stuff that nightmares are made of.

[JimReaper @ Apr 9th 2008 7:12AM]

Very Creepy

[sdh @ Apr 9th 2008 7:24AM]

Cross this with realdolls and you got the next big thing.

[Evan @ Apr 9th 2008 7:35AM]

The good news is, our eventual robot overlords are still years away from being able to disguise themselves as humans.

[dikkyboy @ Apr 9th 2008 7:38AM]

Thats what I'm being uploaded to when i die, An Elvis pleasure bot.

[John Z @ Apr 9th 2008 7:55AM]

Just goes to show you, there's nobody who can dare imitate The King without getting their face rocked off-- literally.

[Itchy @ Apr 9th 2008 9:15AM]

I wish they didn't scream like that.

[Rob @ Apr 9th 2008 9:33AM]

They had these for $15 after Christmas at Wal-Mart. With some open source software this thing could be a BLAST to play around with!!! Love the checkmark on his forehead...that bothered me most of all, for some strange reason!!!

[jmd @ Apr 9th 2008 9:55AM]

descent robotics, horrible animators. Theres no reason for his head to go side to side so much, ditto with his eyes. Its like they decided to move em just for the sake of moving them.

[Captain Crunkled @ Apr 9th 2008 6:33PM]

Kathryn Hepburn animators... (aww. too soon?)

[aggrazel @ Apr 9th 2008 10:14AM]

Brings back bad memories of chuck-e-cheese.

[bankrrr @ Apr 9th 2008 11:02AM]

The robot in this post is the WowWee Elvis robot. If you click through to the post, you'll see that the project is converting the Elvis robot into the "Terminator," hence the Elvinator name.

There's a lot of really detailed photos, videos, etc if you look through the whole thread, it's a really creepy/gory version of the Terminator, definitely worth a look!

[Shinigami @ Apr 9th 2008 11:08AM]

Just wait a few years and they'll be nicer and harder to tell if its still a robbie or already human...
And in few more years they'll take over the world xD

[aeo @ Apr 9th 2008 12:03PM]

All that time, money, and technology and all they could come up with is another Elvis impersonator? I'm pretty sure you can find a dozen of those at any talent agency... with more talent.

[Stem $ell @ Apr 9th 2008 12:17PM]

~~~~~

"I just wanna be your Fre-ed-y bear!"

*Kreuger, that is...

~~~~~

[Barry @ Apr 9th 2008 12:29PM]

I don't know how this got started but it has gone from myth into "fact". Elvis' eyes were +*not+* blue. They were brown.

[blueeyesm @ Apr 9th 2008 2:59PM]

Whats with the swoosh on his forehead??

[dvdivx @ Apr 9th 2008 4:00PM]

I would buy one if you could hook it up to a PC and get it to say whatever you want. It would be great answering the door with one of those. Or at a help desk.

[Dave @ Apr 9th 2008 6:57PM]

Does anyone else see THE ROBOTIC ELVIS LIP!

[Nelson @ Apr 14th 2008 10:57PM]

Sorry elvis, but just like my girlfriend, you too have been replaced by a robot