Humanoid Mega Dynamizer robot mows down lawns, our hearts
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 19th 2008 3:17PM
posted May 19th 2008 3:17PM
Sure, you can get a robot that mows lawns and nothing else, but what about those of us that are holding out for a humanoid robot that'll save all our 20th century tools from the scrap heap? While that possibility is still quite a ways off, we can now at least get a glimpse of our possible future on a comically-sized scale courtesy of the video after the break, which shows the Mega Dynamizer robot doing its thing with reasonable effectiveness -- at least until it runs into a doghouse. Of course, those that follow such things will recall that this is hardly the first time that the Dynamizer family of robots has taken on some decidedly human-like activities, with one of Mega Dynamizer's predecessors having already proven itself a relatively capable downhill skier.
[Via BotJunkie, thanks Tony S.]
[Via BotJunkie, thanks Tony S.]
"My lawn is so emo that it cuts itself.
No, really. Watch!"
Once again, highest ranked, not lowest ranked. Okay? :)
Heres a video of it that is still functional, at least for now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv61MzF1n7k
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not the flowers!!! :(
Why not just an automatic lawn mower? You know, pretty much like the romba vacum. What's with these people and their humanoid robots. Freaks!
but my roomba would do a better job of mowing the lawn.
In the future we wont have robots but Chobits.
Chiiii...
I would buy one if it didn't look like the Rock 'em Sock 'em robots...very bad memories...
Same old story. created first for fighting in RobotWars and then retires to take care of garden
Sigh.......
It'll look pretty stupid when it cuts through it's own power cord. What was the white paper towel for? I doubt if it would work up much of a sweat at the slow speed it was moving at. Pretty much as useless as a Zune at an iPod revival.
I'm sure the robot would be smart enough to drink a cold, tall glass of lemonade rather than the kool-aid you've consumed.
Oh great, just give the robots spinning blades of doom.
they need a tilt sensor to trigger a recorded "Help, I've fallen but can't get up!"
should have bought a life alert
at first i thought it said "robot mows down hearts", but i was wrong...for now
that would be some scary shit
how long till it mows it's own power cord?
Robot eats it at 1:30 in the video, camera pans to dog in "Wolves turn their back to you when they want you to leave the pack" position. So funny.
I laughed.
yea, that was definitely the best part. this video would be awesome with a better soundtrack. i'm thinkin 80s music....somethin with a lot of synth....i hope someone remixes it and it gets posted to engadget again.
And thats why americans are such fat F&%$@#S
Have you never seen Japan's ASIMO?
so the obesity epidemic is caused because we dont walk 100feet pushing 15 pounds on wheels in the grass every other week... riiight
I, for one, welcome a well kept lawn
and our lawn-keeping overlords.
Put one of those NEC heart shaped monitors in it's chest and you have a sure fire Valentines present.
Is this thing for real??? Common sense says that not every robot has to be humanoid!