22-foot tall robot crafted entirely from excess styrofoam

Building a big robot is nothing to congratulate yourself on, but doing it in this manner is certainly worthy of a little self-indulgence. The creature you see standing before you is a 22-foot tall Styrobot constructed entirely from spare polystyrene packing materials, and no, each piece didn't just show up that way. Michael Salter managed to whittle away on this beast until its completion, and now we're hearing that it'll be going on a short demonstration tour before being "decommissioned." We say throw a brain in there and see what happens when you cut it loose.

[Via TechDigest]

[Fome @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:33PM]

What is with Engadget and killer robot jokes?

[Andrew @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:38PM]

GGGGGGGGODZILLA

[Yevon @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:47PM]

Now, they never used the word killer anywhere. Maybe when you cut it loose it would give everyone a great big hug! Way to be a robot racist Fome.

JK

[Blackstar @ Jul 4th 2008 1:49PM]

Pftht, EVE would take him down in one shot.

[Fruition @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:36PM]

That's got to be the coolest thing I've seen all year.

...It's been a slow year.

[karts41 @ Jul 4th 2008 3:36AM]

I think he should light it on fire and melt it from the bottom up

fumes might be troublsome though...

[karts41 @ Jul 4th 2008 3:36AM]

I think he should light it on fire and melt it from the bottom up

fumes might be troublsome though...

[DaLa @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:37PM]

add led eyes

[gad get @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:42PM]

I, for one, welcome our new towering styrofoam robot overlord.

[pball_inuyaha @ Jul 4th 2008 12:17AM]

nice
i agree with you fully

[peekinde @ Jul 4th 2008 12:04AM]

lol, what is that a gorilla-bot

[Striker @ Jul 4th 2008 12:29AM]

I can tell you who is a gorilla, your mom.

[phanbouy @ Jul 4th 2008 1:40AM]

let's make an Engadget Middle Schooler edition for all the kiddies.

[Shinigami @ Jul 4th 2008 6:44AM]

phanbouy
We'll have to put lots of grown-ups into "middle schooler" part. Not everyone grows up with age...

[Pavan @ Jul 4th 2008 10:30AM]

Isn't that what G***odo is for?

[bg @ Jul 4th 2008 12:11AM]

its been done.

[monkfishbandana @ Jul 4th 2008 11:20AM]

Why yes, yes it has. There is even a picture of it with this post. The picture itself is proof that you are correct.

[Mr. Fax Sender @ Jul 4th 2008 12:13AM]

I want one.

It will stand in my front yard and I shall call it "Bill". I will later shoot it with a cannon.

[chustar @ Jul 4th 2008 12:43AM]

I saw this live. And yes, it was really cool. (Not the coolest at the gallery, but...)

[maxter @ Jul 4th 2008 12:57AM]

Why? I don't hate him...

[David Z. @ Jul 4th 2008 1:05AM]

Is it sad that I can tell that the piece of styrofoam with the holes in it under its head is from the packaging of a MacBook?

Wait, I'll just answer that myself. Yes, yes it is.

[Mindfield @ Jul 4th 2008 1:09AM]

It was a good concept, but its attempts at being a vicious killer robot were foiled by the fact that you could hear the squeaky noises it made when its thighs rubbed together from a mile away.

[matmccoy @ Jul 4th 2008 1:34AM]

That perforated breast plate is from a Mac Book.

I'm just sayin.

[Cupertino @ Jul 4th 2008 1:37AM]

This is the giant robot from the movie called "Castle in the Sky" or a one of the Giants from Shadow of the Colossus !

[dervheid @ Jul 4th 2008 6:29AM]

THAT is seriously fuckin' cool. Nice one!

[Ben Nachman @ Jul 4th 2008 7:05AM]

All hail the mighty styro-bot, quick, if veryone befriends it, it may not take over our planet with its evil styro-friends!

[Bennasher @ Jul 4th 2008 7:10AM]

All hail the great Styro-bot, quick everyone, if we befriend it now, it may not take over our planet and enslave us with its army of styro-nians!

[Imran @ Jul 4th 2008 7:52AM]

I hope it doesn't rain when they take it on the tour.

[albtms @ Jul 4th 2008 8:52AM]

That guy's gonna make a nice batch of homebrew napalm someday...

[bartoron @ Jul 4th 2008 8:55AM]

I'd prefer a 22-foot tall styrofoam Cloverfield monster.

[muddyh2o @ Jul 4th 2008 9:07AM]

any video of it in motion? what kind of robotics are in it?

[Pavan @ Jul 4th 2008 10:31AM]

Isn't that what G***odo is for?

[cr @ Jul 4th 2008 10:48AM]

Calling this a robot implies it's more than a sculpture. This is as much of a robot as a picture of your grandmother is your grandmother.

[konshuss @ Jul 4th 2008 11:15AM]

great, now the packaging is finished... bring on the robot that goes inside it.

[Ryan Riddle @ Jul 4th 2008 12:43PM]

I saw this at the San Jose Museum of Art a few months back. You really cannot appreciate how big/ intricate/ painstaking this is until you stand at it's feet.

[jag @ Jul 4th 2008 12:54PM]

I say saddle im up to a deep sea submersible and see what happens after a trip to the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

[k0raid @ Jul 5th 2008 2:10AM]

It's pointing at me help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tealfixie @ Jul 5th 2008 12:08PM]

i see a macbook Styrofoam thing for the chest grill

[rollah @ Jul 6th 2008 12:36AM]

Saw this at the San Jose Museum of Art a couple of weeks ago. Really cool, except it's very easy to get paranoid that you're going to trip, bump it, and make it all come crashing down..............

[zhangliubao @ Jul 8th 2008 5:19AM]

LOL!