Video: Ganzbot reads Twitter feeds aloud, looks fashionably low-rate

We've seen methods for hooking house plants up with their own Twitter account, but there's hardly anything more satisfying that building a robot to read back all those feeds from the thousands of people you're undoubtedly following. Ganzbot is a decidedly low-budget robot that relies on an Arduino Decima to control the head actions and a USB cable to receive up-to-date status information. Have a look at the innards as well as a few words being spoken just after the jump.

[Via MAKE]

[Crayola @ Aug 21st 2008 7:39AM]

Donno why, that thing makes me feel like stomping it with my feet.

[gad get @ Aug 21st 2008 8:03AM]

Jealous rage.

[Liam McCleland @ Aug 21st 2008 8:13AM]

Emo Robot Is Emo!

[)law( @ Aug 21st 2008 7:44AM]

Looks like a fucked up Boxy Brown

[jupiterthunder @ Aug 21st 2008 12:50PM]

yeah, that's what i was thinking.

[TS @ Aug 21st 2008 7:56AM]

http://www.robovox.co.uk/ - same thing (just bigger) with SMS, don't really see any problems to add twitter :)

[Paul Dullford @ Aug 21st 2008 8:24AM]

Wouldn't it be better if they used a Fail Whale casing?
"Twitter is down, check back later."
"Twitter is down, check back later."
"Twitter is down, check back later."

[alahmnat @ Aug 21st 2008 10:57AM]

Thing reminds me of the Strong Bad Grape Nuts robot...

"Now spell... Come back Ali... Come back Ali's sister..."

[Fray @ Aug 21st 2008 11:28AM]

It shows its true nature at the end of the video.

We're on to you and your dastardly plans Ganzbot!

[Hellaphunt @ Aug 21st 2008 12:52PM]

This is what I would like to be for Halloween..

[linoge @ Aug 21st 2008 1:12PM]

so thats where daleks come from

[Joseph A Nickence @ Aug 21st 2008 2:28PM]

Somebody needs to mass produce the circuitry so consumers can install this in any item they choose. Nazbatag costs too much. LOL!