Even robots love Obama
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 5th 2008 4:08AM
posted Nov 5th 2008 4:08AM
You know you've tapped into a cross section of America when even the robots come out in your support. The $250 ObamaBot stands 6-feet tall and regurgitates stump speeches by the president-elect while presumably cleansing the Earth of any naysayers. ObamaBot's University of Florida creators see the world as so imperfect, that they'd prefer to pal around with robots who would target their own planet. Run little girl, run... change is coming.
[Via The Wired Campus, thanks Egloskerry]
Is that child running away in fear?
yeah.. theres a bear inside it
The child can obviously see beyond the cunning t-shirt disguise and into the blackened PCB of hate residing within the robot's metallic chest.
A pedo bear?
ClarkyAC: I like this coffee WAY too much for you to be making me spit it all over my monitor this early in the AM.
Kudos! Well done!
ClarkyAC: Your High ranked, so this must be an inside joke. Please fill me in. I want to laugh with you, not just nervously laugh like I got the joke as I look from side-to-side.
@trainwrecka:
(Viewer Discretion is Advised)
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Pedobear
She was actually just touching the robot curiously then running off laughing, not scared. I wish Engadget had linked to the Alligator article about it, here it is http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/10/29/news/campus/081028_obamabot.txt
Sorry I didn't realize the read link went to the article I thought it went to the Wired Campus site as well.
She is running in fear of Obama. He says children who survive abortions do not deserve healthcare. {It's FACT}
Obama is in favor if slaying babies while one hand is still in the womb and the rest of the body is out. Sick minded fu**er
Obviously the child is scared. A regular obamaton is scary enough, you can't put a child through this !
The Turing test is over. This is proof that artificial intelligence is unattainable. Someday when that robot has a career and a fami..... nevermind.
I'm a PC and I love Obama.
I'm a PC and I didn't ask you
Obama
OSX
Idk, the O's to me look like they'd go together...which would leave PCs for Palin.
...but that begs the question who the hell gets Linux?
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Yeah, wtf is wrong with me? Yeah, I'm going to bed. odd things happen when I'm tired and at a keyboard with a way to communicate with the world at large.
Odd things. Such as their eerie post.
I'm going to regret this in the morning.
....I think I've said that before....
Yeah, now I leave. Stop mid sentence; it's the classy thing to do. Do you thin--
Liberman?
I'm a PC and I hate Obama.
Oh well, that's life.
Libertarians, duh.
@ derX
Your premise is flawed at a crucial point: machines running OSX are PCs as well.
The Apple commercials have successfully convinced people that anything running Windows is a "dirty dirty PC". Unfortunately for them, they don't realize that PC = personal computer. They come in different flavors. All the Linux kids are PC users, too.
So to clarify, Obama could be OSX. That would make McCain/Palin = DOS.
Good day!
Kind of gives new meaning to "Political Machine" huh?
@ Zoom
Why hate? Sheesh....
Linux is for Lucifer. What? Yes, I can.
I am a PC with vista, I have errors, and Microsoft wont fix them. (They only love windows 7 now)
"Run little girl, run... change is coming."
cracked me up/
haha me too man, i laughed hard
Engadget has gotten noticeably funnier since Block's departure.
i was waiting to see who johnny 5 supported, now that i know im going to go vote obama.
It's too lat--
Nevermind.
Johnny 5 I am ALIVE!
Thomas Ricker, I must say you did an excellent job in acknowledging the results in a non-partisan manner. I especially love "The $250 ObamaBot stands 6-feet tall and regurgitates stump speeches by the president-elect while presumably cleansing the Earth of any naysayers."
Supremely tasteful. Oh, and like another commenter pointed out, "Run little girl, run... change is coming" = GOLD
i had kinda hoped engadget could be kept clean of any politics, but i guess the US election is fairly important. handled well.
It doesn't look like he's powered by hope at all, more like sheer terror.
lol I was thinking
the robot is powered by hope? Wow, never heard of that technology! Too late though, we're almost out of it in the US
So that's how he was able to carry Florida.
Hm.
Because old people have robot insurance?
All well and good, but are those tires properly inflated? J/k, I too love President-elect Obama and Bots for that matter.
Obama can Face 2 Mc Cains OK.
its an .....obamination
So this is how SkyNet starts! Destroy the machines!!! Save the human race!
haha funny.
Obama's got everyone behind him by the looks of things, about 2 thirds of elctoral votes?? massive.
well except for old white churchgoers (check out any of the broken down stats from the likes of cnn and bbc)
Anyway I'm looking forward to his presidencies :-) that's right, plural!
actually at this point I'd welcome robot overlords.
We're all screwed anyway...
+1
Very well said. Quite possibly the best use of the phrase yet.
How do I vote for SkyNet?
We all know America and all America's women have a much more sophisticated robot-killer armed and ready to set an example of this piece of inflated Obamanation junk and take it out like a dirty switch. No one stands in the way of progress.
If Obama can rig an election, it can rig its own escape from America.
Always fun to discover the diverse points of view here at Engadget.
/:-/
reading from the above comments makes me wonder "have I missed the last 8 years of bliss?"....go back
to your Bush caves and collect your unemployment checks....as bad as things are, I think the old white guy
who crashed more planes in service then a local RC club is actually relieved not to have to take on this horrific
chore of picking up the pieces of the worst economic era since the depression...but all of you BO haters, keep
on focusing on hate, fear, lies...being a independent, I realize it is a way of life for you folks who really never
see that the far right has always been against you your entire life…yet you still don’t get it that unless you make
major coin you really are not part of their team despite your wet dreams....it amazes me to see and hear the
things said from all of you….as if the GOP train has not driven us into the ground with it foot still pressing the
pedal but you all keep beating your chest as the economy is DEAD…..
Get over it nutjob. The repubs problem was that they acted like Dem's. They spent like crazy and let power get the better of them. This financial mess is just as much, if not more, Barney Frank, Dodd's, Biden's and Pelosi's fault. Obama is not the savior of the world. I hate to see how grumpy you will be in two years when you realize that Obama is just a man and that delivering all of his promises is not as easy as saying yes we can.
...that's my campus!
The robot just spit out words from Obama. Very weird. He was also at the Biden rally on Sunday. Crazzzy. Didn't expect to see school before I got there this morning.
Thanks for the shock, Engadget.
Mine too!
Kind of gives new meaning to "Political Machine" huh?
Edit:
ooops my last post went to the wrong thread...
"Even Robots love Obama."
The irony is dripping.
Yeah, it's not for nothing it's called "Chicago Machine politics".
BTW, privacy advocates who abhor London's Orwellcams should know Chicago has hundreds of its own.
New York City has them too and quite frankly I don't feel any safer. Cameras have been around for ages and obviously they don't do much to deter criminals. If you don't believe me watch all those TV shows about "World's dumbest criminals or *insert sensationalist name here* "caught on tape!" and wildest police chases or whatever. It's sad to see people succumb to this giving them a false sense of security because they are just slowly opening the doors to even bigger Big Brother policies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwlNkNQbluE
http://aboutcctv.com/component/option,com_seyret/Itemid,101/task,videodirectlink/id,6/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrheBTYkrho
I rest my case.
@kent: machine politics had nothing to do with obama winning sentate. The previous senator was involved in a scandal and obama's opponent was alan keyes. easy win.
Maybe robots explain the Prop 8 victory in CA. Then again, it was supported by Mormons, so I guess that's redundant.
I know plenty of people who voted for McCain in his (roughly) 37% to 61% loss, but I don't know ANYONE who voted for Prop 8. I was looking forward to handing the religious nuts trying to spark a culture war a huge cup of STFU.
Gay marriage is gonna be legal in 5 years anyway, why all the hate trying to fight it?
This should have been a caption contest.
Go Gators!
I am so excited and cant wait until I pay higher taxes, i cant wait until we take away our support for the isreal people, YES. I cant wait until we close those dirty coal plants and the families loose their jobs, YES. Its so wonderful being a democrate in support of thoses issues, today is a good day for all democrats. Lets all cheer for a change and hope of the the isreal peoples as they loose there homes and our support, lets all cheer and hope for higher tax change, lets all cheer and hope for the coal companys to close !!! CHANGE, HOPE, SO PROUD!!
Cool story, Hansel. I wish I made more than $250k.
I find it hilarious that bitter Republicans on redstate and freerepublic think a couple of percentage points on the very top marginal tax rate are the difference between capitalism and socialism. Guess what? John McCain didn't support a smaller government, he supported a sorta middling more-of-the-same-size government, much as Obama did. Bush promised a smaller government and gave us the exact opposite in a huge, huge, huge way.
And yet it seems the only argument the few remaining Bush apologist republicans can cling to is the small government argument. Get over it. It's not that the majority of Americans want some huge socialist scheme. It's that the majority of Americans don't believe the republican promises anymore. Shoulda picked Ron Paul. If only the Libertarians had gotten him instead of the nutjob Bob Barr, you would have seen how many people support small government.
Pick a candidate who really wants a smaller government rather than a theocracy, and maybe you'll get some votes.
Why cant you just deal with the fact that Obama won and thats that. I looked at what McCain wanted and I didnt like it which is one of the reasons why I voted for Obama. Its time to get over the election and move on to the fact that we finally have a new president and hopefully this is the start of something better.
Ummm...
Democrat not Democrate
Losing not Loosing
Israel not Isreal
Companies not Companys
You're an idiot.
HAh!! THATs why MCCAIN was a bigger loser!
They love him because he is cool, and coldly calculating. His blood is not blood like ours, it is liquid helium, needed to cool the quantum computer that is his brain. They love him because his is one of them. Our machine overlord is already here. Woot!
:-)
Why the hell are the wheels not round?
The part that contacts the ground is round, I think they attached a rubber tread to maybe plastic wheels and the edges didn't sit flush.
there were 12 of these surrounding my polling place...i originally went to vote mccain.
one followed me into the booth, i didn't want to vote obama but they made me!
i am going to shower again... ::weeping::
Did they touch you in your special private place? You poor thing. . .
Im Confused Unix, FB and Rosario. I am a proud democrat and I voted for obama because he said he wanted to shut off support of Israel and so do I, He said he wanted to bankrupt coal plants and so do I, he said he wants to raise taxes and im willing to pay them to give to other people who dont want to work as hard to get ahead like me. So why do you say I am an idiot Obama shares my views and I voted for him because he shares my views. If you voted for him you must want the same things like higher taxes on people who make more than 200k and give it to other people, you must have wanted to shut off support for israel, and you must want coal families to loose there jobs. I need to know why you think I am an idiot for thinkign this way, the say way Obama thinks and he has said it all? Did you vote for Obama? CHANGE IS HERE!
OpenLetter. Mr. Obama,
I do not know who you are or what you plan to do as president. I watched all of the debates, many of your speeches, and researched your political history. I watch 12 months of intense news coverage of you across many publications and broadcast networks. All I can deduce with regards to your political philosophy, based on your actions as reported, is that you appear to be a very liberal minded person. However, some of your rhetoric during the campaign was much more moderate. Nearly all politicians in my lifetime have pandered and adjusted their positions to serve their goals for the position they are in or seeking. These are not unique issues for a candidate, alone they are common place and of moderate concern to me, a fiscal and social conservative. However, when coupled with the unique doubts your background must raise for any fair-minded citizen, I have to question how you plan to live up to your promise to be my president.
Your refusal to clearly answer serious questions about your circle of friends and associates is as troubling as the facts themselves. You have had dinner a domestic terrorist, written a blurb for his book, and worked with him on projects. I can understand perhaps the working with them, I am not sure I would go running out the door of my company if I found out one of the other employees had a criminal background. However, I would not lavish them with the honor of my presence at their dinner table. Mr. Obama, why do you think it acceptable to break bread with a domestic terrorist? Does the time since his evil acts somehow in your mind make it ok? Why would you write a positive note for one of his books? Also, why would you dine with a man who is a spokesperson for the PLO? This is the same PLO that straps explosives to their young people and women, who then blow themselves up murdering innocent civilians in markets and schools in Israel. You claim to be my president?
Why would you lie about your pastor? Why would you say that you never heard his hate speech? You never knew about these sermons? I do not believe that for a second. Why would you defend your wife saying that she has never been proud of America until now? I understand that you love her of course, but speaking honestly about your opinion regarding something that shocking would not betray that love; it would however have been and still would be the right thing to do for the county you claim to love and the people you want to lead. Are you also not proud of America? Why would you insult middle class conservatives? Are you offended by guns and bibles? Do you want to take them away from people? Do you think someone of a fundamental faith inferior to yourself? Mr. Obama, I do not know who you are and why you deceive and avoid issues.
Do, you want to spread the wealth? Do you want to spread my paycheck, Mr. Obama? Would you like to take more of the money I earn by working every day, 10-12 hours a day? How much do you want? Is 40, 50, 60% enough for you? Who would you like to give it to? Who should decide who gets it? Do you think it is my money or the government’s money? What do you believe? What do you consider a right? A home, healthcare, good food, a car, a job? Should I pay for you to give these things to everyone that can not earn them on their own? I do not know, and yet you want to be my president.
I have been listening to Seth Godin’s newest book, Tribes. In this book he theorizes that in today’s world people are not as interested in products that have storied, long, proven histories. Rather, today consumers are looking for new and exciting change, looking for products that are different and represented by radical figures/leaders. I believe you have benefited from this phenomenon. You are older than me by 3 years, and I am sure you have a rich life story. However, as it relates to being a commander of the largest military on the planet and leader of the US government, I do not understand your qualifications. Your speeches sound impressive, and I listen intently and with as open a mind as possible, but I honestly do not hear anything. Your speeches are vapid to my ears, I hear words without meaning. I walk away empty and disturbed. You said last night that you had been campaigning for the Presidency for 21 months. If that is the case, how then Mr. Obama have you really served any significant time as a US Senator? I do not wish to insult, only to convey my concern to the man that claims to be my president. Last night, you said you hear my voice…I am talking and wonder if you can truly hear me.
You want me to believe in you as my president. But, I am deeply concerned that the American people have put their trust in an idea and an image, not in you. Even my friends who voted for you, and there are a great many of my circle that did, admit they rolled the dice on a vague notion of hope and undefined change. Perhaps you will be wise enough to put aside any radical ideals you personally hold and lead from as centrist a position as humanly possible in order to move this country forward. Perhaps you are intelligent and skilled enough to rise above what many see as a critical lack of experience. Perhaps you will be a great uniter and world leader and not a radical change agent for leftist ideas. Perhaps.
You ask me to believe in you as my president. For now, I have to say “No, I can’t.” For the country’s sake, and for the hopes and dreams of a planet, I sincerely from my heart hope you can.
Give the man a chance for christ's sake. I am not saying he will be perfect, Not even Obama has said that. But I am sure you had no doubts about George Bush and look what's happend as a result.
Which ever way you look at it, Obama and his team when they take office will have to clean up his mess, Both on a domestic and international level. Let's see if he can do it.
Dude you could have saved a lot of the time spent writing that letter by moving to Canada. You are a crazy person.
Good thing Obama wasn't running against Robot Nixon.
ONLY robots like Obama, oh and mindless zombies.
Blind robots following commands from their leader. How is this robot any different than all of the other obamaniacs? Oh yeah, it can't cry when it's in his presence.
Another mindless vote for obama.
y cant the robot like McCain huh lol
I am so terrified of Obama for my children and family because of his association with highly radical university educated killers who have a plan in place for the clinical extermination of tens of millions of Americans. We are very afraid.
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I've seen this thing around campus, it spews out pre recorded speeches and shit.
Im Confused Unix, FB and Rosario. I am a proud democrat and I voted for obama because he said he wanted to shut off support of Israel and so do I, He said he wanted to bankrupt coal plants and so do I, he said he wants to raise taxes and im willing to pay them to give to other people who dont want to work as hard to get ahead like me. So why do you say I am an idiot Obama shares my views and I voted for him because he shares my views. If you voted for him you must want the same things like higher taxes on people who make more than 200k and give it to other people, you must have wanted to shut off support for israel, and you must want coal families to loose there jobs. I need to know why you think I am an idiot for thinkign this way, the say way Obama thinks and he has said it all? Did you vote for Obama? CHANGE IS HERE!
Its on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140280433798
Wow..this is good to Obama even robot love him.Thank you so much for the inventor of this robot.