Exmovere's Chariot returns on video, might actually be real
By Paul Miller 
posted April 16th 2009 10:10AM
posted April 16th 2009 10:10AM
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posted April 16th 2009 10:10AM
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Looks very cool.
Now let's see bend down and add paper to the copier...
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Doh, a little late on that one
Ahh one step closer to our ability to turn into the worthless blob people from Wall-E. Brought to you by Buy n Large.
"Our theory is that Exmovere is using this gaudy Showbots platform as a jumping off point"
You wouldn't have to theorize anything if you did your job as journalists (and a "ha ha" fits perfectly here); instead you act as ignorant dicks, as usual.
From a response to your previous "article", from Robert Doornick, CEO of International Robotics, Inc. (http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/exmoveres-wearable-chariot-for-the-mild-mannered-cyborg/comments/18208529/)
"It amazes me that you would pretend to practice responsible journalism and accuse this Wearable Transport Chariot to be a "Fake" on the grounds that it is associated with an entertainment product called Showbot.
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Had you given yourself a few moments to contemplate the virtues of your proud investigating reporting, and the hurtful impact which such comments might bear upon the hard working folks who prepared for this announcement, you might have had the revelation that the Showbot is in fact the result of very hard and dedicated work to produce a wearable self-balancing base, which in this expression is indeed used quite safely to transport an entertainer in a robot costume. Might it then occur to you sir, that such a technology could, with the assistance of additional sensors and engineering, be adapted to a variety of other important markets, including that of transporting - with dignity - a person who is physically impaired, or individuals in need of practical transportation technologies which offer a variety of physical advantages, not the least of which are an upright position, a very small footprint, and the protection of a lower body enclosure..."
That "letter" is a whole lot of puffery and criticism from one who has not demonstrated the truth he claims to exist. Is placing someone in the costume suddenly adapting it for handicapped people? I don't see anything in the video or anywhere else that shows the technology he claims to use.
What I see is him placing a guy wearing a tie in a costume that normally has a guy in a robot suit. That isn't a great leap forward for the handicapped. Also, I see nothing stated by them officially explaining the adaptation of the showbot platform or its re-engineering for handicap use. So, he can huff and puff all he likes - but it still appears to be nothing but a lot of fakery and hyperbole at best.
Duke, I don't know what you mean by "from one who has not demonstrated the truth he claims to exist". A simple search on Google shows [almost] unequivocally that the guy does exist; whether that response is not a prank may not be 100% certain, but I doubt that anyone would take the time to write that [utterly unfunny] letter just for "fun".
However, while your objections may be right, they are of a much deeper level than that at which Engadget stopped. You are questioning the effectiveness of the device; they questioned its whole existence by looking at a picture (and nothing else) and calling the company a "liar". That's what they said:
"the device in the picture is almost certainly a fake -- it's actually the bottom of a Showbots uniform. Lame. What's interesting is that Exmovere put out a full press release, so we're guessing the company was just hoping no one would catch this little lie while they work on a real product -- if one actually exists."
That they acted as ignorant dicks still holds true.
Now c'mon here, you damn well knew I wasn't talking about the person existing. Unless English is your second language I have no idea where you got that from.
The issue is whether they have done anything to make this robot costume base effective for handicapped people to use. He claims that it truly can aid the handicapped through sensors and the like - but has shown zero proof of that. There is nothing shown that leads me to believe it does anything different than it did before - it transports one man with working legs. That isn't a solution for anything. If I roll out a Honda and say "look at this, I solved the energy crisis because this uses no fuel" - that means nothing to you if you then see me needing to fill it with gas again. It only means I was lying to you in the first place. Making the body control electric equipment through sensors is the big feat in this whole idea and that isn’t being addressed by anything other than puffery.
Hyperbole is not fact.
Now, you want to be mad at this site over such a trivial thing then fine - but you should be calling this guy out on his phantom invention.
Just to clarify -
"Duke, I don't know what you mean by "from one who has not demonstrated the truth he claims to exist". A simple search on Google shows [almost] unequivocally that the guy does exist; whether that response is not a prank may not be 100% certain, but I doubt that anyone would take the time to write that [utterly unfunny] letter just for "fun"."
All of that was misplaced as I never was talking about someone doing a prank response. You went off on a rant on me without reading what I said carefully - ironic since you accuse them of the same thing.
Yes, I misinterpreted what you said, as English is, in fact, not my mother tongue; and you misinterpreted my response - I really don't know what makes you think I was ranting; but that hasn't got anything to do with what Engadget was doing: they weren't ranting nor misinterpreting, they were just doing utterly shitty and uninformed "journalism".
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The Robocop styling is nice.
Welcome to Mr. G's room...
How do you get up if you fall over?
What happens if you drop something? Still more useful than the Segway, since this might actually help some people.
He looks like the offspring of an unholy union between Luke Skywalker and R2-D2.
Lazy ass
YOU Cyborg, how came you by this construct? Go cyborg...
If you can go potty into the suit and turn the urine/poo into little cubes of soil then I'm sold.
Robbie the Robot's half-human baby brother. I wonder if there's an extension he uses when he needs to use the urinal. I think he'd be in trouble in the event of a fire because they shut down the elevators and everyone uses the stairs. I doubt if that rig negotiates stairs very well.
That thing is totally impractical. No way I'd want to stand all day in that rig. It might be great to be used as an intimidation factor but that's about it. It's probably useless in snow and ice. A common wheelchair could put this rig to shame.
It seems to me this is a Segway covered in plastic...
I too have the Xerox 7700 CopyMaster Elite in my kitchen. What a coincidence!
needs a cup holder.
GOOD GOD! IT'S EATING HIM!