Solar-powered Trilobot takes wistful stroll outdoors

A solar-powered robot that's fully autonomous and able to control it's own energy acquisition may seem like a frightening proposition to some. But set aside those preconceptions for a minute and take a look at the Trilobot's video debut after the break, and then try to tell us you don't want to get one, name it Buddy and love it forever.

[Phoenix @ May 28th 2009 6:43AM]

it's all good until it starts getting cloudy, and the robot decides to use humans as a power source.

we all know how that ends.

[Samboini @ May 28th 2009 6:46AM]

With Neo saving the day? Not before Trinity dies.

p.s. **SPOILER**

[superhobo @ May 28th 2009 7:04AM]

You are on Engadget.






PS: ****Spoiler***

[Samboini @ May 28th 2009 7:18AM]

**Hangs head in embarrassment**

[andy @ May 28th 2009 10:02AM]

did the humans blow up the sun in the Matrix to cutoff machine's energy in the first place?

[Phoenix @ May 28th 2009 10:53AM]

No, they just dramatically increased the cloud cover I think

[Magnulus @ May 28th 2009 7:14AM]

I love that walky thing it does to supplement the wheel-drive. Add some sensors and such to this girl, and you have an absolutely awesome little bot!

[Quantumphysics @ May 28th 2009 7:21AM]

Give it a weapon

[laplandboy @ May 28th 2009 8:28AM]

it's!

[Gert @ May 28th 2009 8:36AM]

Add Skynet

[John Wick @ May 28th 2009 8:42AM]

That first part is what it will look like when the minions of the robot apocalypse are eating your face off.

[andy @ May 28th 2009 10:00AM]

“You and me, we’ve been at war before either of us even existed!"

[Scott @ May 28th 2009 10:38AM]

Seems to have a major problem when it runs into something in front of it. Apparently not smart enough to back up. It just sits there, turning its wheels back and forth!

[Anonymous Coward @ May 28th 2009 10:58AM]

Sure, it's cute with that music in the background. Someone should recut the video with dramatic music, and we'll know what we're in for.

[Kizul Emeraldfire @ May 28th 2009 10:59AM]

I, for one, welcome our four-wheeled, solar-powered robotic overlords that resemble trilobites and travel to twang-y guitar music.

[LHP @ May 28th 2009 12:21PM]

Hmm. Scary, but not as scary this:

"A British-built robot generates its own power by gobbling flies but it has a stinky downside - it needs human sewage as bait to catch the insects and then digest them."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2004/09/09/1195295.htm

In the future, beware of 'bots bearing ice cream, women, and gems.

[pfromg @ May 29th 2009 12:36PM]

cant we just get a robot that looks and behaves like fly and has a cool exoskeleton made of chitin?

or just something with an exoskeleton that looks cool and is made of something equally cool sounding?

Anything would be better than "shit shovel fly bot"

[PrinceCloud35 @ May 28th 2009 12:56PM]

for some reason this reminds me of Wall-e

[Trevor @ May 28th 2009 1:37PM]

Typo: "it's own energy acquisition" --> "its own energy acquisition"

[ED @ May 28th 2009 7:14PM]

Looks lethal in that photo.

[benahad @ May 30th 2009 7:00PM]

That, my friends, is a first gen Replicator...