Mechanical cheetah comin' atcha!

Actually, it's just a sculpture with articulated joints, but by all the gods of steampunk, it looks glorious. The product of 60 hours' labor and a selection of used transmission parts, disemboweled household appliances and 20-gauge steel, the mechanical cheetah stands 24-inches tall and 50-inches long. It looks like a stripped down robocat skeleton, and its joints can be maneuvered to mimic the movements of the real feline or to strike some downright awesome poses. Hit the read link for video of the mech cheetah simulating a run, as well as creator Andrew Chase's thoughts on the project, or click past the break for more images -- including a bonus snapshot of a mech giraffe.

[Via Wired]

[Andrew @ Jul 14th 2009 5:16AM]

Ok,now thats cool

[Brando @ Jul 14th 2009 10:23AM]

One step closer to Fahrenheit 451.

[VampireHunter Z @ Jul 14th 2009 11:32AM]

Nice stop motion video. We are no where close to making a robot that could move like that.

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (BarCODE) @ Jul 14th 2009 3:37PM]

It needs terminator style laser beam eyes. Then It would be cool.

[CJ @ Jul 15th 2009 9:01AM]

TRUKK NOT MUNKY

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Jul 14th 2009 5:22AM]

Cheetor, maximize!

[ProfessorKaos @ Jul 14th 2009 8:09AM]

Heck yea Beast Wars!

[Harrison66 @ Jul 14th 2009 3:40PM]

Soundwave*
Raaaavage eject eject...eeeeeject!

[Husher @ Jul 14th 2009 4:46PM]

BEAST WARS! *rwar*

[ketsugi @ Jul 14th 2009 5:24AM]

Cheetor, is that you!?

[Cody @ Jul 14th 2009 6:33AM]

Exactly what I was thinking considering i just watched Beast Wars yesterday for old time's sake.

[eddy @ Jul 14th 2009 10:20AM]

I came for the Beast Wars comments and I was not disappointed. That SO looks like Season 1 Cheetor, with the shinyness of Transmetal Cheetor thrown in for good measure.

[teej @ Jul 14th 2009 12:27PM]

Beast Wars was an amazing series, and Cheetor was awesome. +1

[Gerard @ Jul 14th 2009 5:28AM]

They're already auctioning off the set of Transformer's Revenge of the Fallen?

[skyblaze @ Jul 14th 2009 10:55AM]

enjoying the foliage there my friend?

[nowayman @ Jul 14th 2009 5:35AM]

it looks sad.

[Shane @ Jul 14th 2009 5:37AM]

Wow i open up the endgadet page and there is a giant metal cat looking at me :P almost jumped out of my seat

[Gad Get @ Jul 14th 2009 5:37AM]

O...M...GEE!!! That is the coolest thing I've ever seen!

[Gad Get @ Jul 14th 2009 5:38AM]

Also, the giraffe is funky.

[B3astofthe3ast @ Jul 14th 2009 5:42AM]

Why must humans build things that have the ability to kill humans?

[racecar___backwards @ Jul 14th 2009 6:14AM]

In that case. Goodbye Fire. Electricity. Super Soakers (Pressurized Water). Microwaves (Radiation). Bug Spray (Nerve Gas).

[Kelmon @ Jul 14th 2009 6:49AM]

I don't know but Kelly LeBrock turned out OK in Weird Science...

[deanb @ Jul 14th 2009 7:03AM]

Human Nature?

[xconan @ Jul 14th 2009 9:11PM]

@KELMON

can you program Kelly Le Brock into reality and will it run on my netbook? (was it an amiga that was used???)

[Bash @ Jul 14th 2009 5:43AM]

:O

[rnieto @ Jul 30th 2009 3:36AM]

Where are the lasers?

[Dking @ Jul 14th 2009 5:55AM]

at least that is much better way to die then from "global warming"..

[Dking @ Jul 14th 2009 5:56AM]

stupid engadget comment system, it was reply to "B3astofthe3ast"

[teej @ Jul 14th 2009 12:40PM]

ya know, i've never had a problem with a reply going elsewhere or turning up as another top-level post. yall need to check yourselves.

[wywywywy @ Jul 14th 2009 5:58AM]

He looks so sad :_(

[Nuts @ Jul 14th 2009 6:35AM]

Maybee it knows that its creator is of the same race that has nearly killed all of its natural relatives...

[Aaron @ Jul 14th 2009 3:57PM]

way to be a Debbie Downer...

[heydavila @ Jul 14th 2009 6:59AM]

It looks like the endoskeleton of the Beast Machines® Cheetor for sure.

[Level 5 @ Jul 14th 2009 7:03AM]

Seriously badass, the construction and even the poses in the pics are really wild.

[deanb @ Jul 14th 2009 7:04AM]

Hope DARPA don't get onto this. At least the girafffe will probably consume the less human like biomass.

[Jason @ Jul 14th 2009 7:21AM]

Just 4 more and they can from Voltron!

[Parad0x @ Jul 14th 2009 7:26AM]

This really needs to become a casemod. It really needs to happen.

[crypt @ Jul 14th 2009 7:35AM]

RAVAGE...?

[Varuna @ Jul 14th 2009 7:56AM]

Damn Artificial Nature, you scary!

[NXTwoThou @ Jul 14th 2009 8:25AM]

Why couldn't this have been Ravage in TFII? That cute little face walks up, everyone who doesn't know transformers things its a cute autobot. Then giant fangs and two side mounted missle launchers pop out!

[Talking to Walls @ Jul 14th 2009 9:56AM]

yes. i'm expecting this thing to transform into a cassette and report back to Soundwave.

[scottybones @ Jul 14th 2009 8:40AM]

this can be an "LOL CAT" and photoshop the eyes to RED with the following subtitle:

"TERMINATOR CAT wants to remind you: I'll Be Back!"

[icepick_method @ Jul 14th 2009 8:48AM]

the eyes make it look like something off the set of Return To Oz.

[David Roberts @ Jul 14th 2009 5:18PM]

Creepy but interestingly cool

[elsmitro @ Jul 14th 2009 9:52AM]

"You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?"

[andy @ Jul 14th 2009 10:20AM]

pointless

[Jon Acheson @ Jul 14th 2009 10:52AM]

It's the perfect thing to freak out my brother's real cat.

[Valicore @ Jul 14th 2009 12:50PM]

Awww it looks kinda suicidal, why such sad eyes? Pretty awesome tho...

[Rocketboy @ Jul 14th 2009 1:12PM]

Dude, I read this so long ago on Book Of Joe...

Geesh...

:)

[getinet @ Jul 14th 2009 1:36PM]

hands up