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]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:16AM]

Ok,now thats cool

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

One step closer to Fahrenheit 451.

[VampireHunterZ Posted Jul 14th 2009 11:32AM]

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

[barCODE Posted Jul 14th 2009 3:37PM]

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

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

TRUKK NOT MUNKY

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:22AM]

Cheetor, maximize!

[Professor Kaos Posted Jul 14th 2009 8:09AM]

Heck yea Beast Wars!

[hikanae Posted Jul 14th 2009 3:40PM]

Soundwave*
Raaaavage eject eject...eeeeeject!

[husher Posted Jul 14th 2009 4:46PM]

BEAST WARS! *rwar*

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:24AM]

Cheetor, is that you!?

[Triblade101 Posted Jul 14th 2009 6:33AM]

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

[edicius Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 12:27PM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:28AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 10:55AM]

enjoying the foliage there my friend?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:35AM]

it looks sad.

[(Unverified) Posted 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 Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:37AM]

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

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

Also, the giraffe is funky.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:42AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 6:14AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 6:49AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 7:03AM]

Human Nature?

[morissen3k8 Posted 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???)

[Bash23 Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:43AM]

:O

[fisher Posted Jul 30th 2009 3:36AM]

Where are the lasers?

[Dking7 Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:55AM]

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

[Dking7 Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:56AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted 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 Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:58AM]

He looks so sad :_(

[(Unverified) Posted 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...

[Brokinarrow Posted Jul 14th 2009 3:57PM]

way to be a Debbie Downer...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 6:59AM]

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

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

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 7:04AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 7:21AM]

Just 4 more and they can from Voltron!

[apairofdocs Posted Jul 14th 2009 7:26AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 7:35AM]

RAVAGE...?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 7:56AM]

Damn Artificial Nature, you scary!

[(Unverified) Posted 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!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 9:56AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted 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!"

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 8:48AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 5:18PM]

Creepy but interestingly cool

[(Unverified) Posted 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?"

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 10:20AM]

pointless

[J Acheson Posted Jul 14th 2009 10:52AM]

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

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

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

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2009 1:12PM]

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

Geesh...

:)

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

hands up