ECCEROBOT emulates your musculoskeletal system, looks like Beaker from the Muppets
By Ross Miller 
posted August 11th 2009 8:06PM
posted August 11th 2009 8:06PM
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I love how enthusiastic she sounds.
A pair of scissors has now been added to my robot uprising kit.
just don't run with them during the post-apocalyptic battles for survival.
Can't wait for the metallic endoskeleton covered with living tissue.
I think "it's time to put on make-up."
Or at least a face.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but was that thing picking up a blue bong???
me me me me, me me. me me.
New, from Muppet Labs!
combine this with DARPA's biomass consuming machine and usher in the end of the world!
its almost dream-haunting!
The human body is amazing. Anyone doesn't believe in creation is kidding themselves.
My Core2Duo is amazing and super complex, much more complex than anything I could ever come up with. Thank you God, you rock!
Right.... Your Core2Duo sucks compared to the Sun.
"The human body is amazing. Anyone doesn't believe in creation is kidding themselves."
You've got that right!
The human body is amazing. Anyone doesn't believe in EVOLUTION is kidding themselves.
Yep, cancer, birth defects, genetic disease, the appendix. Fricking awesome.
Yea god!
Hey, you forgot; War, murder, pollution, heartache, poverty, overpopulation, rape...
Good job buddy.
"Right.... Your Core2Duo sucks compared to the Sun."
God made the sun too? Busy dude. Wish I could just answer all of the most complex questions with "God did it". It's like a "That Was Easy!" button for life. No thinking required.
@taco
Those things can arguably be blamed on the human condition, I was mostly going for things that are down sides to this "perfectly designed" meat sack.
I dont see a problem with spare tire having a belief, in fact, at lease he knows what he believes in. Most of you have little knowledge about evolution. If I ask, how many types of evolution theory’s are out there, then I’m sure some of you will have a blank stare at me. For the majority, the theory or scientific proof of evolution is evoluting into a religious belief where little truly understands what evolution really means.
I believe in creation. I create things daily.
I don't believe in creationism. Because it's a myth.
I'm going with the atom smasher to end the world. Cyclops looks like he's more likely to run into a wall than kill anyone
So the "creator" of this robot played Mass Effect and said "Ohhhh, the Geth, thats how you build robots!" 1.5 years later we have a RIPOFF i mean a look alike of someone else's dream
dang-it.. looks like I won't get any sleep tonight. Thanks engadget for filling my mental terror box.
I don't know, I think it looks more like Bill the Cat.
Terrifying.
OH MY GOD! it's steve jobs!
ha thats pretty cool, but why did the narrator sound bone chillingly robotic herself?
Shirt was put on because they added nipples and of course in modern 2009 you can't have nipples shown.
I like it. It's more human-like in design with all the tendons & such. A welcome change from the usual robots we've seen.
Reminds me of Jar-Jar for Star Wars.
Would someone figure out electroactive polymers and nerve replacements already.
I've been waiting to have my arms and legs hacked off forever.
BREAKING: A controversial internet video surfaced today revealing Eccerobot attempting to smoke from a marijuana water pipe. The incident is currently under investigation. Ai Lab and Robotics and Embedded Systems announced they would pull all funding support.
Students at the University of Sussex were apalled and embarrassed by the incident, vowing to fix the various programming errors, known within the community as "camping" and "f**king up the rotation".
In a press release, Eccerobot acknowledged his mistake and promised never to let it happen again.
Nah, it's not a bong. It's a yard of margarita, haven't any of you been to spring break?
I'm pretty sure the robot takes a bong hit @ 1:14:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI9H4FoA0b4&playnext=1#t=1m14s
Damn, its so strange.
disgusting.
Reminds me of that Iron Man/Star Wars dude in the UK building his own 'androids' at home out of polymorph.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/05/polymorph-robot-mimics-human-joints-and-muscles-puts-curtain-ri/
I'd love to see an update from that guy. It looked promising.
Why so bouncy? Isn't a rigid design more controllable? Degrees of freedom matter less as precision is surrendered for it. How strong is this? Could such a design stand up and walk without bending over from its own weight? Also--I don't think 5 fingers are any more versatile at manipulating over a 3 finger design with at least one opposable.
Most useful robots (in the upcoming robotic revolution--as analogous to the PC revolution) will be rigid, I think. Humanoid designs make sense among environments designed for the human form but the energy requirements to keep them up and going limits battery life to rediculously short times. Bigger batteries just add more weight and thus require more energy, negating the point. I think future designs must focus on resolving these problems, as well as long-term reliability (meaning minimal and simple parts, too). I like stepper motors that push and pull by turning a screw, as maintaining a position doesn't require additional energy--only moving it. Also, a third, extendable leg for stabilization to perform work-in-place without expending extra energy might work, essentially putting the robot on a tripod post-mobilization.
I think we are about in the mid 1970's, analogous to the PC revolution. PC manufacturers needed standards for both hardware and software that we still lack. PC manufacturers also focus on planned (or at least welcomed) obsolescence to keep their markets lucrative. A successful robotics revolution will require a strong emphasis on long-term reliability that is contrary to this and thus not entirely compatible with capitalism. I suppose the industry will find a balance as such things are naturally homeostatic.
That robot looks really... sad.