Titan the Robot dances, sings, scares the bejeezus out of us (video)
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Oct 22nd 2009 12:15PM
posted Oct 22nd 2009 12:15PM
This plays out like the opening scene of an 80s sci-fi film: Eight foot tall robot appears in a shopping mall, sings "What a Wonderful World" and "My Way," dances around a bit to a chorus of oohs and aahs from the audience, launches into a series of silly demo movements, and then... Well, we won't spoil it for you. Let's just say that at eight feet tall (and with tons of menace) we have to wonder if Titan the Robot could be stopped should some sort of cinematic "glitch" should cause him to "freak out" amongst the onlookers at Dubai's GITEX 2009. Like most man-made disasters, this one starts innocently enough: with a show-stopping rendition of a Paul Anka tune. Curious? Peep it after the break. Just make sure you don't get close.
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it's only a matter of time now, but i, for one, welcome our ro..... *smashed by 8 foot tall robot*
Robocop called, wants his sound effects back!
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Nice to see some video from back home
I think the only words for this are, "OH MY GODS".
Could be a guy inside. You have that glass mirror on its chest. Big enough for a person to view from inside.
Yeah - That is freaking horrifying. The only thing making it more scary would be if the lights were red instead of blue. In my mind, when it stops singing and starts killing, that is the color it will light up :)
This is NOT a robot, it's a costume, a good one, but a costume. There is definitely a person in there.
Looks like the grandfather of the ABC robot from Judge Dread. Just look at that jaw
It's a dude in a costume.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_the_Robot#cite_note-brewery-3
it's an obvious fake. there is a see-through mirror on the chest of this thing, for the man inside. all the sounds of his joints movement come from speakers and not from the motors in the joints. besides that it walks to fast and to smoothly for the real robot. and look how tall it is... it's funny that so many people got convinced...
Saw one of these at V Festival over the summer - it looked awesome and was drawing a huge crowd. Yeah, of course it's a dude in a costume, but doesn't stop it being cool. Just don't tell me it wasn't the "real" Santa Claus I met as a kid.
Shiva also dances...
And walks like a big gay
I saw this at the Washington autoshow!
Pretty impressive! Looks like the perfect wingman hah
A guy in a plastic suit is impressive?
This is CLEARLY a guy in a suit. Look at the video carefully, and it's clear there's a person inside.
I was also very impressed until I realized this was just a nice halloween costume. The jaws are the only part that's all that impressive, and that's an easy script.
That is not a guy in a suit. you guys are cracked.
That was my first though as well, but if you look at his lower torso where his legs are connected it doesn't seem possible this is someone in there, unless it's some wasp-wasted guy with stick legs.
P.T. Barnum is giggling in his grave.
Per Occam's Razor, this is a guy in a suit.
Unfortunately, it is just a guy in a suit, according to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_the_Robot
It's an advanced prototype weapon. First it draws you near with it's singing..., then it drops your guard as you wonder... then it opens a machine gun and mows you all down!
Omg right?!
This video scared the CRAP out of me. I don't think I'll get any rest tonight = |....
yea, for now it only spurts out water when it "cries"... the final version will cry death...
Their website claims that children aren't afraid of it, but this video(1:05) shows kids running for their lives, and a mother grabbing a crying baby off her husbands shoulders just after the show starts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-QtDAgjJrQ
could make friendlier face.... otherwise it looks like it came to destroy us...
Isn't this the robot from the Captain Morgan commercial who hands his warp drive over to the keymaster?
Yes, yes it is and I bet he has a little captain in him.
I kept expecting it to lunge at the girls it was singing to and tear them limb from limb.
Thats a man in a plastic suit.
I can't see video but the screen shot alone reminds me of the ABC Warrior from Judge Dredd.
I was thinking the exact same thing...
You do all know it's actually a man in a suit with just some basic animatronics on the head and hands don't you?
No lie.
It's guy in a suit look at it closely.
One would hope that your comment was not necessary and that no one was taken in by the "robot" and how fluidly it happened to move.
It's an impressive costume though, I'll grant them that; the way they've disguised the arms and legs (the giveaway shot was in the third vid at 1:25 as it turned round and you could see the black trunking where the [human] arm goes across to control the robot hands).
SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!!!!!
Robocop 4-5?
Two way mirror for seeing. Look you can see his arms.
That's an Oasis cover, btw. Not "My Way."
Best Halloween costume ever.
Did I ruin the illusion?
This is clearly a guy in a suit.
If you look at the shoulders, they are not articulated. The arms start mid torso.
Also why would they add servo sound effects if it were real.
The head and hands are robotic, but there is a person in there.
kinda lame if you ask me.
It's a guy in a suit. Not that hard to figure out.
Anyone else feel like most of the noise were just sound effects? And, actually I don't really know that I believe this is an actual robot. There's not much there to convince it's not just a dude in a suit... oh. It is a dude in a suit.
The ridiculous future noises were a dead giveaway. Though you can see that it's a man in a suit, those noises were just not realistic for a machine meant to just be a dancing robot.
I didn't know Oasis - Wonderwall was a cover of a Paul Anka song!
My wonderwall has a glory hole in it.
Paul Anka's version is the cover, the song's originally by Oasis
I live in Dubai...might have o head over to the airport convention centre now....That scared the crap out of me, not that I believe it was real, but I know this will be a reality in my lifetime. Reminds me of Robocop 2....it should rip its own head off!
it's no robot, there is a man inside!