Transformable Wall-E gets recreated with some love, Lego and DIY skills (video)

Sure, you'll have seen Lego-based Wall-E imitators before, but few recreate both the cuteness and the basic functionality of the drone quite like this one here. Programmed using Lego Mindstorms, this adorable little creation can transform itself into a box (like the real Wall-E!), pick up and carry objects, look up and down, and even produce and respond to sounds. It can be controlled remotely or left to do things by itself. Follow the break to see it on video.

[Firewave Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:09AM]

I pity Wall-E.... He always looks so sad:/

[recharged95 Posted Jul 19th 2010 11:43AM]

@Firewave

Well, when you're the last robot on Earth full of trash left by humans...

Sigh.

[nooruls143 Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:09AM]

Where is EEEEVVVVAAAAAA!!!!

[Firewave Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:12AM]

@nooruls143

Being made in China?

[Eternal Density Posted Jul 19th 2010 10:27PM]

@nooruls143 Classified.

[fpad77 Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:20AM]

It looks a bit stop-frame to me at points. Where's morph when you need him...

[DeliveryNinja Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:25AM]

It looks like Wall-E but moves like a patient with Parkinson's Disease.

[Wiggy Fuzz Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:31AM]

i would be terrified if i woke up to find wall-e with it's lid open, trying to compact my head in the night...

but even if it did that i couldn't shoot it. nope. too adorable...

that's how they'll get you.

[tadghostal Posted Jul 19th 2010 8:19AM]

@Wiggy Fuzz That's what she said.

[JonCha Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:32AM]

Very cute, but very slow.

[egyedp Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:37AM]

Those who only just criticised: Try to build one and then you can talk!

[canny Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:42AM]

@egyedp
Eh.. why? Sure it may be tough, but are you suggesting nobody can criticize product "x" if they haven't made one themselves? By your reasoning, we cannot criticize iPhone4 then since we all haven't made a phone ourselves, huh?

[egyedp Posted Jul 19th 2010 8:19AM]

@canny Constructive criticism is absolutely ok. However, when some people make a short comment focusing solely on the shortcomings of a product (and Im not talking about the iPhone 4 but this WALL-E) I cant help wondering whether these people have already contributed to anything at all in life or engadget forum is the only place for them where they can be "da man". I think anyone who took the effort and time to build this WALL-E deserves more than just call his/her product a patient with Parkinson's Disease. Not to mention those who suffer from the disease itself...thanks for the reminder :S

[xdeiri Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:38AM]

looks like robot Woody Alan.

[TheAmazingWJV Posted Jul 19th 2010 5:58AM]

Nice job!


"Waaeellllluuuuiiiiiiiii!"
- "Eeeeeuuuuuvaaaaaah!"

Great dialogue :)

[tadghostal Posted Jul 19th 2010 8:26AM]

@TheAmazingWJV The lack of dialog was an artistic decision, and greatly done! There was very little dialog, and yet using "facial" expressions and body language, they were able to communicate a ridiculously wide range of emotion. Pretty amazing, actually, imho.

[TheAmazingWJV Posted Jul 19th 2010 8:31AM]

@tadghostal I actually agree, it was very well done. And they did it again in the first twenty minutes of Up.

[vanwazltoff Posted Jul 19th 2010 6:19AM]

does anyone else not see the video?

[Diesel1313 Posted Jul 19th 2010 6:30AM]

Wicked.....

I love Lego good to see some people still remember how to be creative with it, and not jsut build crap from the instructions.

[tadghostal Posted Jul 19th 2010 8:24AM]

That's pretty friggin' ingenious!

[Inspector Gadget80 Posted Jul 19th 2010 9:44AM]

This is the sweetest coolest video I've seen. But your missing only one thing out of your hole demo. HE DIDN'T DO THAT LIL TURN THING When he did that short dance for EVA!!

[NeatOman Posted Jul 19th 2010 10:25AM]

Ironically creating more garbage MUAH HA HA HA HA!!!!!

[NewChromatic Posted Jul 19th 2010 7:54PM]

Can't deny that it is pretty impressive. Although I would've loved to see the picking up of objects.

[OneNut83 Posted Aug 3rd 2010 6:07PM]

I dunno, pretty skeptical that there isn't some stop motion in there to fully transform it, there are a few lighting changes that make it feel sort of hacked. Understand that it takes a bit more time to for the lifting to take place but just to prove the naysayers wrong I'd pop in another video showing the full transformation.

Don't get me wrong, it looks amazing and really have the urge to run out to Toys'R'us and pickup a mindstorms set to see it's potential. Just a little criticism

[gamerneek Posted Aug 15th 2010 4:45PM]

Wall-E looked like a PC and EVA looked like a Mac
In fact the whole spaceship where the humans were looked Apple themed...
In fact Steve Jobs used to own Pixar and still has a ton of shares in it...hmm....