Two Japanese companies have unveiled a security robot that can be commanded from a mobile phone to hurl a net that traps suspected intruders.
The prototype T-34 was developed jointly by robot firm Tmsuk Co and security firm Alacom Co.
It moves at up to 10km/h (6mph), and can be controlled by someone seeing real-time images on a mobile phone.
The small robot is built on wheels and is equipped with sensors that can detect the movements of intruders.
“Security sensors often set off false alarms but examining the location with the robot will lead to more efficient operations,” said a statement from the companies.
it’s time for the annual RTFA Mech Halloween Costume roundup. I scored based on the look of the costume, but also on the appropriateness. Bonus points for mobility, and points taken away for parents who made costumes for kids. If the costume looks like it won’t last more than 5 minutes, that’s going to cost ya.
Without further ado, the entries:
5. Baby Chicken Walker
HAHAHA! This costume is *WAY* beyond the league of that kid – what is he saying while he’s walking? I predict the night ends with the costume destroyed, the kid crying, and a deflated parental unit carrying a heavy load home: the kid under one arm, a sack of candy in the other arm, and the costume wreckage lying in the gutter. This link via boingboing.
Costume Grade: BA – clever components, great look! After review, extra points added
Deployment: D – never going to work with the kid
4. Mech bling, crew included
Vastly over-reaching, deadly serious, and destined to destroy every doorway it meets.
Costume Grade: B – looks great, probably cost a fortune/took forever to make
Deployment: D – needs support crew
3. Cardboard and timelapse
A better Battlemech costume. …too bad this kid didn’t make it for himself. Also, the video is sped up – I suspect mobility is limited, but it will probably last for a few hours. Meh… Looks good!
Costume Grade: B – looks great, good reuse, not made by the kid him/herself
Deployment: B – timelapse, video is painfully long
2. Hipster Mech perfection
Here’s a well-done chicken walker, which is in zen-like balance with its wearer. Simple is great, in this case!
Costume Grade: A – fake legs bonus!
Deployment: A – this guy can walk in the costume. Amazing, but that’s a major point in this contest.
1. Genius working transformers
Working transformer costumes! These aren’t “mech” costumes, but they just blow the others out of the water. These peeps probably made the costumes themselves, they are totally mobile, and the costumes ACTUALLY TRANSFORM.
Costume Grade(s): A+ – these are home-made, they look great, and they totally work
Deployment: A+ – real-time transformation. That is all.
Rufus Terrill has had it with the drug dealers, petty thieves and vandals he says roam the streets outside his downtown Atlanta bar, O’Terrills. Instead of calling the police or hiring private security guards, Terrill built his own security robot. (Ryon Horne/AJC)
Picturesque former champion of world tells mechanical side of boxing. Challenges any robot.
I CAN whip any mechanical robot that ever has or ever will be made. Maybe that sounds a bit egotistical, maybe you will say it’s just the voice of a “has-been,” but I assure you that neither is true.
I was talking over old times with my friend Captain W. H. Fawcett and during the course of conversation he remarked that undoubtedly mechanical ingenuity has done much to improve the work of many boxers.
“That’s true,” I answered, “but nothing mechanical will ever be able to whip an honest to goodness boxer. Even right now, despite the fact that I am definitely through with the ring as a fighter, I wouldn’t be afraid of any robot or mechanical man., I could tear it to pieces, bolt by bolt and scatter its brain wheels and cogs all over the canvas.”
This dead asshole obviously never saw the part in Terminator 2 where the T1000 extends the liquid-metal arm through that little punk’s adoptive mother’s head. I mean, come on… this is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard yet from the 1930s.
LEV the thereminbot and his newly-built pal thumpbot play “Crazy” with help from a 20-year-old MT32 synthesizer. OK, Lev’s a bit out of tune, but hey, ROBOTS. A tribute to The Ether & Aether Experiment’s marvelous performance.
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