Hamsta Powah
December 27th, 2006 by The Head Rotor
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Can’t remember where this came from. (No the Rotor has NOT been browsing furry fansites. Don’t be ridiculous.)
Didn’t SRL have a hamster-bot?
Credit, we suppose, to “Aerythes” whomever that may be.
December 27th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
SRL had a GUINEA PIG robot. It was kind of a four legged waldo that the guinea pig rode on top of. It is described in detail (with photos) in Re/Search publications PRANKS.
IIRC the critter’s feet where strapped in and is motions were used to control the motion of the four legged bot he was riding. So if the pig walked forward, the ‘bot walked forward, if it ran back, the ‘bot ran back. Mark Pauline claims that they fed the critter lettuce the whole time and it enjoyed it very much.
December 28th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Squishy and delightful Amybean responds to my errant query regarding SRL’s guinea pig controlled machine:
Keep these people in business and buy a video, , my fellow cheapskates. . .
January 5th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
[...] The hamster thingy the Head Rotor found reminded me of another thing in addition to the thing we were talking about in the comments (hint, all you lurkers). Behold, Roach Bot! [...]
January 24th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
[...] Cool stuff down at CES a few weeks ago. SB pal Michael over there at Ideal Mechanism was there (along with our own Mr. Robotics), and has a good rundown of the robot action there. To remind people that the Rotor does not have a furry thing going on, we won’t mention the hamster-ball-controlled Roomba. [...]