RSSThe video speaks volumes:
I don't know about you, but I think the intimidation factor definitely makes these a lot cooler.
More in the gallery at the manufacturer's site. None appear to be deploying weaponry... yet!
[via The Robot Group]
Titan The Robot
Posted by Luke Iseman |
Aug 25, 2008 05:38 PM
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The robot is very well covered. The legs, arms, and body are contiguous. There's plenty of space in them for a person.
I think this is just a suit, with some wire-driven props (the head, the hands).
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Sher there is no particular reason for them to be fake, but in the intermission part of the video they were out of sync(arms move differently and they step with different feet).
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it seems like the product of that company is a robot show and not an actual robot. The articulation of the head and sound is somewhat robotic but definitely a guy in a suit.
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Those are some amazingly well done suits. Looks like they must have a head movement sensor for the actor, and it appears like there is a motion sensor in the legs and possibly the arms that makes an air impact wrench noise and says "Danger!" every so often when they move around. It looks like they have pretty much full dexterity over the fingers, and maybe some control over the sound bites played, though it looks like it mainly follows a set coriagraphed routine. I'd imagine the mouth is also synced with the audio rather than based on "speech" sound levels since it doesn't look like the actor says anything themselves through a voice modulator live. Pretty awesome how they pulled it all together so cleanly though.
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Yeah, that shiny chest plate on the "robots" looks a little too much like a half-mirrored astronaut helmet. The bots also keep their elbows pinned to their sides, where you can barely see a human arm reaching inside. Everything from the elbow up to the shoulder is just a shell to complete the look, and not mobile.
It does look very nice, though. It fooled me for a minute, but I've seen enough Exo-Squad to be familiar with their kinesthetics.
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SO HOT - i finally know what to be for halloween!
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The Cybermen are here! XD
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If those were real robots, they would have a Defense Department contract. They certainly wouldn't be pimping themselves out at county fairs.
They are good suits though.
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I am sure no one REALLY thought for a second there where really robots.. I hope :/
And their flash website template is the same as my MySpace account.. thats funny
http://www.myspace.com/saltflatout
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I saw the show in Cardiff with only one "Robot" last year. Our council is pretty good at getting us free entertainment. They do interact with the audience, which is something that only a guy in a suit could do, but so what, its still fun.
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i saw titan yesterday he is not a man in a suit i was about 10cm away he is so cool
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