9 Responses:

1. knowbuddy says:

   13 years ago at 12:56 pm

   I love that the very first thing you see is the one guy getting his fingers crushed by the machine arm and ripping them away. Safety first!

2. beschizza says:

   13 years ago at 1:06 pm

   It would be nice if he suddenly started going on about unimaginable and obscene horrors in the same warm, cosy, deadpan tone.

   Also, my captcha is "Menace new". It knows!

   

3. dasht says:

   13 years ago at 1:20 pm

   [patting the gut] That's my elephant. Wanna see it's trunk?

   "it's supple as it moves [...] a ball joint, combined with a bionic gripper [...] transmit[s] large forces with minimal self-weight [...] capable of picking up or depositing [...] not for rigid tethering, but for intelligent yielding [...]"

   No longer hazardous? Or, downright inviting?

4. rmjwell says:

   13 years ago at 4:20 pm

   I want the final segment of the video to be one of the guys strapping them on his back and doing his best Doc Ock impersonation.

5. down8 says:

   13 years ago at 5:31 pm

   Though not quite as tentacular, I think some of your... readership? Fanbois? Some ppl... will like this, somewhat related, automation demo: ABB1, ABB2 (more betterer).

   I work with these style of industrial robots (Kawasaki/Motoman), but ours are not quite as awesome.

   -bZj

6. dr_wrebagzhoe says:

   13 years ago at 9:02 pm

   I, for one, et cetera...
   At least it won't rip off your junk.

7. cpirate says:

   13 years ago at 11:06 pm

   "Come on, it's just like making love. Y'know... left, down, rotate sixty-two degrees, engage rotor..." -- Bender

8. strspn says:

   13 years ago at 3:58 am

   From the same shop:
9. strspn says:

   13 years ago at 3:04 pm

   And these, so beautiful!