Comments on: Bowling, industrial robot style

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:01:48 +0000

Wow…wild video!

By: Chris Hayes

Chris Hayes — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:59:43 +0000

What a woosies to throw with such tiny objects – look for the movie of the trebuchet slinging pianos and a car! No sissy generator needed!

By: srilyk

srilyk — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:21:06 +0000

That’s freaking amazing. I still think I prefer the Wiimote controlling the sword…

Yay for using fun toys in ways they weren’t intended (yeah, right!)

By: O Mattos

O Mattos — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:23:24 +0000

The making of that video looks like it must’ve cost quite a bit (borrow a robot, rent a generator, transport etc.) – who pays out that much for a hack-a-day and youtube video??

By: Brotherred

Brotherred — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:42:36 +0000

It almost looks like a Cloose robot welder. I used to run some of those.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:27:16 +0000

R.I.P.
Robert Williams (c. 1954 â January 25, 1979)

By: Marco

Marco — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:33:07 +0000

“What happens almost yearly is people smashing through tables because of wrongly inputed Z components.”

Not necessarily a negative Z component, but I remember having to input angles for the base motor and if you did not properly reset the robot to a well known initial position then all angles will be off. Yes- there were deep scratch marks in our table because of it…

By: Dirk

Dirk — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:53:52 +0000

i want an industrial robot to play with.

By: Optimus Prime + 1

Optimus Prime + 1 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:45:58 +0000

very entertaining

By: Adriana

Adriana — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:00:23 +0000

Looking pretty Hot Eli!!

By: phnx

phnx — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:45:11 +0000

But really… What else are you gonna do with an industrial arm? “Uh… how can we make it go faster?”

By: Nanan

Nanan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:30:45 +0000

I have seen the “University Legend” thing a few times. The first year kids often times ripped up tables and broke the robot’s concrete anchor bolts out of the ground. Fun times, people who do this usually are not aloud to touch the coding for their group from then on.

By: Digital

Digital — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:25:42 +0000

That sir, was quite possibly the most awesome use of an industrial robot ever!

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By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:49:15 +0000

If only our robotic arms did that in the factory I work at. Best we can do is sling boxes of toothpaste from side to side.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:11:28 +0000

firing carrots at bunny was a nice touch. painful, too