×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
INTEREST: Daily Video: Robot Version of Nausicaä's Ohmu Insect




Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Ingraman



Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Posts: 1084
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:29 am Reply with quote
Hmm... Is this what we get when someone crosses an Ohmu with a Roomba?

If only it had the articulation when turning...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Top Gun



Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 4803
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:46 am Reply with quote
That's completely awesome, in a slightly terrifying sort of way. I hope they don't make a full-scale version, though. Shocked
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
feitian



Joined: 01 May 2010
Posts: 27
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:18 am Reply with quote
looks alright, although unfortunately it looks like its moving on wheels rather then legs segments under the thing. -w-;; Those things were suppose to move kind of like a caterpillars aren't they?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Emerje



Joined: 10 Aug 2002
Posts: 7411
Location: Maine
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:48 am Reply with quote
Ingraman wrote:
Hmm... Is this what we get when someone crosses an Ohmu with a Roomba?

If only it had the articulation when turning...


I would so buy a Roomba if it looked like that! I... actually think it's kinda cute... Anime catgrin + sweatdrop

Emerje
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website My Anime My Manga
chefneer



Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 1686
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:35 pm Reply with quote
Pretty cool. I would seriously consider buying one of these, if they were to ever become available. If a model should be developed that could operate on rough surfaces outdoors it would be truly awesome.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Otaku_X



Joined: 25 Nov 2008
Posts: 298
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:41 pm Reply with quote
So someone FINALLY invented a robot that rampages!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Marcus Carr



Joined: 11 Mar 2010
Posts: 40
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:45 pm Reply with quote
Why? Just why? Laughing
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Zump



Joined: 30 Oct 2010
Posts: 131
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:53 pm Reply with quote
Did anyone else think of the Protoss Reavers when they saw this robot? Smile
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Mohawk52



Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 8202
Location: England, UK
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:05 pm Reply with quote
Looks like a mechanical wood lice.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Ingraman



Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Posts: 1084
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:11 pm Reply with quote
Zump wrote:
Did anyone else think of the Protoss Reavers when they saw this robot? :)

I didn't! Hmm. /me googles "Protoss Reaver". Ah... I don't think that I've ever played any flavor of that game, but I have known what an Ohmu (or "Ohm", as I believe that it's officially subtitled here in R1-land) was since I first saw the movie in 1991 or 1992.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Sydney2K



Joined: 01 Mar 2004
Posts: 219
Location: Australia
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:33 pm Reply with quote
What has science done????

Widya Santoso
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger ICQ Number
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group