Beatbots = Epic Cool?

[The Big Zabowski]

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~marekm/projects/beatbots/

I have to say, after seeing this thread on /m/ and then going to the site, I was instantly hooked and SOO wanted one..I still do ;_;

Sucky thing though, is that it is apparently too advanced to mass produce and therefore expensive. But that didn't stop those college kids from doing a few experiments with it..

Epic Win for the ages?

[Wedge14]

*Wedge14 imagines having one of these guys sitting on his drum kit or his half stack. Has a pleasure overload and dies*


*Someone eventually casts life3 though.*

So are you saying i can't get one of these guys?? Because thats the worse news i've ever heard since, "You'll never be able to enjoy canned ham ever again"

[The Big Zabowski]

According to the students that did the tests, they had to borrow the creator's copy for the experiments..(I think). Either way, they say it's too expensive to mass produce and also too advanced to attempt such a feat.

Therefore it's going to be a while before those things become the next Tickle-me Elmo at Christmas. And undoubtedly, it would..especially for us Mecha-heads.

EDIT: Upon further examination of some related articles linked from the site, it appears that the Keepon might be as advanced as the afore mentioned Tickle Elmo doll, but with a more advanced motion sensing and recognition software system. This may be why some believe that it could get pricey to mass produce it, though it's not as far off as I originally thought.

Cute little bugger though.

[Wedge14]

I'd take a simplified one, without all the fancy pants cameras and just the dancing powers. I'm not really interested in the whole mecha aspect, just a cute lil guy who'll dance to my jams!!

It reminds me of those novelty dancing beer cans everyone's crazy uncle owns.

[The Big Zabowski]

Then get a dancing beer can..

IIRC, the recognition software for external beats could be the reason for the microphone nose on Keepon in the first place. Therefore you'd kind of NEED the fancy pants stuff for it to work.

[Wedge14]

Then get a dancing beer can..

I'd try to drink from it one night


Regardless!! I'm gonna do some research find the manufacture and beg for one!! And if that doesn't work!! I'll just y'know drop it and move on in life.

[Random Zaku Pilot]

wtf is that lmao idk why i find it funny but i do man i want it its better then my palm tree dancing thing

[ZZ Gundam]

Wow that's pretty cool. I expect that in a few years, the technology will be there to mass produce them. They may be pricey for a while, but in 10 years or less, they'll be in every home, well at least many homes.

[Ascension]

Ehhh, I think the dancing gets a wee bit monotonous after a while... it needs more degrees of movement...

Call me back when they create a green model which spouts Haro quotes at random intervals...

[Zeta Gelgoog]

I thought it was pretty lame.

[solid snake]

That looks pretty neat.