With my last derby post detail-free, I neglected to mention that Chucky’s Choreography did the half- time show. That’s them in the picture above. The Houston-based dance group threw down! Damn, kids, nice show. Especially considering they had to win over the derby crowd a little.
Dancing robots are great! For Christmas please!
I was fully ready to be disappointed in the clicking the “Used Robots in Georgia” link. But http://www.used-robots.com/ is exactly what it says, a distributor of used industrial robots. I like the before and after pictures of said robots, restored to their former shiny glory. Remind me of a scene in the movie “Dave” where the main character plays with some might big industrial bots.
Even better are musical robots. There’s the Crazy J, a guitar playing machine created by the crazy kids at Georgia Tech’s mechatronics class. More G-Tech fun is to be had at Innovations @ Georgia Tech :: Robotic Percussionist. Videos from the school’s Haile robotic drummer project are pretty amazing, as well.
But what I really want is a total package of mechanical musicians and performers. Because my wife says she’s not my monkey, so I got to find someone to do silly dances for me. Say…
Happy…
Oh, hell yes! Looking like a post-Easter peep left in the sun, this dancing blob of joy is a thing of beauty. Since I don’t dance, I want this one to do it for me.
Sad…
Oh, Comcast and HealthCare of Atlanta, your spellcheck has failed you.
Being married to an english prof. means that when I hear a sigh of disappointment often a proofreader has not done their job. She has pointed out so many public misspellings on businesses, ads, etc. This televised mistake is a particularly bad example.
Misspellings and typos are also the reason she won’t read my blog, once the corrections start when would they stop? I try to be good, but I can’t blame her for not taking on the task of correcting the whole blog.
Maybe the dancing blob will make her happier.
Neon Poisoning 