robot beggars – that’s all we need now.

May 31st, 2008 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

Now I’m sympathetic to those who have fallen on hard times, many of us still find people who beg for money to be irritating. So why someone would go through the trouble of building a robot that begs for spare change is anyone’s guess.

Bettelbot by Alexander Gurko

Alexander Gurko’s “Bettelbot” (that’s “BeggingBot” in English) has just one mission in mind – to get your money. The old PC plays music on using some old floppy and hard drive mechanisms, then opens its CD tray to beg for your spare change. If you don’t pay, he won’t play – it’s as simple as that. Check out the video below to see Bettelbot in action:

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With the veritable cacophony of noises that Bettelbot produces with his motors, gears and disc platters, I might just as soon pay him to shut his trap.

[via Aram Bartholl via MAKE and Flickr]

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  1. Piotrek says:

    with these instruments he could play Money for nothing intro;)

  2. BGOD says:

    Im pretty sure this invention thingo is pretty awsum. it takes new age technology to the old age habits of the people of this world. at one time or another we have all had to borrow money,, this robot just takes it to the next level lol =P

  3. aaheroe says:

    haha !

    lol !

    very interesting robot ! using a cpu for a beggar robot! very good idea !

  4. juan- argentina says:

    Can say something about software? whats is runing on it ?
    DOS? Linux?

    simply amazing

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