wahha go go laughing machine looks as creepy as it sounds

lambert v. — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:03:24 +0000

It’s a little after 2 am, and you’re heading home. It’s dark. You’re alone. Suddenly you catch the sound of gears turning, tightening some unknown part. The sound bounces off the walls around you, amplifying. You shake it off and walk a bit faster. You can still hear the gears tur – wtf? WTF was that sound? You run. It’s too late when you realize that you were heading towards the source of that sound, it’s too late, all you could think about was go fast, not where to, you turned a corner and then you find yourself face-to-face with this creature:

The creature’s mouth/face tilts back, it’s accordion lungs expand – there it is, the gears turning. You scream, but your voice is drowned by what you can only describe as an anime villain and/or pervert’s laugh.

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The machine is called wahha go go, and I don’t know what diabolical inclinations motivated Maywa Denki to create this. I’m just thankful that the sound in the video wasn’t loud or I’d have yelped like a little girl at a Jonas Brothers concert. Although I also half-expected Happosai to show up, with a sackful of bras on his back.

[via The Automata/Automaton Blog]

robot laughs its shiny plastic ass off

technabob — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:37:06 +0000

I’ve certainly seen my share of stupid robot tricks in my day, but this is the first time I’ve seen one have a hysterical laughing fit.

Sure, the $3,000 Speecys SPC-101C programmable robot can walk and dance around, but more importantly, it’ll laugh at your bad jokes if you train it properly.

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But you’d better dust off your best material if you want a reaction like the one in the video clip.

[Robots Dreams via Skirmisher]

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wahha go go laughing machine looks as creepy as it sounds

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