The piano was surprisingly durable
May 18, 2019 11:30 AM   Subscribe

The merry maniacs at Megabots Inc. surprise Queen of Shitty Robots Simone Giertz with a GIANT version of her chopping machine. Mayhem ensues.
posted by merriment (14 comments total) 12 users marked this as a favorite
 
Fantastic. Simone is awesome and so deserved this.
posted by dobbs at 11:52 AM on May 18, 2019 [3 favorites]


Boston Dynamics could give that thing legs.

She sounds so delighted! I love it.
posted by Countess Elena at 11:56 AM on May 18, 2019 [2 favorites]


Oh sure, it’s all fun and games until the giant robot with massive knives for arms achieves sentience.
posted by darkstar at 12:10 PM on May 18, 2019 [1 favorite]


I suspect Ms. Giertz would be OK with that scenario....
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:14 PM on May 18, 2019 [1 favorite]


This is the future I was promised
posted by Going To Maine at 12:18 PM on May 18, 2019 [3 favorites]


Unexpected item in chopping area.
posted by peeedro at 12:20 PM on May 18, 2019 [17 favorites]


Survival Research Labs was 20, no 30 years too early.
posted by loquacious at 12:30 PM on May 18, 2019 [4 favorites]


Unexpected item in chopping area.
Not for long . . .

With all the health problems Simone has had lately, it's great to see her looking so chipper.
posted by Bee'sWing at 2:05 PM on May 18, 2019 [6 favorites]


+1 on the SRL thing and the post-health crisis thing. Her twitter feed is nice, and so is this post.
posted by drowsy at 7:00 PM on May 18, 2019


It's a great project, and a great story, but I think it occurred in January 2017, before Simon Giertz' brain surgery.
posted by Popular Ethics at 8:39 PM on May 18, 2019 [3 favorites]


There's a lot of fiddly bits between the key and the felt hammer
posted by thelonius at 1:08 PM on May 19, 2019


I may be going out on a limb here, but I think we may have found the solution to Brexit.
posted by Hogshead at 1:17 PM on May 19, 2019 [1 favorite]


>There's a lot of fiddly bits between the key and the felt hammer

Absolutely.
posted by yuwtze at 9:19 PM on May 19, 2019 [1 favorite]


Boston Dynamics could give that thing legs.

One of the MegaBots co-founders came from Boston Dynamics. I think it would only have been a matter of time...
posted by olinerd at 10:29 AM on May 20, 2019


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