Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Robotic Squid
It’s being built in a Japanese town:
…on July 18, a group of Hakodate residents made an official announcement regarding plans to create a giant robotic squid for the city.
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…cutting-edge technology…will allow the robot to be controlled remotely via the Internet.
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…the entire body of squid robot will be covered in lights that blink as the robot moves. In addition, the robot will be equipped with a set of wireless receivers and will have its own homepage featuring a set of controls that allow remote users to move the robot’s tentacles and eyes.
The developers plan for the robot to stand 5 meters (16 feet) in height. After an initial 1.5-meter prototype is completed this November, work will begin on the larger final version, which the group aims to unveil in a parade at the Hakodate Port Festival in the summer of 2007.
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The total cost of the robot is expected to be somewhere in the 30 million yen range (US$250,000).
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Steve Adams • August 4, 2006 4:46 PM
Dang! Imagine controlling a botnet made up of these things. Now that’s a movie plot.