Robot Colonies on Mars

Get your travel agent on the horn NOW!

Burning Safari

Here's a short by Gobelins Animation School in France. Yes, STUDENTS!!
Awesome design and animation in this short:

Burning Safari

You can see their other shorts here:

Gobelins Shorts

Cockroach Controlled Robot

Soon they'll be wanting iPods and wireless internet routers!! What is this world coming to!

Transforming Goodness

Oldie but goodie!

Check the Skillz Yo!

MTV Asia: Code Hunters

Blinkink's Ben Hibon turns out this gorgeous sci-fi/western anime hybrid short for MTV Asia.

Robot Papercraft!!

Some cool robot papercraft can be found here!

Echstlectir.com

Just download the PDF file to your computer. Print and BAM! Instant coolness! (assembly required)

It might be cool if you printed these on tin and then made them.

N E M O M A T I C !

AWESOME SITE ALERT!
Check out the site of sculptor extrordanaire Nemo Gould!!! Sweet use of recycled metal, lights and motion. He's going to have a show in the Bay Area from June 8th to mid July. I will post the gallery when I get more info.

Robot Chair?

Useful for...what?

Danger Will Robinson!

For only $24,500.00 US you can own a B-9 robot from "Lost in Space!"

Materials
- Acrylic bubble based on the existing original.
- Laser cut steel brain with polished stainless steel top cover and crown.
- CNC machined light rod ends brain cup and neck bracket.
- Accurate acrylic collar & vents, hand formed based on the original jigs used.
- Fiberglass torso based on the original stone molds.
- Welded steel torso hooks.
- Laser cut aluminum bezel with engraved acrylic chest buttons.
- Machined & clear anodized aluminum microphone with stainless steel screen.
- Actual Dialight sockets and Lens (not reproductions!)
- Hundreds of individual parts fabricated from Fiberglass, acrylic, aluminum, steel, etc.
- All metal tread sections, knee plates and hinges.
- Real rubber tread belts, knee bellows, leg bellows, arms & neck bellows.
- 32 machined aluminum wheels with v-groove.

Accuracy / Season
- 3rd season version (paint & finish as seen in the final season).
- B9Creations was granted access to all remaining original materials. Needed items are on loan here for further study/duplication. All our parts are retooled based on this original material.
- B9Creations is leaving no stone unturned to produce the best possible replica of the Robot character, not the prop. In accordance with this focus, we will not replicate "prop" details that were never meant to be part of the Robot character nor meant to be seen by the viewers. (For example, we will not replicate dents, scratches, excessive texture, suit latches, etc.)

Audio features
- Internal 240 watt stereo sound system.
- Torso knob functions as Robot volume control.
- Over 500 voice tracks by Richard Tufeld, the voice of the original Robot. These are stored on an internal Compact Flash memory card to allow easy updates and customization.
- An external stereo input jack allows the user to override the built in voice library and use the Robot as a normal stereo system, juke box, etc.

Animation
- Animated Crown
- Animated Finger Lights
- Animated Ear Sensors
- Animated Torso Rotation
- Animated "functional" Soil Sampler

Control
- A 5 button key chain remote control allow you to discretely activate the Robot. Functions include turning the Robot's torso left/right, directing the Robot's voice to respond "Affirmative/Negative", activating the Robot's soil sampling sequence.
- The 10 chest buttons are functional and activate various phrases. These phrases can be customized by Richard Tufeld at an additional cost.
- Master power switch on the back of right tread section, next to power cord plug and external audio input jack.
- The "Programming bay" toggle switches will be used for Robot Activation, Audio Source Selection and animation enable/disable.
- Functional Power Pack - Pulling the Robot's "Power Pack" will shut down the Robot with the "Aaghhhhhh..." sound, just as it did in the TV series. Plugging in the power pack activates the Robot and he will speak an appropriate phrase, "Who turned out the lights?", etc.
- Torso knob functions as the Robot's sound system volume control.

Articulation (user positionable)
- Torso is motorized and rotates via Remote Control
- Radar (head section) rotates
- Arms extend / retract
- Claws, rotate open and close in sync

Oops! Sorry! All 200 of the current robot stock has already been reserved. Check back here for availability:

Lost in Space Robot

Puttin' the Smack down: Robot Style

Mechanical Manta

More robo goodness for the masses! Ya had to ask for more didn't ya.

More Mechanical Madness for Mark

My pal Mark asked for more robots. Okay, here ya go!

KR1-B0T

So work has slowed a tad so I can continue posting new stuff. Here's one to get the oil flowing again.

Layered X: Transforming Robot

This robot can transform from crawling spider mode to walking humanoid mode and more! What do you expect from a country that invented Origami? When can I order mine?

Putting a Face on Robots!

Spooky! Now what if you pissed off the robot. Whould it get mad at you and pick up a knife? I smell Westworld on the horizon!

Not The End of the World...

Since I won't be adding anything new, enjoy this little ditty from the folks over at Partizan Labs.

Not The End of the World

WTF?

So my friend RoboTeKwon-Z left this on my desk a couple of weeks back. Yeah I know. Where's the goods? Here's the deal: Work has been nuts cause we're working towards a screening in a couple of weeks. This puts alot of the burden on Story and Editorial. Meaning lots of OT and meetings; Meaning no time for robots; Meaning no blogstrip. I'll resume the strip when we slow down. Just hold on to your nuts and bolts and I will be back.

A Few Sketches

These are various robot sketches culled from old sketchbooks. As you can see there are many different styles represented here. I think that when I pick up a certain drawing instrument, it dictates what style of drawing I do. Pens make me stiffen up, pencils (the softer the better) loosen me up, water colors always make me go to the bathroom...

027: Ellis Alone

So I decided to title each strip from now on (borrowing from the wonderful Chippy and Loopus strip by RoboTaeKwon-Z). I think it sets the mood and brings you up to speed. Good? No good? Cheesy?

026:Painful Goodbye

Cheesy dialog I know. What's a brutha to do when you have so little space??? Also, it looks like the commander has been impaled by beef jerky!! hahaha!