The Bugjuggler - proposal for a giant human-controlled automaton that juggles VW Beetles, live, for real, in real time :-O
Not surprisingly, it's just a concept right now, but one which would appear to have required a herculean amount of cocaine to conceive of and not immediately dismiss as completely raving bonkers.
https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4677001/loop_optimized_bluebg2.gif
Mark Tillotson is gonna have some catching up to do if this thing comes to fruition!
Maybe stating the obvious, but this will never work with those hands and with such irregular shaped projectiles. Nice animation though.
Little Paul - - Parent #
I have my doubts about the balance/stability of something that talk with a base that small catching things which weigh about a ton each
...& the robot is to be controlled by a person inside it? Juggling is going to be a real challenge for the operator when the arm is going to move a noticeable fraction of a second later than the instruction.
I really hope they can get it to work!
Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
> I really hope they can get it to work!
I really hope they have a limitless supply of old Beetles, and who the hell cares if you actually catch the buggers?!