Aug 15 2007Knife Game Robot
Having grown up watching Aliens, I've been playing the knife game (or 5 finger fillet) since I was old enough to smear crap on walls (although I wasn't very good). Well now 5VOLTCORE has built a robot called the knife.hand.chop.bot that plays the game for you, you just supply the hand. The robot looks less than impressive, and goes pretty damn slow. I mean, with my finely tuned masturbatory skills I can pretty much do this at the speed of light.
A video of the robot playing about as fast as my grandmother after the jump. And then one of a kid who knows what's up.
Knife Game Robot [Make]
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Reader Comments
1. fishfuse - August 15, 2007 1:43 PM
the 2nd vid looks like the kid just did it slow then sped it up on the video
2. Phil - August 15, 2007 1:55 PM
Should we really be arming the robots and teaching them to stab at us?
You can play Shockwave version here: http://tinyurl.com/1fxo
3. SuperStoned420 - August 15, 2007 2:09 PM
Congratulations. Now build me a robot that can play russian roulette.
4. Manuel Gonzales - August 15, 2007 2:17 PM
There's no point in building a robot that can't do things faster than people.
5. frunken - August 15, 2007 3:07 PM
what about to make us feel better?
6. blip blip - August 15, 2007 4:10 PM
wtf? what would be the point in creating this abomination? Hundreds of man hours went into this so that a machine can do something that is completely pointless. It's programmed not to screw up and slice off a finger am I correct? So the point of the game is to turn on a machine and lay your hand out flat. Am I corect? of course I'm correct I'm the god dam master of the universe.
7. T G Geko - August 15, 2007 4:33 PM
Wow, that was scaring the sht out of me.
8. Twinkle - August 15, 2007 8:55 PM
creepy. i don't care if it was designed never to screw up. i think there's still a probability greater than zero that this thing will. and even if that probability equals epsilon, i still wouldn't risk my fingers for such a stupid game.
9. Things Fall Apart - August 16, 2007 2:33 PM
Maybe they can design a machine that holds a video camera steady. I would envisage it as having 3 legs for stability with adjustable head angle and height.
10. guate6 - August 16, 2007 2:52 PM
This looks like the early stages of a great premise for a single or series of gory slasher movies...where the slashers are machines!
Seriously though. It's neat to be able to build a machine, but I'd personally opt for something practical and useful. This machine is neither.
11. Mikey B - August 16, 2007 7:45 PM
this just looks like the low budget prequel version of Terminator: the early days.
12. KDS - August 17, 2007 7:55 PM
Uuuuh. Okaaaay. So, someone remind me: what's the point of this? Aren't there already a bazillion assembly lines with machines moving a lot faster and with a lot more precision? Like in this super-great video by The Postal Service: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hMOkfI7wCrI
13. Superfan - August 18, 2007 7:34 AM
I played that 5 five finger shockwave version, its really easy, just at the start chop out the 3 middle fingers then u have a massive space to hit.
I am the daddy at that game apparently
14. CAMPBELL - October 12, 2007 10:31 AM
ok, i just found this link from my you 'tube video' of 'five finger fillet.
If you want proof, check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuWXXASlJEo - much better video.