Jun 13 2009Robot Hunts For Outlets, Steals Electricity
PR2 is a robot that can hunt down power outlets to recharge its own battery. Why it even exists is beyond me. Thankfully, I just jammed forks into all my electric outlets, so if he tries stealing my power, he's in for a real shock (!).
This particular run had our PR2 alpha robot navigate through eight doors, and plug its power cord into nine outlets. In this video, you can see the various challenges our robot faced, such as a crowded office environment and the abrupt appearance of a human obstacle. We nearly sabotaged the run early on. Folks around the office were eager to track the progress of the robot, so many people ran their own monitoring programs on the PR2. This caused an increase in CPU load, starving the navigation software. Nonetheless, the robot was able to continue with the run, albeit more slowly and cautiously.
Okay, so I've formulated a plan. I'm going to lure this bastard out in the open with a power strip, and then, right before he inserts his genitalia, I'M GONNA CHOP IT OFF WITH A LASER BEAM! Cut off from his power supply, PR2 will slowly die while neighborhood children throw rocks at it him I swing his severed junk around like a lasso.
Milestone 2 Reached! Now You Can Watch It [willowgarage]
Thanks to Jeremy, who once broke a child's toy robot and made the boy cry. Trust me, Jeremy, he'll thank you later.
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Reader Comments
1. gizmoduck - June 13, 2009 1:13 PM
FIRST
GET OVER HERE
2. JOWE - June 13, 2009 1:14 PM
SECOND@!!!!
3. Tennist0 - June 13, 2009 1:19 PM
this is disguisting...why would I want to watch robo porn?
4. DH - June 13, 2009 1:25 PM
Robot - 1
Girl's power outlet - 0
5. turtle that likes shoes - June 13, 2009 1:44 PM
hey i gotta admit as a turtle that likes shoes i understande how this robot wants every outlet in the building. I WANT TO LIVE IN A SHOE STORE!!!!
6. Christophe - June 13, 2009 1:46 PM
We are doomed.
All of us.
7. Anikia - June 13, 2009 1:48 PM
Love the plan GW, the poor thing could never resist a beautiful power board, laying all open and ready there on the floor :P
ps. where did you get a laser beam from?!
8. 3.14chan - June 13, 2009 2:03 PM
You will need more than a laser bean and children to beat that
9. mild - June 13, 2009 2:20 PM
damn this video is tedious to watch... the lack of audio for most of it makes me despise the robot menace even more
10. Daisy - June 13, 2009 2:21 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was in the jungle with 2 governors and Apollo creed, trying to rescue a guy who was captured by some sort of hispanics without baseball skills. He said, Billy, I told my girlfriend I could go for a little pussy, and she said so can I, mine's as big as a house.
11. Captain - June 13, 2009 3:06 PM
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12. Matt - June 13, 2009 3:12 PM
@GW and 6
What about socket covers?
13. squeehunter - June 13, 2009 3:51 PM
GREAT! Now they know how to rape us too!
14. GLADIATOR - June 13, 2009 3:59 PM
It will be interesting to see what kind of robot will be developed in 20 years.
the rate at which technology is advancing is amazing
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15. asianinvasion - June 13, 2009 4:30 PM
@8
whats a laser bean do?
16. naas - June 13, 2009 7:31 PM
You should be afraid, yes. If it steals electricity now, think of what it will steal later - your virginity
17. Jeremy - June 13, 2009 8:00 PM
@15
Those are the beans of the future.
18. nadalo日本にいます。(also in Japan) - June 13, 2009 8:51 PM
@15 Laser Beans are delicious PewPew than are served with Laser Tacos
19. huh? - June 13, 2009 10:04 PM
@15 laser beans allow you to shoot lasers out ur arse if a robot tries to plug into ur socket
20. JJtoob - June 13, 2009 11:24 PM
That was NSFW where I work because my boss is a robot. And there was a lot of copulation in that video.
21. Alex - June 14, 2009 12:21 AM
hahah ....looks fake when shadow's are all wrong ...ajajajajaj
22. Breakup Makeup - June 14, 2009 12:32 AM
BAD ASS...
23. Mike Freeman - June 14, 2009 12:42 AM
Quite possibly the most boring video ever made. I mean, if you have to speed a video up and it's still boring, you're doing something wrong.
24. rofl master - June 14, 2009 1:32 AM
rofl @ title
25. Kyle - June 14, 2009 1:35 AM
Great! I thought if the robot apocalypse came, we could just wait for them do lose power and die, but now they can recharge themselves. There goes the human race!!!
26. foiled - June 14, 2009 1:52 AM
#6 got it. Socket covers. Screw those bastards. I'll bet they can't get socket covers off the damn outlets. It'll be great. Just as you might find a skeleton clutching a can of peanut butter in 1000 years because they starved to death not being able to get the lid off, you might find a robot up against a wall outlet because they couldn't get the socket cover off.
Both, equally stupid in theory. Should've just broken the jar. Should've just unplugged any appliance.
Toaster!
27. Chorky - June 14, 2009 8:50 AM
Congratulations, you've built a virtual heroin addict.
28. Dave - June 14, 2009 12:31 PM
lol pretty cool
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29. Captain - June 14, 2009 2:09 PM
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30. Darth - June 15, 2009 3:21 PM
Awesome! A robot with human features! Trying to maintain itself!
31. Gando - June 15, 2009 3:22 PM
This robot is addicted to electricity!
32. ProteinMonster - June 16, 2009 1:43 PM
This reminds me of the battery mimic on FFXII
33. camshaft - June 17, 2009 10:27 AM
robots can open doors on their own now eh? and run up our electric bills huh? what next robolovers? a lockpicking robot that runs on baby blood? Brilliant.
34. forex robot - November 18, 2009 4:07 AM
Interesting post on a robot