Engineering News Blog

Engineering News

Latest news of interest to engineers. Sourced from GlobalSpec's Engineering News

Previous in Blog: There's No Law Against Flying a Super-Double-Secret, Gyroscoptic UFO   Next in Blog: Power From Space? Pentagon Likes The Idea
Close
Close
Close
4 comments
Rate Comments: Nested

Car-Crushing, Fire-Breathing Robot For Sale

Posted October 15, 2007 7:53 AM

From CNET News.com:

The annual Barett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. is usually a place where car collectors and enthusiasts gather to admire scores of vintage Jaguars, Mercedes, Cadillacs, and other fine specimens of automobiles made in years past. And while those types of cars will still be there when the event rolls around again in January, there will be one rather disturbing lot that's bound to steal the show: A 40-foot-high, 31-ton mechanical dinosaur which throws 20-foot flames from its nostrils. The Robosaurus, created by Monster Robots, Inc. of Southern California, will be sold at no reserve during the event, which takes place Jan. 12-20, 2008. The machine, which is controlled by a pilot who sits in a cockpit inside the dinosaur's head, comes complete with stainless steel teeth that can rip into and twist metal with 20,000 pounds of crushing force.

Read the whole article

Reply

Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.
Friend of CR4

Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1776
Good Answers: 35
#1

Re: Car-Crushing, Fire-Breathing Robot For Sale

10/15/2007 1:39 PM

The robosaurus website is pretty cool (if you like that kind of thing ). And if you want to kick the tires a bit before you bid. It's good of them to offer training on how to operate the vehicle and free touch-up paint. Somehow I think you'll need it...

__________________
Off to take on other challenges. Good luck everybody! See you around the Interwebs.
Reply
Guru

Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: New Jersey U.S.A.
Posts: 1114
Good Answers: 38
#2

Re: Car-Crushing, Fire-Breathing Robot For Sale

10/15/2007 3:15 PM

I could really use something like this for commuting to and from work. Probably wouldn't even need a horn to get people out of the way. Might need a bigger garage though.

__________________
The last fight was my fault. My wife asked "What's on the TV?" I said "Dust!"
Reply
Guru
Canada - Member - Our strength is our diversity

Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 1024
Good Answers: 40
#3

Re: Car-Crushing, Fire-Breathing Robot For Sale

10/15/2007 3:50 PM

Why havent made a few Mech warriors with for the military?

__________________
Perfection is a subjective and abstract concept.
Reply
Guru
Engineering Fields - Environmental Engineering - New Member APIX Pilot Plant Design Project - Member - New Member

Join Date: May 2007
Location: Anywhere Emperor Palpatine assigns me
Posts: 2774
Good Answers: 101
#4

Re: Car-Crushing, Fire-Breathing Robot For Sale

10/15/2007 11:53 PM

Cool. So when are they coming out with the Mecha-Godzilla model?

__________________
If only you knew the power of the Dark Side of the Force
Reply
Reply to Blog Entry 4 comments
Copy to Clipboard

Users who posted comments:

charsley99 (1); Chris Leonard (1); DVader1000 (1); techno (1)

Previous in Blog: There's No Law Against Flying a Super-Double-Secret, Gyroscoptic UFO   Next in Blog: Power From Space? Pentagon Likes The Idea
You might be interested in: Electron Microscopes, Microscope Stages

Advertisement