I was fine with the messing around with the Wiimote in order to make light saber sounds when you swing it around; nerds like Star Wars. I'm also okay with making it control a Roomba; nerds are messy, too. But creating a Wiimote-controlled, sword-wielding robot is where I draw the line. The folks over at USMechatronics decided it would be a good idea to ... well, I'll let them explain it:
We took an industrial robot, strapped a tennis racket and a sword to it, and put it under the control of a WiiMote.
Oh goody. After I accidentally caught an episode of Battlebotson Comedy Central, I was not laughing -- I was scared out of my mind, and it had nothing to do with the fact that Carmen Electra was hosting a combat-robot competition show.
After having playedWario Ware Smooth Moves and realizing that "Hey, the Wii remote doesn't really respond like it's supposed to all of the time," I'm a bit skeptical about the idea of a sword-wielding, Wiimote-controlled robot.
They gave it the same type of thing as in Red Steel's swordplay. There are only a couple different moves it does. Oh, I wish the Wiimote were as capable as Nintendo had led us to believe when they first revealed it. Then robots could easily take over the world.
If battlebots is still on the air. someone needs to make one that is entirely controlled by the wii-mote! they should also shape it into a giant samus head, or captain falcons sweet sweet ride, and get funding from the big N.
I hate to say this, but when I saw this video I immediately thought that something like this will be showing up on an episode of CSI Miami or some crap.
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12:24 AM on 01.26.2007
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Battlebots is still on tv?