A startup called #Satyress #Robotics (🤔) has built a disaster response/ search and rescue #robot that's a 2 meter tall #centaur

[samir@mastodon.functional.computer]

@benroyce I would be absolutely terrified if the statue I saw on a hike yesterday had a fucking chainsaw.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@salixsericea

he's been at it for two years. no investors

that's one long con then

he articulates plausible reasons for the design choices (even the horns: he doesn't want it going indoors, he wants it to get stuck in doors)

"satyress" does sound like satire but it's a real word: it's a woman satyr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyress

[edgeofeurope@mastodon.social]

@benroyce Those horns are entirely impractical though. They'll get stuck in the plant life.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@samir

take that totem home

it's a charmed object: it successfully wards off mechanical centaurs

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@darkpixel

we're VERY far from cute with this centaur!

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@edgeofeurope

apparently it's a conscious design decision to prevent it from going indoors

but yes: not exactly a well-thought out design decision

[spanghero@ioc.exchange]

@VWDasher @benroyce I’ve seen the film. It doesn’t end well for the humans.
As a bonus to the tech bros, I’m never sleeping again in case that thing turns up in my town.

[lobster@ieji.de]

@benroyce

LOL
Do they come in pink? How much do they pay to be used?
Not a real startup surely?
Never seen such useless nonsense if real...
Difficult to tell these days...

Fun to read their page though. Many thanks.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@lobster

read the news link in the followup post

he has no investors and has been at it in obscurity for 2 years

some quirk is manufactured but i tend to believe this is really just one sincerely earnest odd dude

[kanamauna@sauropods.win]

@benroyce

Everything has its limits.I am fully prepared to sacrifice an old-growth forest to contain and melt that demonic device.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@KanaMauna

[samanthajanesmith@lgbtqia.space]

@benroyce Somebody's wet dream...

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@SamanthaJaneSmith yeah i would say it's just a work obsession but it has overtones of another kind of obsession

[mo@mastodon.ml]

@benroyce «help with rescue & search after disasters» is a well-known euphemism for «we just built this robot to be cool as fuck»

https://xkcd.com/2128/

[beastfellow@mastodon.social]

@benroyce let me bring pop corns.

[feral_3d@mastodon.social]

@benroyce

[thisislieven@c.im]

@benroyce But does it have a build-in light?

https://www.moooi.com/eu/product/moooi-horse-lamp-black-9839

[riggbeck@mastodon.social]

@benroyce

The basic centaur shape makes sense. Four legs for stability combined with an upright posture for visibility. It's the facial features that are creepy.

[samir@mastodon.functional.computer]

@benroyce I am fairly certain it’s designed to slice open anyone who touches it.

[chrisp@cyberplace.social]

@benroyce Oh deer!