Farmer Builds Robot Army 106
46-year-old Wu Yulu has only a basic school education but has managed to build himself 26 robots from scrap materials over the past 30 years. At first his creations were simple and could barely shuffle along by themselves. The robots got more complex as time passed, and eventually he built ones capable of climbing walls, serving water, lighting cigarettes, playing musical instruments and writing calligraphy. "When I was 11, one day I was sitting on the doorstep, and while watching villagers passing by I suddenly came up with the idea of building a machine that walks like a man," he told the Beijing Times.
Greetings (Score:2, Funny)
lol (Score:5, Funny)
"Wu, who lives near Beijing, sees all the robots as his sons, "
and later on in the article
"Wu says he has to sell off some of his robot collection after plunging his family into debt "
Silly (Score:4, Funny)
Old joke (Score:5, Funny)
-Who is building the robots?
-Wu is.
-That's what I asked.
-Wu is building the robots.
-Yeah, who is building the robots?
Re:Greetings (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Greetings (Score:2, Funny)
If he considers them to be like sons ... (Score:5, Funny)
See, it's funny, because his robots go clang, and
Re:lol (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, if it's good enough for Joseph, it's good enough for Wu12.
Re:If he considers them to be like sons ... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh ho ho, that makes it sound as if we're groaning with you. I, for one, am sharpening my pitchfork.
Re:yikes! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Clearly you are not a robotics expert! (Score:3, Funny)
Racist Roboticist (Score:3, Funny)
If an American farmer made a robot slave dressed in clearly traditional Chinese farmer clothes to pull them on a rickshaw, they'd be denounced as a racist.
I therefore denounce this Chinese farmer as a racist for doing exactly that with a White American looking robot.
Re:you are a TOTAL moron. or a fool. or ignorant. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Clearly you are not a robotics expert! (Score:2, Funny)