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.
Re:lol (Score:3, Insightful)
Hats off (Score:5, Insightful)
Clearly you are not a robotics expert! (Score:3, Insightful)
Look at the picture. His Rickshaw-bot is mechanical and he has a steering wheel.
It's not a complex task he has solved there. Stability is already present (2 wheels at the back, two legs at the front),
Sensors? Closed-loop feedback?
Lol. more like a few electric motors and some gears.
Re:Clearly you are not a robotics expert! (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Old news is good news (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Hats off (Score:3, Insightful)
Just because he's a farmer doesn't mean he's an idiot. Some farmers are quite good at fixing machinery/farm equipment. Plus, it's not like he's a farmer in the middle of nowhere. He can and probably did ask someone for help. Most hobbyists will ask for help if they get stuck somewhere. That being said, I don't mean to take anything away from his achievements. This is clearly a guy who should be given some kind of technical job.
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Re:Woo woo (Score:5, Insightful)
This is amongst the greatest things that I have seen till now.
Unbelievable - woo no 25 and the water carrying robots - are really unbelievable.
I am really sad for his wasted talent - an amazing talent born at the wrong place and time.
Is it possible for us to help him out someway?
P.S : This shouldnt be posted in idle.
Re:Clearly you are not a robotics expert! (Score:3, Insightful)
No, this guy's robot collection is damn cool, sorry if I gave the impression I wasn't impressed!
What I wasn't impressed by was the lack of insight of the post I replied to. He's not some sort of robotics Professor, he's a guy that's built some ace robots out of scrap.
I love these sorts of crackpots, but let's not pretend he's done any cutting edge engineering here, 'kay?
Not Robots (Score:4, Insightful)
Edumacation (Score:3, Insightful)
Imagine what this guy could have done if he had a decent education.
Re:Clearly you are not a robotics expert! (Score:5, Insightful)
He has an important characteristic of a great inventor though. He sees an invention shaped hole in the universe, and cannot resist the compulsion to twist metal into a shape that will fill it.
In other circumstances, he'd be an engineer or an artist. He is an artist. I won't be surprised if collectors and museums don't end up spending big bucks for a genuine "Wu".
Re:lol (Score:4, Insightful)
One would think that a large company would hire this man to build robots even if those robots are only for advertising purposes. The fellow has talent and deserves to make a decent living and the world of robotics just might learn a few things from him as well.
No, something IS going on but you have no idea (Score:3, Insightful)
but clearly, you dont have either, and dont understand shit about them when you see them.
Re:Edumacation (Score:2, Insightful)
There is a possibility that it would have stifled his creativity and desire. They would have told him that he's using the "wrong" technique and the "wrong" tools and materials.