When this appeared in my inbox this morning I nearly fell off my chair from the waves of awesomeness it radiates. Designed by Sebastian Russ of Germany, the Prototype Design of a 1:4 scale robot with human proportions is just freaking awesome. The idea behind the design was to create a 1:4 scale robot that sits inside a car interior.
In Sebastians words “The seperate rapid prototyped body parts are designed to save material. The plan was to keep the productions costs as low as possible. The bodyparts are connected through a mixture of wires and rubber sleeves. The 1:4 scale model has 100% human proportions. I designed the robot and modelled it in Autodesk Alias. Then I exported the body parts as .stl files so you can print it on the Objet 3D Printer. After that I painted the parts in white and assembled the robot. The robot is flexible so you can put him in any position you want.”
If one of these is ever available to the public I would be first in line to snap it up.
