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Posted by Steve on August 22, 2006, 2:07 pm
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Howdy Folks,
Saw this commercial last night:
http://markuswalter.com/movies/landrover.mov
And was wondering about the robot used in it.
Anyone know anything about it? Curious if it actually exists, or was just
a prop for the commercial.
Steve
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Posted by Gordon McComb on August 22, 2006, 3:10 pm
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Steve wrote:
>
> Howdy Folks,
>
> Saw this commercial last night:
> http://markuswalter.com/movies/landrover.mov
>
> And was wondering about the robot used in it.
>
> Anyone know anything about it? Curious if it actually exists, or was just
> a prop for the commercial.
Dunno, but it looks cool. It might just be a prop, as some parts of it
look like standard white PVC pipe, and you can get white PVC sheets in
many thicknesses.
Maybe fire off an e-mail to the "liquid_images" outfit in Santa Monica
that put the commercial together. Their site it at liquidimages.tv. They
may direct you to the ad agency, Young & Rubicam.
-- Gordon
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Posted by Curt Welch on August 22, 2006, 3:44 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Howdy Folks,
>
> Saw this commercial last night:
> http://markuswalter.com/movies/landrover.mov
>
> And was wondering about the robot used in it.
>
> Anyone know anything about it? Curious if it actually exists, or was
> just a prop for the commercial.
>
> Steve
Looks like nothing but a prop to me. They show the dad picking it up to
put it in the car and by the way he's moving it looks like the thing is
very light - too light to have the needed motors and batteries to make
something that size move on it's own. In addition, I don't see any hardware
on it that looks real - it looks like nothing but plastic tubing instead of
real wires etc.
I doubt they would have built a real robot for .3 seconds of time in a
commercial where the thing didn't even move.
If it's a real robot they bought off the shelf, I suspect someone here will
recognize it. It's not something I've ever seen before.
--
Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/
curt@kcwc.com http://NewsReader.Com/
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Posted by pogo on August 22, 2006, 11:26 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Howdy Folks,
>
> Saw this commercial last night:
> http://markuswalter.com/movies/landrover.mov
>
> And was wondering about the robot used in it.
>
> Anyone know anything about it? Curious if it actually exists, or was just
> a prop for the commercial.
Looks like a prop to me too. I agree with Curt --- looks too lightweight ... but
ya never really know!
My bet is that this post is a ploy to get the markuswalter.com website onto this
newsgroup.
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Posted by Gordon McComb on August 23, 2006, 1:16 am
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> Looks like a prop to me too. I agree with Curt --- looks too lightweight ...
but ya never really know!
> My bet is that this post is a ploy to get the markuswalter.com website onto
this newsgroup.
Prop schmop, it looks cool! Inspiration, people!!
Yes, it likely IS a prop, seeing that it has no drive motors connected
to any of the three rollers of the treads. We're not going to let that
stop us, are we?
-- Gordon
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> Howdy Folks,
>
> Saw this commercial last night:
> http://markuswalter.com/movies/landrover.mov
>
> And was wondering about the robot used in it.
>
> Anyone know anything about it? Curious if it actually exists, or was just
> a prop for the commercial.