Awesome Robots

Put those dramamine pills away: above is the official, non-shaky cam trailer for Transformers 2. It expands on the teaser, with more robots, more boom, and more holy awesome.

Theo Janssen’s kinetic robots continue to influence actual products; this Walker by VEX Electronics looks like an SG1 Replicator with its sea of legs and single gripping claw.

America’s economy may be tanking, but South Korea is going ahead with Robotland, a $559 million theme park scheduled to be open in 2012; check out the giant, 50 story Taekwon V!

Proposed by artist Michael Marcovici, UNITX is an urban tunnel system that would automate package transport; it’d be driven by logibots that could deliver up to 4 boxes at 50 km/h.

Two promos in one at the Chicago Auto Show for GM with their Corvette Stingray concept, which will serve as Sideswipe in Transformers 2; too bad it won’t ever see production.

Though unconfirmed, the pics above are possibly the first concrete shots of The Fallen and Devastator from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; both are surprisingly badass.

Conner over at Botropolis has put together a sugar-laden collection of awesome robot cakes; included are several WALL-E’s, Daleks, Optimus Primes along with some extreme fails.

Somebody get artist Mike Rivamonte a movie studio right now; his retro-styled robots each manage to have a personality all their own, perfect for the next animated short film.

This R2D2 Projector is on the Light Side of The Force, with 1500 lumens, up to 260″ pics at 1024×768; a 20W speaker, CD/DVD player and Millenium Falcon remote. Thanks, Joe!

Yeah, it’s a pretty short video, and yeah, it’s about the game (not the movie), but this Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen teaser scores major points for being narrated by the voice of Prime.

We woulda killed to have one of these Edge Robotic Arms as a kid; when assembled this solder-less DIY kit results in a five-axis arm with an LED-lit gripper that can lift up to 100g.

If Vader was Luke’s father, R2Steam2 is R2D2’s old man; this steampunk’d version of a Hasbro toy is fitted with two steam engines, a Cheddar boiler, brass accents and pressure gauges.

Joe Mackenzie’s HAL Project website is a shrine to everyone’s favorite neurotic AI and includes a creepy HAL 9000 simulator–just be sure to turn on Lux Aeterna while you’re browsing.

We have a feeling Arnold would look positively puny next to his gigantic, chaingun-wielding T-600 predecessor, teased above from the upcoming Terminator: Salvation video game.

Armed with a Logitech Webcam and solenoid fingers, this Unbeatable Pong Robot is actually pretty creepy; let’s hope its skill set doesn’t expand to, say, enslaving humanity.

America is hurting in the goodwill department, so this Back With A Vengeance tee probably isn’t the right message to send; still, ain’t no one gonna mess with a robot Abe Lincoln.

Cedric Ragot’s Spykee VOX robot will be in production soon; this dangerous looking ‘bot responds to voice commands, can be controlled via the internet and features an iPod dock.

Reminiscent of Ashley Woods’ Bramble Bots, this Kid-Robot t-shirt by Studio8Worx is DBH’s latest Perfect Tee; it’s an interesting blend of line art, half-tone and steampunk style.

A long time ago, in a bar far, far away, R2D2 spent his retirement years peddling beer to intergalactic coeds; warning: Artoo’s Premium Beer may turn you over to the dark side.

It’s like every little boy’s dream: pilot a giant robot through a city and smash everything; Walkie Tonky is a quick and dirty freeware physics-based action game with retro-styled graphics.

Ignoring their obvious phallic properties, these Chubu Mechatrobots by Kazushi Kobayashi are from an alternate reality 1950s; they’re on display at the Tokyo Cultuart shop.

Terminator: Salvation isn’t even out yet, but this T-600 bust from the upcoming movie is already available for preorder; measuring 6″ x 5″ x 5″, we dig the creepy base made out of skulls.

Bastard vs. Bots is an awesome series of short, animated episodes pitting cowboys, skaters and even Vikings against robots; they’re promo pieces for heavy metal band Black Tide.