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04/19/2006

The Robotic Chair

How about a chair (remote controlled) that can put itself back together? That's right, the D'Andrea Group has created a nifty robotic chair that can break apart -- for easy transportation -- and reconstruct itself within two minutes. Video clip after the jump. [via MAKE]

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There are 42 comments about this post (2 pages).

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Posted at 04/19/2006 3:04pm by Lyn
Another one of those things that just belongs in the "why...?" category..
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Posted at 04/19/2006 3:23pm by Tavbiy
ok im scared
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Posted at 04/19/2006 3:32pm by kev
why would you want a chair that falls appart, on purpose, than puts itself back togeather, i think its a waste of time
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Posted at 04/19/2006 4:00pm by Cephas
its nice but it doesnt show you the acual process of how it finds each of the legs and back rest. i think that, that process is more important then showing the legs getting sqrewed into the chair.
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Posted at 04/19/2006 4:54pm by jc
... Whatpossible use does this have?
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Posted at 04/19/2006 6:17pm by Bubba Gump
That thing looks about as comfortable as the ones I say in during the 4th grade.. and how often does one transport an uncomfortable chair around?
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Posted at 04/19/2006 6:54pm by Ryan
i want a chair like that so i can trick people :> and make em falllll
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Posted at 04/19/2006 10:58pm by Dave
I think this company would have been better off to make something along of the lines of a self-building robot for the military or something... good idea (sell-assemble) stupid idea (its a chair)
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Posted at 04/19/2006 11:50pm by kolcu
"stupid idea (its a chair)" Ehehe... It's good :)
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Posted at 04/20/2006 00:24am by musictimes
All I can say is... why? why?
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Posted at 04/20/2006 01:11am by Ben
all you people who are saying it wasn't worth it, I disagree!! Its very worth while indever. This goes a long way to developing other self asembly products. You have to learn to crawl before you can walk remember. getting a self building robot to work right now is like stuffing your mouth full and as hard as a brick, You will never actually get to eat it! Take a small bite and you will enjoy it!
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Posted at 04/20/2006 01:28am by loppydisk
rofl
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Posted at 04/20/2006 03:04am by Roffs
It seems to me as if the video jumps on the close-up when one of the leggs gets screwed onto the chair. As if it didnt manage to do it on its own, and someone pause the recording and fixed it.
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Posted at 04/20/2006 04:46am by kevin
This has no real world produictivity. All it really does is promote people to be more and more lazy.
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Posted at 04/21/2006 02:21am by scott
Its REMOTE CONTROLLED! I cant see whats special about this, it's just a stupid RC Chair
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Posted at 04/21/2006 07:59am by yodec
i think all your people are pretty much 'down-to-earth' minded. It's a really funny and poetic realisation for a technology advance. like someone said, 'you have to crawl before you can walk', and beside, i even like the esthetic of that chair. like art, things are not always usefull, but the reaction they generate on people make us learn a lot about our society. Well done, and to finish, what would happen with four chairs and a table getting disembled at the same time ?
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Posted at 04/21/2006 12:35pm by TJ Willy
Pointless. Waste of time, money, and chair parts. They should put those creative minds to solving real problems.
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Posted at 04/21/2006 6:08pm by Anthony
Until the day when designers can come up with a car that can remove its four tires independently, also without any reason or problem solving application, this kind of breakthrough won't be appreciated. LOL What a complete waste of time, energy, and resources. I had a good laugh though. For your next challenge What would it take to design something that shouldn't come apart in the first place....hmmm...like a chair? LOL
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Posted at 04/22/2006 2:10pm by tvoung
relax people its just an art project! we all do things that have no point at times.
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Posted at 04/22/2006 10:09pm by Mike
AWESOME! Great Creativity.
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Posted at 04/23/2006 05:21am by anonymous
Doesn't look very comfortable to sit on, and I'll bet it weighs like 40 pounds. Not too portable, I'll say.
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Posted at 04/24/2006 12:30pm by Jason
It's remote controlled and therefore not a robot. Robots by definition are autonomous, able to function without human interaction. This is an amusing machine, nothing more.
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Posted at 05/31/2006 1:10pm by nick
I think some of you are really missing the point here. It's not about the fact that its a chair, it's about being able to reconstruct itself, and developing the idea from there, pretty clever really!
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Posted at 05/31/2006 1:10pm by nick
I think some of you are really missing the point here. It's not about the fact that its a chair, it's about being able to reconstruct itself, and developing the idea from there, pretty clever really!
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