Loading ...We’ve done features about the most terrifying animals in the world, and features detailing the many ways that robots seek to kill us. We were getting a terror gangbang from both ends – natural and artificial – but just when you thought all the holes were filled, a new contender steps in and violates you in ways you didn’t even know were possible. That new contender: Robot Animals!
Can I… can I say gangbang on the internet?
Mechanical Tiger
This is Sheva, a walking mechanical tiger built by Kezanti, a Belgian artist.
What it’s used for:
Like most of these robots, it’s an art project. However, unlike most of these robots, Kezanti is at least awesome enough to ride it around town, albeit very, very slowly. Although, honestly, what’s the hurry? You already have a robot tiger mount; you ain’t got shit else that needs doing.
What I Would Use It For:
Confusing the fuck out of real tigers. If we have to live in irrational fear of Terminators, I don’t see why tigers get a free pass.
Giant Twin Robot Spiders
This is one of a pair of giant robot spiders built by a French group called La Machine, for display at Expo Y150, a celebration in Yokohama on the 150th anniversary of the port.
What it’s used for:
The Expo Y150 festival was a showcase of both technology and art. And, seeing as how it was in Japan, these concepts were expressed with a giant horrifying robot.,The expo also serves as a kind of “terror reservoir” for anybody afraid of:
A. Spiders
B. Robots
C. Giants or
D. All of the above.
Ensuring that, over the next 150 years, no child will go untraumatized with such a vast pool of fear having been collected.
What I Would Use It For:
Exactly – and I mean EXACTLY – the same thing. I would run it into an unsuspecting town and use it to terrorize the population. The only difference between La Machine’s approach and mine, is that I would be perched atop a nearby water tower cackling maniacally and wearing a top hat while shouting spider-based puns at the victims.
40 Foot Tall Mechanical Elephant
This is the Sultan’s Elephant, the flagship exhibit of a show by the same name. It’s put on by the Royal De Luxe Theatre Company, and is mostly based on the more innocuous and endearing Arabic folklore – as opposed to the non-endearing folklore where women get raped by whirlwinds and such. That would not make for nearly as nice a parade.
What it’s used for:
It’s the centerpiece to a gigantic spectacle that tours the world and ignites the imaginations of children. Or it’s just compensating for the penis of whoever’s driving it. Because let’s face it, if we assume the guy in the black Hummer has size issues, the guy in the 40 foot tall robot elephant must be anatomically irrelevant.
What I would use it for:
Fucking killing Legolas. LET’S SEE YOU BRING IT DOWN NOW THAT IT IS ALSO A ROBOT, YOU HANDSOME, BASTARD ELF-WOMAN .
Robo-Snake
This is “snake,” a robot built by SINTEF.
What it’s used for:
It’s actually a rescue robot, designed to slip between the rubble to reach earthquake survivors, which it will then locate and relay footage of to rescuers. Sure, it might save a great deal of survivors from collapsed buildings, but it will kill just as many victims with heart conditions who, even assuming they survive the stress of the earthquake and subsequent trapping, will immediately stroke out and die when a fucking robot snake comes slithering out from the darkness, shining its one malevolent eye and twisting its creepy transparent carapace about their legs.
What I would use if for:
Probably to scare girls, like a fifth grader. A fifth grader with a robot arsenal at his disposal.
Animatronic Dinosaurs
These are but a few of the animatronic dinosaurs featured at the London Natural History Museum.
What it’s used for:
A spectacle for the kids who, while possibly bored to tears looking at rocks and bones, would probably instantly reconsider a potential career in archaeology after one short field trip to visit the Dino-Bots.
What I would use it for:
Transport. Nobody’s going to give you a ticket if you accidentally leave your solid-steel T-Rex double-parked.
Fire Horse
This is the Fire Horse: A mechanical, fire-breathing horse built by Paka.
What it’s used for:
It was an exhibition featured in Burning Man which, for those of you unaware, is like Mad Max with hippies.
What I would Use it for:
Making horse racing interesting again. Throw a tiny man on top of that thing, then show me it pounding into the final stretch while shooting fire at its competitors, and you can just have my money – straight up. Everybody’s already a winner in that scenario.
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