Industrial robots do Star Wars better than Lucas

At the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Shanghai, industrial robot company Yasakawa equipped a couple of its manufacturing machines with lightsabers and choreographed a violent ballet for them to perform. The resulting battle is more exhilarating than the duel at the end of Phantom Menace and the performances are less lifeless than those in Attack of the Clones . Best of all — Lucas can’t add 30 minutes of new CGI scenes and re-release the video below in 3D . Continue reading Industrial robots do Star Wars better than Lucas Industrial robots do Star Wars better than Lucas originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 May 2011 16:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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