Little wooden lasercut robot

I went on about these Japanese robot gladiators a while back. They’ve come a long way I think… I mean not even Daleks can stand up again once they’ve fallen over.

Anyway – here’s a wooden variant.

(from botropolis.com)

I quite like the idea of this for some reason – I quite like the idea of robots having the same aesthetic values and attention to detail as antique furniture – a Louis XV Reprap for example.

An American Civil War era R2D2

r2d21

(from dornob.com)