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A Robot that Can Juggle Better Than a Circus Clown? See for Yourself

In an effort to showcase how motors can be utilized to achieve precise tasks, Czech Technical University’s Department of Control Engineering created a robot that juggles. Yes, that’s right — juggles. Sure, the machine lacks any true practical use when considering task completion, but it is certainly entertaining to watch.

Below, a clip from The Sun shows the mechanical wonder juggling three billiard balls:

And here, from a different angle, you can watch the brut manage five billiards:

Useless — yet pretty cool, right? Now that we know just how good robots are at handling “precision tasks,” let’s start getting them to clean our homes, take out our trash and handle other frustratingly-menial tasks. Thoughts on that?

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  • stereojoe
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:17pm

    Oh my God! This stuff is scary. It still amazes me we can build robots to out perform people. This has the makings of a post-Republic American written all over it! The Matrix has you!

    Soon enough, Japanese men will find a way to put skin on these robots and, eventually, have sex with them.

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  • Carl McPherson
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:15pm

    Call back Battlebots! Why did it ever go away? I LOVED that show.
    Like most amazing programs, they go away far too fast. The loser shows stay on for decades.

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  • Blazeanswerman
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:33am

    Boring!
    It does what every machine in the world does… What it’s designed to do. I work at a CD/DVD company. The machines we use do what they are designed to do. Mathematics and Physics have accomplished a lot, if this is history in the making then it’s just boring!

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  • In a Bunker
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 9:55am

    So for every household robot, we send one illegal back to Mexico. Just think, we‘d save billions because it wouldn’t need medicaid, free healthcare, free schooling and there would be less illegal voting!

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    • USAFRetired
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 3:36pm

      Are you absolutely sure about that! bet they are covered under ObamaCare.

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  • GENEPAGLIARI
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 9:54am

    Can anyone give me a clue as to why my network administrator might see fit to block these videos?

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  • kh82cugo
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 9:35am

    Not to bad. I am petty amazed

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  • Browncoat359
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 9:34am

    But can it juggle geese? Didn’t think so.

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  • Countrygirl1362
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 8:03am

    Wonder how much of USA tax dollars went to help fund this?

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 7:18am

    But can it molest children better than a circus clown?

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  • jedi.kep
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 7:06am

    I few years from now, my son could have built this. LOL.

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  • Tusker
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:31am

    meh, I’d rather see the clown.

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:04am

    Does this mean that it‘s going to try and break the Guinness’s World Record for juggling?

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  • jim
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:57am

    On to Ringling Bros.

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  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:24am

    have you noticed that these incredible inventions come from other countrys??thats because they dont teach in this country…they indoctrinate………………..

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  • mossbrain
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:19am

    One thing they’ll never teach a robot to do is take a crap 6 feet long, tapered on both ends, with a variety of different sized blobs stuck together with multicolored hues and a sheen on the surface almost like it has a skin.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:24am

      you really need to use moochelle’s food plate your crap shouldnt look like that, and a pinch followed by a courtesy flush would go a long way . actually i think that last curtesy flush took your brain with it

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    • gbo
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 7:10am

      Guess again. How do you think sausage is made?

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  • sbenard
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:52am

    Someone please shut the power off! I was incredibly bored after the first few seconds!

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  • OurFoundingFather
    Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:13am

    *Yawn* time to hit the hay – Good night folk!

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  • davenetdog
    Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:50pm

    Hmmm, now if we can just get it to handle fuel rods.

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  • GaGirl35
    Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:50pm

    new assembly line worker the government has to replace americans with? reminds me of something I would expect to see come out of china. God bless everyone.

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  • Mikhail Kennedy
    Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:45pm

    Can it do cat juggling?

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  • ReddirtOkie
    Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:36pm

    Kind of reminds me of some of the drivers I’ve seen on the road.

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  • riseandshine
    Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:28pm

    The clowns do it much better

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  • OlefromMN
    Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:28pm

    I expected to see Jay Carney.

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:26pm

    Juggling hell!!! put in charge of the budget there is some serious juggling there!

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    • GENEPAGLIARI
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 9:53am

      There’s already clowns doing that juggling…wouldn’t have to pay these as much, though.

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    • Michael G
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:42pm

      and they won’t take the summer off

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  • Quagaar Warrior
    Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:25pm

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I miss working for BATTLEBOTS!!!
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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:14am

      This robot is monopolizing the act of juggling, impeding competition by being extremely efficient at it.

      Let’s redistribute its skills among the less fortunate.

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    • 1stAmendment
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:23am

      @ A DOCTORS LABOR IS NOT MY RIGHT
      How true, well said!

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    • theonefromabove
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:31am

      Pretty neat.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • GaGirl35
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:04am

      prototypes have to be built first…..I already commented on what I thought it was.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:17am

      I’d rather do stuff myself……

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    • brickmoon
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:45am

      Yes, any health care plan that does not provide for the equal distribution of juggling robots to those incapable of juggling, will literally be a death trap for senior jugglers. It says so in the constitution.

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    • MR_ANDERSON
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:06am

      I miss watching battlebots!

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 6:37am

      The Clown’s Union is going to be extremely pissed about this!

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 6:41am

      Yea, I don‘t think it’s such a big deal. Obviously it’s all a mechanical thing once the math of the velocity, force and arch of the ball is determined there isn’t anything more to it. Put it on a unicycle and have it wear a big red nose and floppy shoes and then maybe I’ll pay to go see it.

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    • GODSAMERICA
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 8:17am

      “let’s start getting them to clean our homes, take out our trash and handle other frustratingly-menial tasks. Thoughts on that?”
      That’s all we would need. With that suggestion, now we‘re going to start having all these illegal alien robots crossing the borders and we will wind up being stuck with 20 million illegal alien robots running around our country hiding out in people’s houses to avoid being caught and deported back to where they came from. I bet that they would do the work cheaper, better and faster than us too so the demoncrats will fight to keep them in the country so the wacko left can get them to vote for them in the elections. LOL

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    • Sparkyspool
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:39am

      I agree with Gold Coins, you hit it on the nose

      Gold Coins says
      Yea, I don‘t think it’s such a big deal. Obviously it’s all a mechanical thing once the math of the velocity, force and arch of the ball is determined there isn’t anything more to it. Put it on a unicycle and have it wear a big red nose and floppy shoes and then maybe I’ll pay to go see it.

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    • Trance
      Posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:49pm

      Now that we know just how good robots are at handling “precision tasks,” let’s start getting them to clean our homes, take out our trash and handle other frustratingly-menial tasks. Thoughts on that?
      ———————–

      Then there would be no use for Mexicans to illegally enter the country except to vote for Democrats…

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