Will This ‘OCCU(PI)’ Robot Replace People Protesters?
- Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:30pm by
Liz Klimas
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OCCU(PI) Bot protests tirelessly. (Photo: Randy Sarafan)
Robots are better than people as protesters in almost every sense of the word. They don’t get tired. They don’t get too cold. They don’t have to eat. Pepper spray most likely will not debilitate them. And they can be programmed to say whatever you want.
Check out this OCCU(PI) Bot to see what future protesters could look like:
Created by Randy Sarafan, this OCCU(PI) Bot — or Emiglio as it is named — was “the first in a promising line of tireless, unstoppable, robotic class warriors“. Sarafan goes on to describe his inspiration for OCCU(PI) Bot:
Learning from the lessons of the 1%, I set forth to outsource our occupy-related labor to a robotic workforce. Robots obviously have many advantages over their human counterparts. For instance, robots never get tired, they don’t get cold, they don’t sleep, nor eat, don’t require tents, and when armed insurrection becomes necessary, robots are much more morally ambivalent. Additionally, we had a discussion with an unnamed member of the San Francisco police force and they confided in us that the police currently do not have any plan for dealing with robotic occupiers.
(Photo: Randy Sarafan)
If you’re interested in making an OCCU(PI) Bot for your own protesting purposes, here‘s what you’ll need according to Sarafan:
- A robot (My robot’s name is Emiglio. He is Italian.)
- A megaphone (or battery-powered amplifier)
- An 1/8″ male-to-male stereo cable
- Optional Arduino and Wave Shield (or a tape recorder and computer)
- M-type plug (also optional – see step 5)
- 9V battery clip (also optional – see step 5)
- 9V battery (also optional – see step 5)
- Soap dish (also optional – see step 5)
- 4′ x 3/4 PVC pipe
- Something for a sign board (I used acrylic, but cardboard would do)
- Something to write a slogan (I used acrylic paint, but a Sharpie would work)
- Some tape, nuts and bolts, and zip ties
- And whatnot
For step-by-step instructions on what to do with these parts, check out Sarafan’s how-to here.
[H/T io9]
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Comments (94)
momsense
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:27amI think that the robots and the occupiers are pretty much on the same moral level.
Report Post »Fla Del
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:00pmThis little guy looks evil. LOL
Report Post »Modawg734Blue
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 11:35pm@ MOM, yes but the robots are more intelligent. I bet a 45 cal. could stop this evil little droid.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:19amBut can it defecate on the sidewalk?
Report Post »AZBUFFETT
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:28amOr Police Cars?
Report Post »caveman74
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:50pmthere is an app for that
Report Post »Black Tiger
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:43pmyeah! It”s called iSuck…
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:10amFits the profile of the Occupiers. Like the iPhones, Macbooks, etc. that the Occupiers love so well, it’s high tech made by a wealthy corporation. It also does the job … that they don’t want to do.
Report Post »Wilbur D Pig
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:30amI could start to mass produce these and make millions! I mean, sure, anyone could make their own since the recipe is right there, but many would rather have the convenience of just picking one up on the way to the park/riot. The same applies to the Double wopper with cheese and look at how that works out for Buger King. Wow, American ingenuity and innovation does it again. Isn’t capitalism grand? Who could ever be against that?
Report Post »SomeRandomPerson
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:17amGuess I’ll have to post this again
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SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:20pmI‘d laugh if it wasn’t how I feel about my filthy hippie countrymen.
Wait, they hate this country, so they’re not MY countrymen…..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Report Post »MinnesotaMARINE
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:44amDo they take battery power? Do they have to be recharged? do they use coal to generate electricity? what about the battery’s after they run out of use? do you through them out? in a LAND FILL. How the hell will that work for the greenies? and the mercury, led, and plastics that will last for 1000′s of years?
Report Post »BACK to the drawing board with that one> oooooo yah and who makes em? A CAPITALIST?
MinnesotaMARINE
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:46amI for one would take a baseball bat to that particular protester.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:20amThey need to make a Liberal Obama robot voter that drinks Kool-Aid thru a crazy straw!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:38pmI love it–a coal-powered protester!
Report Post »Tired_of_The_Liberal_Spin
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:38amThis Robot likely has more intelligence than your average ‘Occupy’ protester; although, unfortunately as it is remote operated by a short cable the smelly “human” protester will still need to be there. BTW for this robot to be taken seriously, it needs to have a patchy poorly grown ‘bum fluff’ college beard and a smelly woolly hat.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:45amHe sites what you will need to build it, but forgets that one will need to be a capitalist with some ambition to complete it. OR that they must be a bonafide thief who can force someone to do the work for free.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:15amDon’t forget the variety of colors in the best of Chinese lead based paints.
Report Post »Bakko Bomma
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:31amThese articles become less significant and more inane daily.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:10amCrush,Kill, Destroy! Crush, Kill, Destroy!…….A quote from an android on an old episode from the T.V. series “Lost In Space.” (1960′s)
Report Post »ms.katherine
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:01amhey just out of curiosity…how much are the “99 Useless Idiots” paying for the bots?…
Report Post »ms.katherine
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:00amhey just out of curiosity…how much are the “99 Useless Idiots” paying for the bots?….
Report Post »Sunset1221
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:59amHe’s cute much better than humans.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:40amAnd he won’t pinch a loaf on a cop car!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:55amAfter Purchasing from an Evil Corporation at the Low Low Price of $699 this made in China robot can protest for you AND not smell near as bad. Just Replace with Evil Corporation made batteries on a regular bases! Grab Your Parent’s credit card and order today! “What Can I Do?I do not want to protest today.I just want to smoke weed and eat Cheetos while watching ‘Jersey Shore!’” No Problem ! Just get the Commiebot 2012 to do it for you! just dial 1-800-Che-Sucks..ORDER TODAY! Order now and get this FREE “Communism Only Killed 100 million People and All I got was this Lousy T-Shirt” shirt to impress your friends! Comes pre Washed so you never have to wash a shirt again!
Report Post »ms.katherine
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:06amCan‘t put it on the parent’s credit card…we just collapsed the banks….
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:29amI think I could hit a 60 yard field goal with it.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:42amThey build a protesting robot; I will make a robotic steam roller for the ‘flattening experences’ and then send in the robotic cleanup crews with tools for recycling. My business shall be known as “Robo Crushers, they protest no more.”
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:48amI don‘t know if I could get 60 but I’m pretty sure a 40 yarder would be golden! laughing my balls off!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:59amPretty dang funny!
Report Post »loubell
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:26amOOOH these are great. These you can step on and smash!
Report Post »geonj
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:20amsomeone call will smith.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:15amI cannot tell… this Robot… from the OWS Robots!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:12amOne is a Communist manufactured piece of brainless crap..The other is a robot.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:32amDo these robots mindlessly repeat what another robot says?
They don’t have the ability to form thier own independent thoughts?
They wont answer a direct question or enter into meaningful debate?
Someone else takes care of thier every need, and they give nothing back?
They seem to have no interest in personal hygiene?
Wow! They DID find a suitable replacement for the human Occupy protesters!!
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:28pmSmokey
I never used the lol thing in my life, but my friend, today I will….
LOL
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:09amI thought it was kind of cute till the foul language kicked in. I am so sick of it.
Report Post »freedomofspeech
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:09amanother example that this occupy protest is European, the robot is “Italian” not Italian-American not American but Italian. Even the robot has an angry hateful face. I like Spankdamonkey’s idea about clawhammers . Now to me homeland security should regulate this little protesters, because this could be a very dangerous national security issue.
Report Post »GrumpyCat
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:06amPoor C programmer, perhaps thats why he/she is unemployed and has time to protest.
occu(pi) = 1; won‘t work because you can’t assign a value to a function. If the doof was half as smart as he’d like you to think he was then he would have written something more creative such as wall_street = occu(pi);
Also one has to #include to load a definition of Pi, and then its M_PI and not pi.
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:49amWell, that‘s assuming he’s not using Java (which is based on C++), in which case #include isn’t recognized (just need “(Math.Pi)”)…nice to see other programmers on here! I’m actually a CS student right now (just left the Air Force last year), and I’m such a nerd that I noticed the same thing and was about to comment until you did! LOL!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:04amDon’t let it get too close. It’ll rape your ipad.
Report Post »ms.katherine
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:14amLaughing soooooo hard from your comment, I think I may have peed a little…o no…does that make me an “occupier”…just peeing anywhere?
Report Post »TEAPilot
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:24amLololol !!
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:53amHoly crap that was funny! Hahaha!
Report Post »caveman74
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:57pmbut dont worry it will handle it inernaly
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:47pmDoes anyone else wanna say, “DANGER WILL ROBINSON!”
Report Post »Av8tor056
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:42pmSend in the Cylons, they’re part of the 1%.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:37pm.
Report Post »Some flea bag would steal iProtest before his battery ran down………
CatB
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:39pmAnd how can it be OWS if it can’t poop and pee all over the place … including police cars?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:14amcatb
I am sure those functions can be added ‘for only a 30% markup’
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:54amAdd a defecating function, and it’d be called the iPoop! Ha!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:35pm.
Report Post »One good whack from a claw hammer, and you’ll have a pile of iCrap…..
thepatriotdave
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:38pmYeah, it’s gonna be fun smashing those things to bits! Better than smashing heads.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:51pmWow, another impotent, anonymous bluff from the Beck Army of Delusional Cowards. Don’t just do something, stand there!
Report Post »ms.katherine
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:08amooohhh….ooohhh….me first….me first!!!!!
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