Who says Transformers cannot exist? This news proves otherwise – an amateur robot enthusiast Ron Tajima recently took apart a can of beer, added some motors, an embedded system and some batteries to come up with his very own beer can Decepticon called CanBot.At first glance it might look like a strange looking beer can, but with one press of a button on the Wii controller will cast all disbelief aside.
The CanBot transforms from an ordinary looking beer can into a 3-legged robot that can walk around albeit pretty slowly, on flat surfaces. When on its sides, the robot can even kick into a roll, moving about much faster than if it was to walk. However it doesn’t seem capable of standing up on its own again.
Ron Tajima says there’s a lot more work to be done but from the video demonstration of what he has so far – it’s pretty impressive. Do check the video out.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hag6Zgj78o[/youtube]
