High-speed robots frighten me

By Keith Shaw on Thu, 09/20/07 - 6:09pm.

You stay away from me, evil spider-like robot! I'm sure that the new Adept Quattro s650 robot (pictured) is going to be very useful for companies interested in high-speed packaging of food, medical and consumer goods, but looking at this robot gives me the creeps.

According to the company's press release, the "Adept Quattro is a new type of kinematic robot with a unique four arm design that was designed exclusively for high-speed pick-and-place applications."

That's all and good, but I'm reminded of the 1984 movie "Runaway," in which Gene Simmons (yes, from Kiss) created a bunch of spider-like robots that would inject you with paralyzing poison. Tom Selleck (yes, from Magnum, P.I.) plays the good guy who saves the world from stinging spider-bots.

More information is available at the Adept Web site. Info about the robot, not the movie.