Check out these handcrafted sculptures by Pennsylvania artist Toby Atticus Fraley, assembled from vintage found objects. Some of the robot personalities include rock star, an amputee robot, even Slim Pickens riding a nuke in Dr. Strangelove.

They aren’t just small works either, they’re sizable ranging in height from about 28″ tall to 58″ tall and they light up. He has a unique style that refreshing to see in Robot sculptural art, probably due to his heavy use of coolers and vacuum parts. He’s even been making some cool remotes to turn the lights on from afar. I might consider Toby for some architectural projects I have in mind for rebuilding the slums of Botropolis. Damn good stuff!

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This robot is an energy whore. He just hangs around a light source to get charged and then wanders around to find another light source for energy. Dude, don’t bogart the power. His name is Anomalie and he’s basically a four-legged zombie who bumps into things on his quest.

Anomalie’s two servos keep the aluminum bot on its feet, though. He’s not completely dumb. He won’t stick to a single direction. He’ll move backwards, forward, left, right and side-to-side. The creator invested 20 hours and $40 in it’s creation.

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Since you’re a mix of the hairiest nationalities and you decided to shave off all your body hair for hydrodynamic drag reduction and one of your three huskies is getting chemo and your wife is balding, it’s time to consider the new Roomba. Three new models have been added to iRobot’s Roomba line; the 610 Professional Series, and the 532 and 562 Pet Series Robots.
The Professional Series is aimed at…professionals. It can go into “Max Mode” to clean very large rooms. The 610 is intended for big office spaces or high traffic areas. It has an extra large bin as well as an interchangeable extra bin.
The Pet Series bots have larger bins and special accessories to pick up more fur and dander than the previous models. Counter-rotating brushes let the Pet Series robots get deep down into your grimy, hairy carpet. The 532 can clean up to three rooms on one charge. The 562 has extra brushes, a longer charge, and can be programmed with a cleaning schedule; it is unquestionably a hair eating machine (not unlike that demonic Cabbage Patch doll from 1996).
The 532 and 562 cost $350 and $450 respectively. The 610 Professional is $600, and all three are available now from iRobot.

[iRobot] VIA [Gizmodo]