The Bacarobo competition pits six fearsome robots against one another that meet a few basic requirements: They must be mechanical, funny, and completely useless to society.
This 10-minute video from their 2008 championships is admittedly a bit long, but there are some real gem moments to see, highlighted in this makeshift table of contents. The opening is pure Iron Chef absurdity, and I enjoyed the bolded stuff the most:
0:30 – Hat Detects Nervousness
1:48 – YKRN Face Detecting Bot and Winner of Bacarobo
3:30 – Perverted Joke Robots (in Japanese)
4:08 – The Thinking Robot
6:20 – Dancing Robots
7:48 – “Lazy Robots”
9:40 – Winner Crowned
Because we all know that 10 minutes of internet video is like watching a Lawrence of Arabia/Gettysburg double feature. [via Trends in Japan]
