A robot 20 meters able to juggle cars, a crazy project? And yet ...

What was a dream of engineers has become a fad for Dan Granett, former NASA employee. Its purpose? Create a giant robot that can juggle cars!

Imagine the following scene: in the middle of the square, a high robot over 20 meters quietly juggles with three cars, Volkswagen beetles more precisely. The show is awesome, but it does not stop there. Because the iron giant is actually controlled by a human wearing a small system that allows the robot to reproduce its movements. Thus, this man likes to juggle balls while his robotic avatar entertains with cars. The scene appears from a book of science fiction and / or seems totally crazy. But a former NASA engineer believes, and this is precisely the project he wants to achieve.

Seeking Investor

This man is Granett Dan and his project is called "  BugJuggler ". According to the man, this robot would be technically feasible. However, it lacks the funds, $ 2.3 million to be precise. Granett therefore actively looking for investors to turn this dream into reality engineering. It has everything: he trains with a troupe of clowns to be able to juggle when he control his robot (if it happens one day, obviously). At the moment, Granett sees his ambitions down and seeks to collect $ 30,000 in order to manufacture his robot on a human scale, and thus convince other investors about the viability of his idea. It expects to assemble the machine in 60 days, 8 to 12 months for the giant version.

 BugJuggler1 A robot 20 meters able to juggle cars, a crazy project?  And yet ...

Utility?

One can reasonably ask the question: if the project is successful, what would be the point? In itself, not much, but it could still advance research especially in terms of equipment to link the movements of a robot to those of a human. Aside from that, the project is just awesome and it will be difficult to find a real purpose, if not a few exhibitions - which is a bit limited for $ 2.3 million. But even though the idea may seem absurd at first - and perhaps it is - it is embarking on projects priori unattainable that we managed to achieve wonders. So, why not?