Little Dewey (Drone:1) from the Silent Running movie

I have been a Roboticist for many years and I am also a SciFi nerd! One of my favorite SciFi films is the 1972 movie Silent Running starring Bruce Dern. The movies robots were awesome so I had to build one!

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DAB over 4 years ago +2

I always look at the technology they use in SciFi movies. You can get some great effects with some really cheesy props as long as you put them in the proper context. DAB
gdstew over 4 years ago in reply to DAB +2

What do you mean cheesy props? I thought the alien from Dark Star was perfect. Probably came from a planet with lots of beaches. I really liked Silent Running too. Haven't seen it in ages but I do think…
gam3t3ch over 4 years ago +1

Awesome! I love the movie as well....great job!

gam3t3ch over 4 years ago

Awesome! I love the movie as well....great job!
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DAB over 4 years ago

I always look at the technology they use in SciFi movies.

You can get some great effects with some really cheesy props as long as you put them in the proper context.

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gdstew over 4 years ago in reply to DAB

What do you mean cheesy props? I thought the alien from Dark Star was perfect. Probably came from a planet with lots of beaches.

I really liked Silent Running too. Haven't seen it in ages but I do think about it every once in a while when deforestation pops up in the news.
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wolfgangfriedrich over 4 years ago in reply to gdstew

I hate to stay in the storage room.
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toymaker over 4 years ago

Here is little Dewey's home in my design studio.
The old "Lost in Space" like computer display is controlled via a PIC micro - the starfield window are just flickering LEDs and the vertical display is sensitive to sound and frequency
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