I’m a sucker for cute robots. I wish I had owned a Hootbot in 1985. He’s got a little Wall-E thing going on.
In a time when new robot abilities were part of their allure, I enjoy Hootbot’s utter uselessness. Watch him in “action:”
That’s some damn fine twitching and blinking! Oh Hootbot, I love you.
Now that I’ve found The Old Robots site, I may have to incorporate some kind of regular robot feature.
SheWalksSoftly 
3 responses to “Hootbot”
hehe, that made me giggle
Hootbot is definitely the distant cousin of WALL-e.
Ah yes, don’t you miss the simplistic nature of electronics in the ’80s. I wonder if the Altair 8800 (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Popular_Electronics_Cover_Jan_1975.jpg) ever dreamed he’d have a cute face like Hootbot’s?
Hootbot is definitely the distant cousin of WALL-e.
Ah yes, don’t you miss the simplistic nature of electronics in the ’80s. I wonder if the Altair 8800 ever dreamed he’d have a cute face like Hootbot’s? ( http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Popular_Electronics_Cover_Jan_1975.jpg )