The beer brewing Bender replica

As I have mentioned before, I am a huge fan of the TV show Futurama (I loved the movie, btw) and so I could not pass posting about Simon Jansen's project to build a life-size replica of Bender. And this is not any version of Bender but rather the beer brewing one. In one of Futurama's episodes titled “The root of all evil,” the Planet Express crew brews beer in Bender's belly. Simon designed, built and brewed beer in a life-sized replica of the cartoon robot. He started the project in late June 2007, and he recently brewed his first batch of beer. The replica is not an autonomous device although it apparently has a computer brain and it can utter a few sentences. Regardless, this is a very cool project and a job well done. Simon has documented the construction of his Bender replica step by step and you can read it all here.

The photo of the Bender beer brewing replica robot is copyright Simon Jansen.