Attack of the Killer Tomato

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Attack of the Killer Tomato
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This fantastic automaton created by Keith Newstead shows a gardener watering a large killer tomato and just barely getting snapped up the plant’s jaws. Keith built this colorful and charming machine as a donations box for Occombe Farm in Devon, UK. Be sure to watch to the end of the video above and you’ll get a nice view of its inner workings. [via The Automata / Automaton Blog]

6 thoughts on “Attack of the Killer Tomato

  1. Jason Tardy (of AudioBody) says:

    Beautiful!

  2. vic says:

    Hehe, no microcontroller, no sensor, no servomotor; just cams, rods and springs. Very nice!

  3. 괴물 토마토의 습격 | Make: Korea says:

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Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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