Attack of the Killer Tomato

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June 24th, 2012 6

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”

Jason Tardy (of AudioBody) says:

June 24th, 2012 at 7:35 am

Beautiful!
vic says:

June 24th, 2012 at 11:18 pm

Hehe, no microcontroller, no sensor, no servomotor; just cams, rods and springs. Very nice!
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Attack of the Killer Tomato

By Matt Richardson