I've been commissioned by a new brewery in town to build a posable robot for their TV commercials, and I believe it will also be hanging out in the bar and possibly going to beer festivals and what-not. So the two designers working on the ads/website/interior/overall look of the place and I collaborated and decided on a classic style humanoid robot, but with a scrap-built look, and the head has to look like their logo. I can't reveal too much right now, but I'll leave you with a few images.
http://www.tinmanbrewing.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tinmanbrewing
looks like the iron giant
which is why this thread has so much win
Nice! 
This needs to be in the build thread section with lots of pictures. 
Well that's cool as hell. It is going to have a kegger in it's belly?
Toyman01 wrote:
Nice!
This needs to be in the build thread section with lots of pictures.
I've been sworn to secrecy, but as soon as it's unveiled the build pics will be unleashed!
In reply to 16vCorey:
OK, we'll let you slide...for now.
Love it! I love the style the Iron Giant was drawn in. That looks awesome so far.
Will it dispense a Hefeweizen at some point? If so, build me one too.
Good luck on that project....and uhmmm.....Can I get a 6 of the porter?
The beer names and labels are pretty cool. I'd buy them on looks alone.
RossD
UltraDork
8/29/12 10:33 a.m.
"I will cut you up, Conan!"
I want giant beer dispensing robot 
mndsm
PowerDork
8/29/12 10:35 a.m.
You won me over with the title of the thread.
You probably don't want it to look like the Iron Giant (my first thought when I saw it) or Robot Chicken's Humping Robot:
I'd change up both the jaw and the eyes. Maybe make the mouth a slit in the cylindrical head similar to the logo complete with smirk (I know it's a lotta work), and put black light bulbs in the eyes, that will also look more like the logo and make the robot look more human/friendly.
A Bender robot would be pretty similar to their logo, plus he's already holding a beer.
WHY CHEESOID EXIST?
cAN'T WAIT err.. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Another idea: A ring around the jaw area (cut out around the mouth), again this will make it look more like the logo and less like the Iron Giant, Humping Robot and Bender.
Oh also I hope you were planning to make his torso out of a keg.
Robot, you say? You can't go wrong styling it after a true classic.
stuart in mn wrote:
A Bender robot would be pretty similar to their logo, plus he's already holding a beer.
Google 'copyright infringement'. 
I suspect Corey is not asking for advice, but sharing the results of his cool project. The people paying the bills get to choose what it looks like
Keith Tanner wrote:
I suspect Corey is not asking for advice, but sharing the results of his cool project. The people paying the bills get to choose what it looks like
We'll make sure that Mr. O gets to work on that little societal aberration in his second term. Sounds pretty elitist to me.
16vCorey wrote:
Hmmm. Beer, lotion, and building a robot...
Keith Tanner wrote:
I suspect Corey is not asking for advice, but sharing the results of his cool project. The people paying the bills get to choose what it looks like
Exactly. I helped with the design, but they ultimately have the final say.
Whatever you do - it must say "I wouldn't do that if I were you, Dave" when you try to turn it off. Or in the case of the Real Doll above, when you try to make a deposit.
