You no doubt remember WALL-E, the love-stricken robot from the successful Pixar movie that bears his name.
Now, some four years after the film hit theaters, WALL-E has come to life, no thanks to the efforts of California robotics enthusiast Mike Senna, who some of you may remember for building a life-sized, working R2-D2 from the Star Wars saga.
Blastr reports that Senna decided to work on WALL-E after he begun taking R2-D2 to events for City of Hope, a pediatric cancer charity, and saw the reactions of the kids to the robot. He says that he then wanted to create something with a little “more emotion”.
The California resident estimates that it took him between 3,200 and 3,800 hours to complete the project from scratch working an average of 25 hours a week for more than two years. Did we mention that he paid everything from his own pocket and that he has a regular job?
Senna says that his reward comes from the look on kids’ faces when they see the remote-controlled robot come to life.
For more photos of WALL-E, check out Senna’s blog here.
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