This strip made the first page with the news report, “Creative agency RedPepper has created a robot that can assess a ‘Where’s Waldo’ image and find the stripe-aficionado in as little as 4.5 seconds, according to Gizmodo. The good news: Your toddler will never have a fit over those pesky books again. The bad news: The robot’s next goal is to steal your patented dance moves.”
waldo, noun (plural waldos or waldoes)
A remote manipulation system in which a slave device mimics the motions of a master device manipulated directly by the operator.
From the Robert A. Heinlein story Waldo, published in Astounding in 1940, derived from the name of the eponymous protagonist, Waldo F. Jones, who invented remote manipulators to overcome his own myasthenia gravis.
Aries1776 over 13 years ago
Why?
comicgos over 13 years ago
Looks like a tin can with an affliction to me!
Keith Messamer over 13 years ago
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.
Nyckname over 5 years ago
This strip made the first page with the news report, “Creative agency RedPepper has created a robot that can assess a ‘Where’s Waldo’ image and find the stripe-aficionado in as little as 4.5 seconds, according to Gizmodo. The good news: Your toddler will never have a fit over those pesky books again. The bad news: The robot’s next goal is to steal your patented dance moves.”
waldo, noun (plural waldos or waldoes)
A remote manipulation system in which a slave device mimics the motions of a master device manipulated directly by the operator.
From the Robert A. Heinlein story Waldo, published in Astounding in 1940, derived from the name of the eponymous protagonist, Waldo F. Jones, who invented remote manipulators to overcome his own myasthenia gravis.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/waldo
Was the irony intended?