Roboticist builds fully functional life-size Wall-E! [video]

Disney and Pixar released Wall-E in 2008 and ever since it's release, fans and children alike have loved the cute little robot who we have all come to know as Wall-E. 

Mike Senna took this love to another level by building a life-size working robot of Wall-E. Senna had previously built a working R2-D2 but he is the first to build a life-size Wall-E. There were no blueprints or parts pre-made for this character so Senna spent hours watching and re-watching the movie to get everything just right from the scale and logos to the weathering of the paint job. He even had to create all new electronics to make it fully functional. This Wall-E can move around, looks around with his expressive eyes, wave hello, and say his name with his signature voice.

Senna Spent 25 hours a week for a total of 3,200-3,800 hours total building his robot. And it was paid all out of his own pocket. Senna now takes his Wall-E (and R2-D2) to events for City of Hope, a pediatric cancer charity where he loves seeing the smiles from the children that he visits. Getting a chance to bring one of their favorite characters to life and seeing how happy it makes them is clearly his reward for all of his hard work. 

If all that wasn't enough, I'll leave you with the image of Wall-E meeting a Dalek Drone from the sci-fi show Doctor Who. Maybe it's just me but my money is on Wall-E!

Mike Senna's Wall-E Blog: Adventures with Wall-E
Source: OMG Yahoo