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LabLog 22 - Greek mythology as it pertains to Rubbot. . .
Thu, 09/03/2009 - 16:01 — LabRat
Achilles was the son of the nymph Thetis and Peleus. Thetis was both a nymph and a godess, which sounds OK to me. Peleus was a mere mortal. . . a damn lucky mortal, but a mortal none-the-less.
Since the mortal gene is dominant, Achilles was born mortal. Thetis, the nymph, was bummed by this so she dipped him into some kind of magic immortalizing soup (probably a mixture of fresh veggies, fish and bat). As the story goes, she held him by his heel during the dipping process so he didn't get a full dip. His heel remained mortal and proved to be his downfall in the battle of Troy. His Achilles heel. His weakness.
I could go on about Superman and Kryptonite, but the point is that every hero has his weakness. . . yes, even Rubbot.
You may have read the last blog about the ditching of the batteries. Well that opened up a can of worms. Namely, you don't generally want to make things that plug into the wall socket waterproof. Kind of a save-people-from-themselves strategy.
I could see the darwin award for the guy that plugged-in Rubbot and took it for some quality time in the bathtub.
Most sex toys for women these days are waterproof, but a lot of male sex toys still are not. For the moment, at least, it's looking like Rubbot will be one of the non waterproof male sex toys. We will, however, ensure that it's. . . ummmmm. . . gel proof.
-labRat
Achilles was the son of the nymph Thetis and Peleus. Thetis was both a nymph and a godess, which sounds OK to me. Peleus was a mere mortal. . . a damn lucky mortal, but a mortal none-the-less.
Since the mortal gene is dominant, Achilles was born mortal. Thetis, the nymph, was bummed by this so she dipped him into some kind of magic immortalizing soup (probably a mixture of fresh veggies, fish and bat). As the story goes, she held him by his heel during the dipping process so he didn't get a full dip. His heel remained mortal and proved to be his downfall in the battle of Troy. His Achilles heel. His weakness.
I could go on about Superman and Kryptonite, but the point is that every hero has his weakness. . . yes, even Rubbot.
You may have read the last blog about the ditching of the batteries. Well that opened up a can of worms. Namely, you don't generally want to make things that plug into the wall socket waterproof. Kind of a save-people-from-themselves strategy.
I could see the darwin award for the guy that plugged-in Rubbot and took it for some quality time in the bathtub.
Most sex toys for women these days are waterproof, but a lot of male sex toys still are not. For the moment, at least, it's looking like Rubbot will be one of the non waterproof male sex toys. We will, however, ensure that it's. . . ummmmm. . . gel proof.
-labRat
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I am new to this idea of a "rubbot" and signed up to be a "tester". My one question is....is that all that this thing does is vibrate like it has a beer bottle in its midst? How does it work? Shouldnt it be enclosed at the end? it looks to me like the Autoblow is the way to go for hands free male entertainment.
take a look at the video...it actually moves up and down on its own...
yes, Berwyn's correct. it moves up and down, vibrates and . . .we're currently working on a third function
ooooh, I hope the third function is "exists."
Sorry i'm not too upset about the wait. It looks to be well worth it in the long run!
Well, I haven't come back to this site for a long while because I could see from the beginning with just a 3 man team it was going to take some time to build this properly. Also because I get tired of 'update, update, please, plix, plox, oh my!!!" This looks like an interesting toy to have around, but then so does the fleshlight and I don't have one of those either. Keep up the work build team and get to us when you can! It looks like it's come a long way since I first stumbled on this site.
time for a once every two month announcement... did you guys ever figure out how to seal the switches?...will the rubbot be the hottest toy for christmas this year? Will my girlfrend let me have any time to myself to try it?...god only knows....
It feels so close, and yet so far. I am checking the site more often these days because it just seems you are getting close to a usable product, but then we hear nothing for weeks at a time. Frustrating.
Any updates? Even a "Keep your pants on...for now." would be some satisfaction.
Smitty in KY
I got an email from real touch today, they are not on sale to the general public yet but I have an offer to purchase one at a discounted price since i've been on the waiting list. Anyone else following the real touch?
Yes, but I'll never buy the realtouch. It's to clunky, I don't really think it feels that good, and the whole concept is very limited since it only works with some specific porno-clips. It's also a single-mans toy, and nothing couples could use, even long-distance.
The rubbot seems to me the best approach out there, but if it every is going to see daylight is of course a question. It could be just a hoax to see the interest for male masturbators.
so.
I would like to buy one now...so how's that lookin'? Any target date? Need a manufacturer? I know some folks who could help with that...
you could leave the switches like that but then inside the machine seal behind them and allow users to pop off the knobs while it dries out. (just an idea for cleaning)
Nice to see an update and that things are progressing, still patiently waitingly...
Good to see an update.
On the other hand, I couldn't wait, so I HAD to get a GF
The worst part, she flaunts her Hitachi Magic Wand. I think she'll be okay with a Bot keeping it company some nites.
-deck
Sweet! This is really coming along. I can't wait.
Smittyinky
I think the worst part of this would be cleaning.
Sure, I don't think many of us would be taking it into the bath. However, it would be nice to have it washable in some way.
Dishwasher (hmm... wife would say Yuck!) or at least water resistant would help for cleaning purposes.
Hey guys. We've got Arse Elektronika coming up in a couple of weeks in San Francisco, might you have anything to present there? Could be cool to have around for the party we're having.
Throw me some email (which I think I put in when I signed up for this account, if not I'll just watch the comments) if you're interested.
great to hear from you qDot - and thanks for the tip!
the three key Rubbot folks (including myself) are pretty much out of town until the end of september. i leave tomorrow - so i wouldn't have time to throw anything together
i know progress has been slow over the last months, but we're committing to pick up the pace when we get back - and hoping to get out into public this fall or winter.
thanks again. labRAt.
Honestly I still feel like it would be better to be battery-operated than plug-into-the-wall...
"you don't generally want to make things that plug into the wall socket waterproof. Kind of a save-people-from-themselves strategy." Then what about USB power?, my iphone usb charger (wallsocket to usb) says "Out: 12V / 1A", surely that would be enough to drive it. At this voltage there would be no bodly harm a worst case would be a blown fuse and/or a dead usb charger.
thanks for trying wally79, but we've already exhausted USB as a possibility. from our test data, we need around 20 watts of juice - and i'm still trying to push it harder.
to give you an idea of magnitude; a computer's USB outlet provides 0.5A at 5V, amounting to only 2.5 watts.
-labRat
After some more thinking, rubbot will at some point make it to the Dwarvin Award as some one will modify it and sooner or later attach it to a small scale nuclear reactor (for maximized effect) and as the unit is modified it would not be too much of a stretch to imagine that one of the o rings no longer provides an effective seal for 'gel' type liquids. At date ZZ/ZZ/ZZ Mr X takes himself out and taking Murphy's law into account, every thing in a Y km radius is also gone. It's just a matter of time
Great to know...glad to see you guys are still at it. It's been a couple of months without a word...
Sorry to be so forward, but are there any big date milestones coming up? More beta testing? Release to the public? Anything?
ha ha! "gel". . . yuck.