# Jesus is a Robot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-is-a-robot/264317 "2004-09-13T21:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-is-a-robot/264317/1 "2004-09-13T21:57:34Z")
[Well, it’s a robot that walks on water.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5962418/) > [@](#): > > It could be called a mechanical miracle, a robot that walks on water. With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a research team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering assistant professor Metin Sitti has built a tiny robot that can walk on water, much like insects known as water skimmers, water skaters, pond skaters or Jesus bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-is-a-robot/264317/2 "2004-09-13T22:05:50Z")
I thought he was one of them transformer thingys that could turn into a monster truck. I coulda sworn I saw him billed as “The Misbehavior Savior” smashing Pintos and mug-bogging in the MegaDome. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-is-a-robot/264317/3 "2004-09-13T23:43:51Z")
It was a tv spin-off, the Transubstantiators.