This Arm gets really REALLY long (Social Distance Robot Arm) 

HUGE props to the sponsor for granting a 2 week publishing delay to allow room for other voices. At the end of this month I'll be donating all of the RU-vid ad revenue from this video to Black Girls Code, an educational nonprofit that introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities. Absolutely everyone should have the opportunity to make awful, terrible, stupid, awful robots. Except for Michael Reeves. He should probably be stopped.

Fantastic video Allen, yeah some question marks on the build quality but the laughs make top for that anyway. Stay safe crazy AP

"It's got a robot hand with an ip address"

I like to imagine that RU-vidrs drop sponsorships into every conversation they have, even if no-one is filming

“It gets so long” Allen 2020 (Allen congrats on 1 million subscriber)

This has all the chaotic, terrified, stress building, desperate energy that 2020's been dishing out. In the future this will be a video studied to better understand these hectic times in gutteral and emotionally raw way.

where was this "giant military slap bracelet" i didnt get to see anything also how did allan make that boxing glove float?

Let's hope that ip addressed robotic arm has a VPN.... *Speaking of which, NORD VPN*

“DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE RAYCON WIRELESS EARBUD!!!!!!!!!!”

WHAT HAPPENED TO WILLIAM'S HAIR

Can all sponsorship ads be done with an unwilling party screaming in the background?

This feels like Michael Reeves minus all the swearing

7:16 since when did william get that weird hair and long beard he looks like he would be in a biker gang.

haven't seen William Osman in a while. the hell happened to him

3:31 “Ahh, It gets so long” that’s what she said =)

I know this was made with stuff on hand, but imagine the proper gearing so the ratchet could extend or retract with 2x or 3x speed

4:06 Ah yes this handle is made of handle

7:12 Cat: "OH NO! NOT YOU!!!"

Its weird that somehow a mullet is an improvement on William's previous hairstyle

Jabrils mouth movement? Has to be cgi or something

That's the most I've laughed from a youtube video in a good while. That was awesome! Great job!

Is that failed MythBuster Allen Pan

This truly threads the line between completely impractical and completely ingenious in way I never knew was possible.

That is super nifty! Some commercial satellites use this exact kind of "expanding rolled up tube" structure to deploy solar arrays. Though in their case they use a flexible composite tube. But still, way cool.

That is super awesome Allen, great job! It's funny, mildly useful, and smartly made. Keep killing it!

Allen sounds like he doesn't know what he did or what he's doing halfway through the video

Killer vid, my dude. Your awkward, kind of frenetic, occasionally deeply disturbing brand of humor cracks me up every time! Keep up the good work!

Completely practical and amazing!

finally, a safe vibrator for me

OOOOOoooooo new video. YAY!!! also, I love how you're constantly half dead and half asleep.

Very epic approach to the situation. 10/10

You just hit 1 mill congrats man!

Glad to see a new video! Congratulations on 1m subs!

Technically you could've used wires, as the spool does flatten out and doesn't _immediately_ close into a circle, but instead gently lofts from a flat to a circle. Spool of wire where the wire exits from the interior, like whats used for hoses and extension cords, would work well if it was geared to the rolatube drive, for retracting the wires while the rolatube retracts. I'd be curious to see if this could be made into a decent linear actuator, if it can be, it's retracted form is probably the most compact of any telescopic actuator. It just needs some improvements on the actuation mechansim; maybe instead of rollers driving it, you have a motor on the inside of the coiled form, then passive rollers to guide the flat form before it's allowed to collapse into a cylinder.

binging your content while i work. love the vids allen!

that motor sounds like an alien invasion bro

One step closer to be able to shout "GO GO GADGET ARM" and it actually doing something

This is the simplest telescoping arm design I've ever seen! The torsion strength be improved by putting a zipper down the length of the seam. Given the way the tube is extended and retracted, I don't think adding a zipper to the seam would be too hard to incorporate

Great vid man, keep it up.

Awesome build!

If the mega Army bracelet is an antenna, could you run your signals through it to control the hand instead of using a wireless signal?

6:01 "Activate it with my internet hand" -Allen 2020

Allen I just want to say I just discovered you & I think you're absolutely hilarious! You put a solid amount of work into your content and it really shows! :)

I've missed seeing my favorite RU-vidrs together. I'm glad Allen figured out a way to fix that problem.

"Heeyuuoh the worlds on fir-" I audibly laughed at that

William is looking a little Mad Max raiderish.

Dude I immediately bought a Rolatube after watching this. Awesome project!

I love it i am also thinking about this whole time to make it but i never really thought that u would really make it 😍

This would help the police with the "long arm" of the law.

6:42 Didn't realize it was William at first x)

That was amazing, I love it! I can't wait to see what you come up with for the next disaster 2020 throws at us!

I love that they let you in with that thing.

This is ridiculously clever. You have just invented a way to get down kites from the trees, and the school balls for that matter.

You know what else gets really long...

love technology

2nd video i just watched of yours. subscribed. your channel is awesome.

0:12 “I miss by boys, I miss touching them... and kissing them...”

3:26 Out of context it sounds a bit strange

CONGRATULATIONS ON HITTING 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS ALLEN!!!! You are an amazing RU-vidr and im so happy that you have hit 1 million dude that is awesome and you deserve all of them. Have a great day, stay safe and healthy along with everyone you know and I will see you in the next video. ✌

love your vids! and, best sponsor add ever

i watched this video within 33 seconds of upload

Your videos are just totally awesome

Best Raycon ad plug I've seen in awhile. lol

That was probably the only Raycon ad I've ever sat all the way through...nice one

Epic man dude bro, you do got epic videos doe

i like how nice that sponsorship was and his reaction and just. everything

This is. One of the most ridiculous things i have ever seen you do. I love it.

NICE! Junie & TheHutFriends make an appearance! Loved hearing her song in this!

I loved every second of this video, more hilarious stuff like this. Please.

Great job!

You make me not want to skip the sponsor, good job

This is awesome 👏👏 👏 you gotta make it way faster tho bro!

8:04 I just wanna acknowledge how good the camera work was here, lol

using jabrille as a way to sponsor something might be the best comedy I have seen during quarantine

its awsome to see you again dude

This is the first and probably only RU-vidr based ad on rations that I actually sat through the whole thing for, that was hilarious😂

Excellent

Loving this Rick and Morty narration style!!!

hey allen, I love your vids !! :)

Congratulations that was the best commercial ever made

One of the only RU-vidrs who actually make their sponsorships entertaining

Just from the thumbnail, definitely looks like a compliant robot. 👍🏻

CONGRATS ON 1 MILL

You are a legend

Allen's smile is just the most infectious thing (sorry for the pun), this video made me so happy 😊.

best raycon ad ive ever seen

The way the robot hand is controlled cracks me up so much.

Man, I forgot how good this particular video is. I think I was too depressed from quarantine when it came out, so I never really enjoyed it like I should have.

Best Raycon ad ever

This is such a 2021 mood :) Wow

This dude is incredible. Hes using plumbing parts and random gears and making stuff on the level of Hacksmith.

i hate how much i love it!

That's amazing

Finally awesome video btw

its a much better design if you attach a rotor to the other end of the bistate strip and use a much wider opening instead of your two roller clamp. That way it will have much less resistance and move much faster.

I love this man

I love that arm hand thing

Good job

A power window or wind-shield wiper motor would be quieter... And you can run wires out to the hand, they just have to be taped to the inside of the mil-spec slap bracelet and hooked to a rotary joint or long coil inside the slap bracelet coil so they don't twist off. (a 3-4 core ribbon cable under duct tape should work brilliantly.

Earned my sub