Adam Savage's One Day Builds: RoboCop 2's Cain Robot!

One of Adam's long-running projects is a rebuild of the Cain robot maquette from RoboCop 2. Adam has in his collection a replica of the original stop-motion puppet courtesy of animator Phil Tippett, and has slowly been replacing the model's cast resin components with aluminum parts machined in the cave. Today's build is the construction of two crucial hip pieces that hold up this robot, which Adam finally has the confidence to tackle in a One Day Build video!
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[@yorebigred3776]

Animatronic?

[@Charok1]

always wear a nice over shirt

[@d-granter5126]

someone needs to draw adams spirit floating over the shop think of Egyptian Pharos trying to hold onto all thier stuff in reincarnation,, we need adams shop replicated all over the world end of,,,,, a good start would be at the kennedy space museum with robots that help design stuff call it the crazy aliens makers workshop or something

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

I love that Adam doesn't shy away from showing failure because it's all part of making, and learning to get past it is important to keep making.

[@sbd4de3]

Great "This old Tony" impression @12:10!! Wonderfully executed! :)

[@bluestreakbthr]

That moment made me laugh out loud. I needed that on my needed mental health day off.

[@firescale8912]

That "Deep Breath Moment", oh yeah, been there! My worst was breaking a large acrylic bell jar dome during the last fitting stage for a starjar for my eldest daughter. Glass domes are relatively easy to source but plastics? Not so much. Got it sorted eventually, with two days to spare, by harvesting every domed Christmas decoration I could find! Monetarily inexpensive, but I paid in sweat!

[@RataStuey]

8:30 I remember Phil Tippett saying that with Cain they wanted to make a model, a robot, that was so complicated with so many parts that it would be near impossible to reproduce or copy. Adam screwing this part up made me think.. wow Phil really did it lol.

[@JetsetDruid]

Yeah I also remember this interview, I think what triggered it was that some Japanese model company had made ED-209 model kits shortly after the original RoboCop movie was released preventing Orion / Phil's team from being able to be first on the market with an ED-209 model.

[@punchatz]

This was a fun one! I worked on all three Robocops, but on the Rob Bottin side of the equation. I painted Robo on the first film. Anyway, big fan of the show, keep up the inspiration!!

[@BrainMedicine]

Gregor Punchatz! I'm a huge fan of your work on the Doom games, thanks for the wonderful monsters!

[@punchatz]

@@BrainMedicine Thank you! I’m actually re-creating some of these characters and documenting it on my KZbin channel. Some I’m doing from the original molds that I still have, and some I am recreating from scratch.

[@oddvertex9429]

This comment s/b pinned - amazing

[@ionvash]

Man, how I envy having worked on those films. Is it true that the Robo suits look a lot greener in real life? I've read that it was made that way because of how film captures color.

[@ChrisBoshProps]

That's amazing that you got to work on the films! I just got done 3D printing a Robocop suit on my channel... is there anyway you can share or remember what paint you used for the first film? I know it looked more greenish in person then on film. Anyhow thanks for sharing that's pretty amazing man!

[@jemster38]

Absolutely my favorite robot/cyborg design of all time. I fell in love with it as a kid when I saw it in the cinema and to this day nothing has topped it. On a related note, the Moderoid line is making a model kit of Robocain and I can't wait to get it. This video is perfect for still captures of all its details when I build the model kit in the future. Can't wait!

[@TreyHarrison]

I look forward to seeing more of the Cain of Theseus as you slowly replace each part.

[@wirelesmike73]

I have to agree, 100%. That is, without a doubt, one of, if not the best, robot designs that has ever been made for a film. In my opinion, nothing else even comes close. You have a real treasure there. Thanks for sharing.

[@neoone5942]

I must admit this deserves all the applause I can give. Congrats!

[@willittolife]

Incredible... Robocain is the greatest, most intricate and imo, the scariest cyborg to ever appear on film! I've been kicking myself for missing out on the Chronicle Collectibles statue. Too many things going on at the time but I'll keep hunting until I find one. Thank you for sharing and please keep us updated on this project!

[@NekoFallen]

What an incredibly detailed Cain Robot! Love all those moving parts and the thought to how each piece interacts with each other. I remember watching Robocop 2 as a kid, seeing how well (at the time) they made this mecha move. Replacing parts with aluminum pieces is such a great idea! Seeing the model, makes me wonder if they also included a mini screen for his 'face', as well as the tube the contains his organic Brain, Eyes and Spine?

[@CELT1CPRED]

Not only a great robot design, but the sound design is fantastic too. Robocop 2 is criminally underappreciated.

[@EE-fl1tw]

DUDE! I've been obsessed with Cain since I saw Robocop 2 and I totally agree that it is the most beautifully designed robot. I am so jealous!

[@typhlosionbr1493]

I really enjoy the idea of Adam just slowly ship of theseus-ing his way through a replica of this Cain robot throughout the years, lovely

[@c-manthebarbarian2105]

I love that I recently watched Robocop 2 for the first time and Adam releases this. Cain is far and away the best part of the movie.

[@msscott22]

Robocop 2 has been one of my lifelong joys. There is just something about Cain that still captivates me to this day.

[@mikekz4489]

The last great work of stop-motion animation in a live-action film.

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

Hips of cane lol. Sounds like some mystical artefacts.

[@ionicwake]

Adam. you earned a badge! Thanks for showing the aftermath of a mistake, and the emotional reset.

[@AugustMcKenna]

Got yourself a very fun Ship of Theseus situation here. Are you keeping the original cast parts? At the end of this exercise is the all-aluminum version a replica or the original? 🙃🤣

[@cjchiu]

Haha. I was literally going to post the same comment.

[@PorkchopXpress]

Adam seems to always misplace things when he has to answer the phone or door. He should make a bucket that says "When Phone Rings" or "Doorbell" so he can put whatever is in his hands at that moment in said bucket. Just an idea. 🤷

[@Games_and_Music]

Haha, that's exactly what i was thinking. Putting that bucket near the office, so that he can dump whatever was in his hands in there on the way to pick up the phone.

[@DavidM-um2uk]

I'm gonna put one in my shop right now! Thanks for the idea!

[@bluestreakbthr]

Brilliant!

[@scottmantooth8785]

*brilliant suggestion*

[@angeloah]

Your honest approach and attitude are incredible. I thought I was a fan before finding your channel here. Amazing.

[@crazyyuri]

It looks just awesome!

[@graemewhittle1665]

The best thing about this channel is that if you leave it for a few days for work or vacation or whatever, when you come back there is always tons of rich, well made, quality content waiting to be watched. Best channel on KZbin by far !

[@ONIYAUTJA]

Please Please Please keep working on this Adam... Cain is one of my favorite bots out there. You should make Cain life size

[@michaelnolan6054]

This is the most "Adam" sentiment ever- Sometimes I just need to unwind and work on upgrading my robot.

[@bradcook1537]

I grew up with Robocop 2, this is very cool!

[@jimmyxdrummer]

I totally agree that Robocain is the most amazing and, in my opinion, scariest robot ever to appear in any movie. Would love to have one in my room one day.

[@rebootweb]

No mistake is ever a wash! It just becomes part of a future project!

[@jasonmax9902]

Yes. #1 golden rule. Measure twice...cut once. But every mistake is a valuable lesson so it's all good in the end.👍❤️

[@Max_461]

this is genuinely crazy skills. thanks for helping preserve one of my favorite robot villains in the way that you are!.... outstanding work.

[@Jett-n-gin]

This is one of the reasons I love Adam so much. He's not, and never tries to be, some untouchable, perfect being that some celebrities try and make themselves out to be. Instead, he reminds us all that he is in fact human too, someone that can and does make mistakes, even after years of experience. He shows us that things never go to planned and reminds us to take it with a deep breath and move on. Ever since I was little I've loved the human aspect of Adam, it made me feel like I was right there with him watching my best friend design, build, and test a project. As a student working towards my Mechanical Engineering Degree and an aspiring prop maker seeing Adam at his most human reminds me that my dreams are in fact achievable and always gives me more motivation and confidence that someday I will be able to make mistakes (and hopefully many successes) like this in my own workshop. Seriously love everything you do Adam and I hope you never stop doing it. You're an inspiration to many generations of makers.

[@matthewlockhart6243]

I keep thinking I’ve found my favorite all time episode, and I have realised that I don’t need to have a favourite; when all are available to view. They are all my favourite episode. Thank you Adam

[@scotgustafson3270]

Screwing it up and re-doing it. That's called becoming an expert.

[@paulmanningremixes6408]

I concur, nothing comes close to the beauty of Cain, jaw dropping design

[@nickmiller2590]

Agreed. Cain was one of the MOST impressive stop motion animation robots of his time. Such a insane practical motion piece that i can ONLY HOPE to add to my collection in SOME aspect one day. I LOVE the look. Hated the character, but he was a baddie meant to be hated, yet love the character at the same time for how bad he became as the Robocop killer cyborg.

[@lnsroo]

Robocain is my all time favorite US designed robot. I retro engineered the chronicle collectibles replica and made 3D model of every parts using autodesk fusion 360. My goal is to CNC and 3D print everything for a fully articulated, screen accurate 1/4 scale ROBOCAIN model. I love what you're doing here

[@TarisRedwing]

Nice Tony mention. As a robot fan and model builder that is and awesome Cain you have there.

[@Mitrasmit]

I'm just here to remind you that Phil Tippett was the dinosaur supervisor at Jurassic Park and he is yet to be brought to justice for his deadly oversight.

[@stephenbrink3057]

I love the problem solving that goes into isolating a single piece and figuring out all the steps to remake it in metal. It is “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” demonstrated. Well done.

[@DWSOutdoors]

I wonder how many people understand how important that DEEP BREATH was lol

[@MrBrokenwrenches]

Can’t believe he didn’t just chuck it across the garage lol

[@beau-urns]

@8:50 for context

[@jasoncook9817]

I like the phrase "alright, I think I have the energy" sounds like good awareness of mental health

[@-MrFozzy-]

…….6

[@Auhbseluhte]

Adam your truly a luck person to have access to Phil's actual Puppet castings from the R2 movie. 97% of hobbyist and model builders alike would die to even get 20% of this Cain robot maquette

[@skinneyjay5451]

Thank you Adam for showing us that when we make a mistake not to get so upset we trash our builds.

[@TheEnd]

I have a deep love of robots and I believe these movies had a profound impact on that love affair

[@tintobrass532]

Cain certainly was a fearsome robotic!

[@SEEshadow]

The finish from that filer is great.

[@BannisterLeo]

Great video Adam & Team

[@aureliabadica9520]

A ship of Theseus kind of project wow, very cool Adam

[@shaynecoventry8894]

My God. I would literally cut off any body part to have one of those. ❤ Cain I agree with Adam is a masterpiece machine.

[@rayvoorhies7180]

Making errors and starting over is part of every maker's shop experience. I've had to walk away for a week before trying again.

[@Daermos]

I would love this as a model, Robocop was my go-to movie as a teen

[@greyareaRK1]

Cainbot scared the bejeezers out of me. I also marveled at the design. It seemed so fantastic, yet plausible.

[@mtechill7808]

This is an awesome video for robot Cain. Thanks Adam! My son and I are huge fan of your shows. Robot Cain fans' (including me) are in luck, Goodsmile (Japanese toy company) will release robot Cain model kit under their Moderoid line. I'm excited cuz there were very little robot Cain products out there in the market.

[@markgordon4368]

Was a cool character 😎 especially when the TV screen popped out 🙂

[@CodeFoodPixels]

I love that Adam watches This Old Tony!

[@cujero]

I love these machining videos but it could be fun to see Adam metal casting

[@pops55650]

Not just an amazing robot, but terrifying too lol. This Cain is definitely in the right hands

[@pops55650]

Can’t wait for the Razor Crest build😁

[@petemedina6394]

I totally love that even though you are an Amazing Crafter, Engineer, Artist, and Person, you are only Human like the rest of us. And as much as it pains you to show your mistakes to us, i'm glad you do. I totally enjoy seeing the good and the bad things that you do, it helps give us thinking references when we go to make our own projects.I am constantly asking my self "W.W.A.S.D." ( What Would Adam Savage Do) and it really helps. I know i took the long way to say Thank You.

[@dragoonzen]

Love this, I just built the Good Smile Co. RoboCop 2 Cain model kit.

[@Halak014]

This Cain model will be like the ship of Theseus at the end. But Adam is making it better and that is what really matters.

[@BastienAuxer]

Mad props for making this part. It's a complicated process to mirror the model. Sometimes I have to go back to my model several times just to see if I missed how it should look on the other side.

[@kickinrocks101]

Love that you are doing more and more machining! Your channel must inspire a lot of people to start making / machining. Therefore please consider being a steward of safety while machining to help yourself & others avoid injury!

[@nathkrupa3463]

Brilliant Work Sir.

[@edrowley1]

Thanks Adam! Really enjoyed your sharing this work of love with us. PS, I lust after a die filer! LoL!

[@johnoswald9143]

Actually been waiting years for this build, Adam showed us the Cain model in the tour of the attic in his cave. He must of finally thought "Cain, Cain's bugging me".

[@sharimuscat2408]

Contemporary version of "measure twice cut once" is called CAD/CAM. Only it's better and more like "Let computer Measure 10 million times and cut 10 thousand times". Order of Ops for collar set holes was good but slit saw Op should be near last (after the bosses profiled and bored ... "boss" better than "riser"). Love that you're covering these topics! My dad was the lead mfc Engineer for the Appolo 11 hatch you covered - he did all the CAD/CAM, NC programming and Machining Setup (Order of Ops /tool selection) on that project. He was a machinist par excellence and a CADCAM/CNC Pioneer.

[@xSean145]

So cool! This should be like a once a month thing. I love Robocop.

[@traviswolfe952]

Man that lathe cut just feels dangerous eek

[@pho3nix-]

Robocop 2 is def underrated

[@eglewether5523]

Nice editing on this vid :D cheers !

[@theherrdark4834]

Can't wait to see you do metal casting, which will be best for the pelvis and chest. Using the lost wax method will give you a lot of detail, and save a lot of time in machining. Now the one thing I would have differently would have been make all or most of the waist down parts out of zinc and all the waist up parts out of aluminum. You can cast zinc with a bench top casting set-up. You should try it, you might really like it.

[@Thunkworks]

Loved this build and cant wait to see more of the upgrades.

[@alexwoodhead7281]

I work in a deep hole drilling machine shop and when Adam said that you don't want to be drilling on the tangent of a turned surface, I just wanted to send that clip to all of our customers. The amount of times they send us a finished machined part with intricate profiles and say can you put the holes in and we just sit there thinking yeah we can easily, if you hadn't machined it first. Now it's way more complicated and expensive.

[@_Jester_]

Such an awesome project, love it. Please keep us updated, even if you don't film it.

[@danepropertyrestoration5492]

I was in a band in college called The Hips of Cain.

[@bcostell69]

great engineering is art

[@peterkelley6344]

One never knows what will be found on TESTED next. Thanks for the share Adam; including BOTH errors.

[@MrRhovanion]

that is super cool !! the really neatest thing ever.!

[@davidf1712]

You give it all such a wonderful human experience! you make the mistakes I would have made!!

[@cliffcampbell8827]

We've all been there. Making amazing progress on a project to only find that we screwed up somewhere and have to go back to the beginning.

[@2006chunming]

Mann!! I would love to see a 1/6 scale version of this character.

[@matthewlockhart6243]

That Sean Connery impression was on point.

[@CliffLewis28]

Great relica! There’s no such thing as a bad mistake, if you can learn from it. Thanks for another great build (rebuild).

[@225Perfect]

I love RoboCop 2 and it's mostly because of the Kain robot. It's an incredible thing to me, and I wanted it to be real. So cool.

[@madox76]

I so loved that robot some day I will get a decent replica.

[@MorrisonManor]

I really appreciate your willingness to share the kinds of incidents we all experience because we get a little ahead of ourselves. Thanks, Adam! Now... About that surface plate... Remember your Rochambeau... Paper beats rock! When the item you need flattened just needs to be reasonably flat, wouldn't the table of the disk sander work just as well?

[@JoakimKanon]

I talked about Robocop 2 with a friend earlier this week. What is this sorcery?!

[@888johnmac]

' the only way to not make mistakes .. is to not make anything ' ... can't remember where i heard it first , but it ( usually ) helps when i screw up

[@Armoure10]

Damn, Cain 🖤 this is the coolest thing ever, times infinite 🤖

[@killerbee2562]

This reminds me so much of episodes of mythbusters. I can't remember which, but I recall Adam making a mistake like this before on camera and having the same reaction.

[@danmar007]

Adam must be one of the busiest people ever, What a great situation to be in.

[@f1matt]

Adam should always wear the Nostromo uniform. It really does look great.

[@nesthead4865]

I don't know why this masterful video has a few thousand likes

[@quantize]

This only confirms Mr Tippets wisdom and that there is no better human to be in possession of the mighty Cain

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Very interesting !!!!!!!!!!!! " Dead or Alive, you are Coming With Me "

[@ibda01]

THANK U FOR SHARING

[@newt2010]

You always do such great work, with great ideas on how to achieve what you want. Great job as always. Cheers

[@justcheckinm8]

Looking at Adams 'plan' on that bit of notepaper..it still baffles me how, on this planet, you can still be working in imperial measurements!! I guess never been brought up with it makes it harder to get my head around.

[@TheToyFrontier]

I wish someday someone will make kain for collectors with great articulated limbs. Like a model kit.

[@IllusionSector]

12:05 Holly smokes! Adam knows of This Old Tony!

[@AndrewBlack343]

I had to go back a couple of times to see what you'd done wrong. Seeing both the right and wrong parts on screen at the same time would have helped. But comforting to know that even someone if your skill level makes these sorts of mistakes sometimes!