Grant Imahara poses with Geoff Peterson, the robot skeleton sidekick he built for late night's Craig Ferguson.
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Grant delivered Geoff to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday, April 5, 2010.
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How'd it all happen? In late February, Ferguson publicly joined Twitter using his MythBusters-covered iPhone. Shortly afterward, Ferguson, who nicknamed his Twitter followers the "Robot Skeleton Army," joked on air that he needed a sidekick — but not just any sidekick, a Robot Skeleton Sidekick.
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Grant, an animatronics engineer, heard Craig's call and tweeted: "@CraigyFerg I hear you are looking for a robot sidekick. I think I can help ... for a price: Get me 100,000 followers. If you can."Ferguson immediately followed with: "Roboskels. Urgent! I need you to follow @grantimahara. For 100k followers he'll build a roboskeleton sidekick. Advance my rattly cyborgs!"
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Twenty-four hours later, Grant's 100,000-follower goal was met, and the construction of "Geoff Peterson" began.
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Working on weekends and in his spare time, Imahara created a plastic skeleton with aluminum bones and torso, and boasts a movable head, jaw, and arm.
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In order to give it a DIY feel — playing off Craig Ferguson's jokes about how cheesy his show looks — Grant turned to the old-school animatronics he perfected during his years working on R2D2 and the Energizer Bunny.
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Geoff has sidekick-appropriate responses pre-recorded by Ferguson, and his head, jaw and arm can also be manipulated remotely by Ferguson via remote-control. A host couldn't ask for a better sidekick.
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Grant Imahara, Geoff Peterson and Craig Ferguson.
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