Stealing is bad of course, but that doesn't take away from the brilliance of the invention

Apr 26, 2013 07:05 GMT  ·  By

People use their intellect for whatever they want, and in the case of French YouTube user ioduremetallique, the outlet is making robots.

The young man is good with machines, so he created a robot with a levitating arm.

The entire purpose of the robot is to reach through the compartment where snack vending machines deposit the, well, snacks, and get them without paying anything.

The robot is controlled by a gamepad and actually isn't as easy to use, or to get, than, say, measuring tape.

Obviously, I am not about to condone stealing, but I can give credit where it is due, and the robot is a pretty cool invention.

Watch the video above for the demo, and you can jump all the way to 1:20 if you don't know French but want to see the action.