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Registered Member #108
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 11:44PM
Location: Billings, MT
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I saw this a little bit ago, it hit a couple of websites I visit. It was just featured in the most recent Popular Science article, as well (If I'm thinking of the right robot. I didn't watch the video because I'm at school ). Really neat!
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Wow that robot is really cool, but they keep kicking it. In the video it shows it trying to go up a small hill and it doesn't look like it could make it. I looks like a robotic donkey.
Geometrically Frustrated Registered Member #6
Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 04:18AM
Location: Bowdoin, Maine
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I watched that on youtube a few days ago, it is indeed awesome. Its ability to catch itself from a fall is amazing, it's nothing like any other robot I have seen. Damn creepy, too. What is it using for propulsion? It sounds like it has a little two stroke motor, driving hydraulic actuators or something.
Registered Member #189
Joined: Thu Feb 16 2006, 07:43PM
Location: Winfield, Missouri, USA
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The way it walks is more deer like than donkey, especially when its stablizing itself. Once they're out of the newborn stage, they're more secure in their step. (I grew up with my family raising donkeys).
Registered Member #316
Joined: Mon Mar 13 2006, 01:30PM
Location: Marietta, GA
Posts: 212
It really is creepy. I guess it's because of how humanoid the legs look. I like the idea of having the onboard gas-powered generator (At least, I assume it's a generator since it was quiet when they plugged it in.)
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"If they ever find Osama" I think it would be more economical to drop the thing on him rather than just spy.
Kinda like insectiside these days - with the problem of some pest populations developing 'immunity' or desensitization to the chemical used, you'd be doing better to drop a barrel of it on them instead of spraying. =P
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Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 02:20AM
Location: Hyperborea
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Except for the sound I spot a fatal flaw. For 1% of the price you can get a sheep and enough food for 20 years that will outperform it by an unimaginable amount.
There are many interesting problems to be solved when making such a contraption so it is probably very interesting.
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Check out this robot!
). Really neat!
