Check out this robot!
Avalanche, Fri Mar 24 2006, 03:54PMAwesome Robot It's about an 11MB WMV file
Impressive stuff, especially when they try to kick it over. Look how well the thing reacts!
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Nucleophobe, Fri Mar 24 2006, 05:29PM
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!
Nucleophobe, Fri Mar 24 2006, 05:29PM
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!Re: Check out this robot!
G^3, Fri Mar 24 2006, 06:45PM
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.
G^3, Fri Mar 24 2006, 06:45PM
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.
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Alex, Fri Mar 24 2006, 08:20PM
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.
Alex, Fri Mar 24 2006, 08:20PM
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.
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Hellmark, Sat Mar 25 2006, 03:54AM
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).
Still, its a neat 'bot.
Hellmark, Sat Mar 25 2006, 03:54AM
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).
Still, its a neat 'bot.
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GimpyJoe, Sun Mar 26 2006, 02:08AM
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.)
GimpyJoe, Sun Mar 26 2006, 02:08AM
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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Sam, Sun Mar 26 2006, 03:31AM
If they ever find osama whey could replace his goat with this thing and use it to spy on him... or just make it blow up!
Sam, Sun Mar 26 2006, 03:31AM
If they ever find osama whey could replace his goat with this thing and use it to spy on him... or just make it blow up!
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ragnar, Sun Mar 26 2006, 09:37AM
"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
ragnar, Sun Mar 26 2006, 09:37AM
"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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HV Enthusiast, Sun Mar 26 2006, 03:00PM
Interesting. . .
HV Enthusiast, Sun Mar 26 2006, 03:00PM
Interesting. . .
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Bjørn, Sun Mar 26 2006, 03:17PM
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.
Bjørn, Sun Mar 26 2006, 03:17PM
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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ragnar, Sun Mar 26 2006, 07:37PM
Too true, Bjorn =)
Whilst I sympathise with the roach, what an interesting and cheap way to make your equipment mobile - no neurosurgery or implants needed; just zap the cockroach in the arse, on the left of its head, or on its right as appropriate to make it move where you want. =P
ragnar, Sun Mar 26 2006, 07:37PM
Too true, Bjorn =)
wrote ...
TOKYO - A big brown cockroach crawls across the table in the laboratory of Japan's most prestigious university. The researcher eyes it nervously, but he doesn't go for the bug spray. He grabs the remote. This is no ordinary under-the-refrigerator type bug. This roach has been surgically implanted with a micro-robotic backpack that allows researchers to control its movements.
TOKYO - A big brown cockroach crawls across the table in the laboratory of Japan's most prestigious university. The researcher eyes it nervously, but he doesn't go for the bug spray. He grabs the remote. This is no ordinary under-the-refrigerator type bug. This roach has been surgically implanted with a micro-robotic backpack that allows researchers to control its movements.
wrote ...
"They are not very nice insects," Holzer confesses. "They are a little bit smelly, and there's something about the way they move their antennae. But they look nicer when you put a little circuit on their backs and remove their wings."
"They are not very nice insects," Holzer confesses. "They are a little bit smelly, and there's something about the way they move their antennae. But they look nicer when you put a little circuit on their backs and remove their wings."
Whilst I sympathise with the roach, what an interesting and cheap way to make your equipment mobile - no neurosurgery or implants needed; just zap the cockroach in the arse, on the left of its head, or on its right as appropriate to make it move where you want. =P
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Marko, Sun Mar 26 2006, 07:56PM
With that legs it looks like it's alive, i wonder how much kick does it have to get before it falls and can he stand up when it happens
Marko, Sun Mar 26 2006, 07:56PM
With that legs it looks like it's alive, i wonder how much kick does it have to get before it falls and can he stand up when it happens
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