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Thread ID: 88243 2008-03-20 14:48:00 Big Dog SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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651085 2008-03-20 14:48:00 This is gonna evoke a few responses......

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww

www.youtube.com (in case the first link is denied in NZ):punk

Just spooky-looking that's all!
SurferJoe46 (51)
651086 2008-03-20 17:49:00 uncanny darned thing!! Almost has a personality.

Ken
kenj (9738)
651087 2008-03-20 19:15:00 Its kind of creepy looking. If it had another set of legs it would be a giant spider. pctek (84)
651088 2008-03-20 19:40:00 I was waiting for it to cock it's leg on a tree :lol: CYaBro (73)
651089 2008-03-20 19:49:00 Wow that's some clever robotics! Greg (193)
651090 2008-03-21 00:05:00 Cool.

Love to know whether, when it's moving untethered, it is autonomous (programmed to start here - finish there) or whether there is someone with a remote control guiding it. Wonder what kind of battery it's using...
johcar (6283)
651091 2008-03-21 00:39:00 Thats the work of the devil, Put a bullet in it. Metla (12)
651092 2008-03-21 00:58:00 Interesting response to slipping - notice it is programmed for the lowest leg to go outwards and bend at the 'knee' joint. I reckon it is pre-programmed for various terrain - notice the 1 leg at a time approach to walking over the breeze block versus the marching uphill or the stomping action in the snow - so someone somewhere is helping it with terrain selection / walking mode. Maybe not remote controlled but it is certainly getting some help. I couldn't help but laugh when it slipped and slipped again as it over-corrected - notice how it was not oriented 90 degrees to it's original direction after slipping - is it smart enough to know that?

P.S. Nothing that a noose can't stop if you tied two legs together.
andrew93 (249)
651093 2008-03-21 01:00:00 Wait till it sees the robotic CAT - Then it will be all on :D wainuitech (129)
651094 2008-03-21 05:21:00 Cool.

Love to know whether, when it's moving untethered, it is autonomous (programmed to start here - finish there) or whether there is someone with a remote control guiding it. Wonder what kind of battery it's using...
It sounded somewhat like it was powered by a weed whacker motor.
R2x1 (4628)
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