"Prophet" is probably right, he's enough of a screwball.
"Prophet" is probably right, he's enough of a screwball.
What an awesome idea.Originally Posted by Vyk
A neat bit of progress on the 'walking robots' front... nice to see something that can cope with uneven terrain. It coped remarkably well with that 'being kicked by a punkass' test. Its reaction to ice reminded me of how real animals cope in the same circumstances, same goes for its jumping gait during the indoors test.
Hideo Kojima didn't exactly invent the 'walking robot' idea, so he shouldn't get too much credit in my opinion. If they ever develop this technology into a giant armoured bipedal tank, then there'd be more of a valid comparison.
Good to know that progress is marching on, and the idea of walking robots hasn't been dismissed as impractical or impracticable. Once it's perfected and becomes widespread, it could set the standard for all-terrain non-wheeled transport until the advent of some kind of levitation.
I saw this a while ago. It's a pretty impressive robot. Now we just need one that can compute usage of hands to pick things up.
The design has been around since 2005, but it's ability to compensate for changes in equilibrium is something altogether new. The old videos do not show what it can do now.
Couldn't they have made it prettier? That thing looks like the kind of monster that haunts people's dreams. >_>
Lamonda thought it was cute.
<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBSK7LYpg9w">This</A> might be more up your alley.
I do think it's cute, but I also think I'd pee if I woke up at night and found it standing next to my bed.
That truly was amazing, I'd love to see it's development more sure they're looking at this as some kind of weapon (defence agency) but perhaps it could be used to replace skittish horses in crowd control by riot police some day...thinking vampire hunter D here. The movements of the robots recovery and the jump are probably more similar to a gazelle than a foal though but it's amazing still no matter what animal we think it reacts like.
Now i need to go borrow me some military weapons just in case ¬_¬
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