You know when you have too much time on your hands

[jaguars4ever]

 

The thing squeaks like hell, looks less stable than a tanked up Barney, and rolls of freakin' wheels ffs...BUT I still wanna ride it! And shoot too!

[kirottu]

Well, I know what I want for xmas now. :D

[Petay]

Awesome.

 

That guy that built it must've been a pretty big star wars fan to spend all his money on building something which looks so so familiar. Pretty crappy movement overall, speed that up and make it more fluid and yuo've got yourself an army of the things.

[Walsingham]

It's not actually walking, though is it? It's rollerblading. <_< I'm not impressed. Must suck to have spent all that money and not have hit your objective of a walker.

[Petay]

From a distance I can imagine it having the image of a walker.

[Musopticon?]

I think, not counting balance of course, that servos might be the problem. If it had some decent servo systems, he might get the unit to walk.

 

But it's wicked cool anyways, a real mech. :D

[Deraldin]

It's not actually walking, though is it? It's rollerblading.  <_< I'm not impressed. Must suck to have spent all that money and not have hit your objective of a walker.

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But it's still pretty damn cool though. "

[LadyCrimson]

They get an A for effort but it's not practical/useful. Walks like an elephant with sprained ankles.

[Hurlshort]

It would be more impressive if it didn't look like a cool breeze could knock it over. I'd say the guns were the most impressive bit, I didn't expect them to work.

 

Edit: If you notice on the same link, there are some impressive Sony dancing robots.

Edited August 4, 2006 by Hurlshot

[Krookie]

I wonder how long it would take to make them street-legal?

[Petay]

It depends where. America? Not long.

 

Totally agreed Hurlshot, dfeinitely looked to me a sif they were about to fall over all the time.

[Krookie]

How amazing would this be. I bet kids would look foward to going to school in the morning if they could drive one of these things there.

 

I want to rig the gun to shoot some paintballs too. Take that out on Mischief Night...

[Checkpoint]

I'm gonna get me one of those. Imagine pulling up by the night-club in that!

[Petay]

Edit:  If you notice on the same link, there are some impressive Sony dancing robots.

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Those bring a whole new meaning to doing the robot dance.

 

I wonder if they put some really, really small people inside a costume there and told them to dance though, it really seems that fluid!

[Hurlshort]

The technology for fluid moving robots is getting there. Unfortunately it's moving slowly, as the practicality of robots isn't too clear. We use robotics on assembly lines and such, but what is the real use of a robot that moves like a human? Other than world domination, of course.

[Pidesco]

The point of making robots look human is explained by Asimov in Forward The Foundation. :D

[Krookie]

The technology for fluid moving robots is getting there.  Unfortunately it's moving slowly, as the practicality of robots isn't too clear.  We use robotics on assembly lines and such, but what is the real use of a robot that moves like a human?  Other than world domination, of course.

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Haven't you ever seen I, Robot?!

[Petay]

Thats what he said: World Dominatnio

[Musopticon?]

And World Domination also.

[Krookie]

Thats what he said: World Dominatnio

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No, not that part of the movie. The part where all the robots do stuff. Like get inhalers for overweight women.

[Petay]

Ah, good point. But thats just the thing, if we see AI, doesn't that technially mean that could go all I-Robot on us at any time? I don't like those odds, persionally.

[Bokishi]

AI will always carry out what it's programmed to do; they won't attack if they aren't programmed to.

[Krookie]

Fine, but if they do spaz out, we're blaming you.