Wow

[nfpgasmask]

This is pretty freakin cool.

http://gizmodo.com/368651/new-video-...ing-its-spooky

All it needs is a mini-gun up front and its good to go.

Bart

[mdwyer]

Did you feel sorry for it when they tried to kick it over?

I did.

It totally reminded me of something, but I can't quite figure out what. Have you played the Half Life 2 episodes? It's kind of creepy like those dog things in Ep2.

[nfpgasmask]

Did you feel sorry for it when they tried to kick it over?

I did.

It totally reminded me of something, but I can't quite figure out what. Have you played the Half Life 2 episodes? It's kind of creepy like those dog things in Ep2.

I can't really say I felt sorry for it, but I was AMAZED at how life like it looked rebounding from the kick, and the ice. It reacts and looks like a fawn moving around all clumsy like. I can't believe it weighs 3 bills! It could easily be armed with some light machine guns and loads of ammo. I can't figure out what the legs are made from...

And yes, I have played all of the HL2 eps. Absolutely hands down the best FPS game ever.

Bart

[CrnCnn]

Thats awesome

[DarkWing]

Mad Cat, with twin PPC's. Nice. Long time since I saw one of those.

Anyway, back to the point at hand. In the 80's I was driving through Columbus Ohio and I got to see the Ohio State Walking machine. It had a Kawasaki 750 motor to generate power and hydraulics, held one man as a driver, and had 7 computers onboard, one for each of the six legs and one to coordinate the interaction of the legs and translate the drivers inputs into actions. Pretty cool. Also, you need to search and find the "spider" eight legs, eight axis of movement from center. Each leg is articulated eight or nine ways, I forget. Can be walking toward you and in mid stride start walking 90 degrees to the left or right. Way cool. Took a super computer at the time to get all of that to work.

Also, if robotics is an interest, look up the "micro mouse" competition. That is pretty cool as well.

D.W.

[mdwyer]

Anyway, back to the point at hand. In the 80's I was driving through Columbus Ohio and I got to see the Ohio State Walking machine. It had a Kawasaki 750 motor to generate power and hydraulics, held one man as a driver, and had 7 computers onboard, one for each of the six legs and one to coordinate the interaction of the legs and translate the drivers inputs into actions. Pretty cool.

We held the walking machine competition at CSU while I was there. A lot of big-name universities brought some amazing equipment. One group brought something that looked like a walking golf-cart. CMU brought something that borrowed parts from from NASA explorers. There was some incredible engineering.

But what was really telling was that the winning bot was the CSU Xplorer, that looked like it was built from a pair of garage door openers and the contents of a Radio Shack. It was slow, stupid, and had a very simple walking motion, if you can even call it that... but it beat out all the more insectile or anthrophomorphic ones! Sometimes, simple is better!

[snowtrooper1966]

Sick!
And it comes in black!
I'm sure you will be the first kid on your block to have one...
James

[nfpgasmask]

Sick!
And it comes in black!
I'm sure you will be the first kid on your block to have one...
James

LOL, not at 10 mil!

Bart

[snowtrooper1966]

LOL, not at 10 mil!

Bart

Wanna go halves?
We could have joint custody?..........
James

[nfpgasmask]

Wanna go halves?
We could have joint custody?..........
James

OK then, as long as I get it for the holidays!

Bart

[snowtrooper1966]

Sweet!
What's a Snowtrooper without an AT-AT?
James

[nfpgasmask]

http://gizmodo.com/372272/video-of-b...?autoplay=true

[Ldub]

I KNEW it was two guys with skinny legs...

Thanks for the larf Bart.

[snowtrooper1966]

haven't even heard of Black Book...Have to check it out.
Dig the Beta....

[nfpgasmask]

haven't even heard of Black Book...Have to check it out.
Dig the Beta....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389557/

My buddy does stunts in several scenes.

Bart