I don't care that any actual military-grade battlemech would be entirely useless, I want more.
Tarquinn fucked around with this message on 04-06-2005 at 07:07 AM.
Then again I'm totally clueless on the actual physics of this matter -- it's quite possible a four-leg design is useless as well.
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Did they say why, Leopold, why they want you to terminate my command?
I don't care that any actual military-grade battlemech would be entirely useless, I want more.
DROP YOUR WEAPONS. YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS TO COMPLY.
It's not something people hear about.
zaza imagins mechs of the future to look like this:
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DrPaintThinner don't surf!
AWESOME!! now all they need is some sort of raptor-esque one that runs really fast!!! And they could paint flames on it!! And add nos stickers! Its like 15hp for each additional sticker too!!
When you post, my brain hurts itself. Sean fucked around with this message on 04-06-2005 at 09:13 AM.
It's not something people hear about.
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A sleep deprived New Age Bane stammered:
I wonder how fast it moves.
Slow, watch the movie that's hosted there. Razor fucked around with this message on 04-06-2005 at 09:23 AM.
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Sean's fortune cookie read:
When you post, my brain hurts itself.
I don't know, I actually found that post pretty funny (provided it was indeed sarcasm).
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Tarquinn impressed everyone with:
Why is this on the page?
The bandwidth's down but I assume that was a picture of the purple squishy ball thing; that's what it shoots, at the moment, hence the "battlemech" quantification. If you watch the movie (well, if the site comes back up) you can see it shooting a spherical projectile; that's it.
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Leopold impressed everyone with:
The bandwidth's down but I assume that was a picture of the purple squishy ball thing; that's what it shoots, at the moment, hence the "battlemech" quantification. If you watch the movie (well, if the site comes back up) you can see it shooting a spherical projectile; that's it.
Ah, thanks!
Edit: And replace the foam ball launchers with paintball guns. YOu could carry a serious supply of balls and air in something that big. Alaan fucked around with this message on 04-06-2005 at 02:07 PM.
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We were all impressed when Zaza wrote:
I always figured that walkers might find some use as terrain vechiles, if only given FOUR legs, not two. Would support the weight better and be a lot more stable.Then again I'm totally clueless on the actual physics of this matter -- it's quite possible a four-leg design is useless as well.
Despite how easily humans walk, the actual bipedal motion is rather difficult to stabilize. It's only been in the past couple of years or so that we've (re: the f'n japanese) have been able to create stable, functional bipedal robots. Even then, that's pretty much all they do.
A four legged (Or six legged) design is easier to work with.. especially sixlegged designs.. you can always have three legs on the ground.. A four legged chair can wobble, a three legged one cannot.
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Alaan had this to say about Captain Planet:
Just need to buy some of those rockets they used on Myth Busters to get that one car going like, 200 mph and prepare for take off!Edit: And replace the foam ball launchers with paintball guns. YOu could carry a serious supply of balls and air in something that big.
Those were probably JATO (Jet Assisted Take Off) rockets used on C-130's on Mythbusters. Probably very hard to get. Doubt the thing has the suspension to withstand a landing from 'jumping'.
Tippmann makes a rapid fire multi barrel paintball gun (more like a Gattling gun than anything) and as for an air supply, you just run a compressor off the engine and use tanks to keep constant pressure. I do believe that there are also rubber bullets available only to law enforcement for use in paintball guns. Crowd control with one of these walkers would be interesting.
I agree on the comment about giving something a vaguely human-like appearance. It's practically written into our genetics to be afraid of something that shakes the ground and makes ominous sounds when it takes a step. Fill it with those pepper spray paintballs and you're good to go.
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Falaanla Marr painfully thought these words up:
I don't know, I actually found that post pretty funny (provided it was indeed sarcasm).
it was
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Kennatsu loves Parcelan like a fat kid loves cake
Bipedal robots could be feasible if we put more processing power into them. The human brain makes a lot of calculations a second just to adjust our muscles in order to keep us standing.
I don't think you know what you're talking about.
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Kennatsu had this to say about Duck Tales:
Bipedal robots could be feasible if we put more processing power into them. The human brain makes a lot of calculations a second just to adjust our muscles in order to keep us standing.
Possible =/= Feasible
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Kennatsu wrote their words upon the rocks;
Bipedal robots could be feasible if we put more processing power into them. The human brain makes a lot of calculations a second just to adjust our muscles in order to keep us standing.
You'd also have to mainly reproduce the functions of the inner ear, which allows us to keep our balance.
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This one time, at Mightion Defensor camp:
I hope they go right to making the Timberwolf, rather than waste time making Jenners and such.
Screw that. Give me a Warhammer IIC or a Direwolf any day. Maybe a Rifleman IIC would even be nice....
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Mightion Defensor's account was hax0red to write:
You'd also have to mainly reproduce the functions of the inner ear, which allows us to keep our balance.
AT-STs would look pretty dumb with ears.
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This insanity brought to you by UBT:
Screw that. Give me a Warhammer IIC or a Direwolf any day. Maybe a Rifleman IIC would even be nice....
Atlas was the scariest looking one. I liked the catapult's look overall though.
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Mr. Parcelan got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
AT-STs would look pretty dumb with ears.
By "inner ear", he means three gyroscopes to relate motion on three planes.
But then.. the joke doesn't work. I'm sorry. 
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Delphi Aegis was listening to Cher while typing:
By "inner ear", he means three gyroscopes to relate motion on three planes.But then.. the joke doesn't work. I'm sorry.
When I want your lip, I'll pull down your pants.
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From the book of Delphi Aegis, chapter 3, verse 16:
By "inner ear", he means three gyroscopes to relate motion on three planes.But then.. the joke doesn't work. I'm sorry.
Mini gyroscopes do exist and work quite well. Most radio controlled helicopters use at least one in them. Some people also use them to help new pilots keep thier RC airplanes striaght and level.
Wouldn't be too difficult to incorporate them into these walkers.
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