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Topic: Let's take a trip to the Uncanny Valley.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-25-2010 12:43:44 PM
Remember that Big Dog thing? Now it's a handheld.
That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Razortooth Gnome
The Artist Formerly Known As Anklebiter
posted 05-25-2010 02:06:56 PM
That's just cool as hell, but how much power does it require for movement compared to something with wheels?
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Blindy
Roll for initiative, Monkey Boy!
posted 05-25-2010 02:51:37 PM
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I bet Razortooth Gnome's Mother is proud:
That's just cool as hell, but how much power does it require for movement compared to something with wheels?

You wouldn't use this form of locomotion to get down a road, but the answer is a lot more.

On a plane ride, the more it shakes,
The more I have to let go.
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Steven Steve
posted 05-25-2010 03:18:26 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO0eGyzD1a4
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Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 05-25-2010 05:21:56 PM
It kinda looks and moves like a stoned headcrab.
~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
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Bloodsage
Heart Attack
posted 05-25-2010 05:48:02 PM
I thought I read somewhere that something like that needed at least 5 legs to be truly stable for anything useful.
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Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

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Greenlit
posted 05-25-2010 08:23:42 PM
What's always freaked me out about this line of robots is that their movement looks so much like your Ray Harryhausen or Stan Winston stop-motion animation.

Today they're climbing rocks and disarming bombs, tomorrow they're sending second-generation robot assassins back in time.

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Razortooth Gnome
The Artist Formerly Known As Anklebiter
posted 05-25-2010 11:50:50 PM
I could see one of these things crawling around mars in the future.
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Peter
Pancake
posted 05-26-2010 12:09:14 AM
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Razortooth Gnome's fortune cookie read:
I could see one of these things crawling around mars in the future.

dunno, strikes me this sort of movement isn't terribly energy efficient, which is a cornerstone of unmanned probes. IMHO be happier to see a hard suited Human trotting around Mars.

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Steven Steve
posted 05-26-2010 02:36:44 PM
The point is to create those mooing gears from MGS 4, not space rovers
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- Silvast, Battle.net forums

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