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Dr. Mordrid
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They've sure made some advances in the past year. Almost human they way it does things..paulw -
I sure wouldn't want a militarized / weaponized version chasing my ass....Dr. Mordrid
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An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.
I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fpsComment
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Wow, that is amazing. I wonder how it would descend the stairs while carrying that 100lbs crate and whether it could also climb them with that weight (or at all). But if it can;t, they'll get there.Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
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Its posture makes it look like it's moving backward much of the time. But it does appear more maneuverable with the "knees" bent backward.
Now put a seat and some handlebars on the thing.Comment
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Some of the jumping movements were very animal like - maybe different mammals for different movements. Bound to have some military version though - pays the bills for the research.Life is a bed of roses. Everyone else sees the roses, you are the one being gored by the thorns.
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The backward knee is very ostrich-like, which explains a lot as regards speed and maneuverability. Whatever, I'd bet a future version will be faster, stronger, and potentially very scary.
Just imagine one tooling around the countryside with a mini-gun. grenade launcher or a 50 kW fiber laser. Yeetch....Dr. Mordrid
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