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Dumpshock Forums _ Shadowrun _ real life bust-a-move drone?

Posted by: hobgoblin Oct 28 2009, 01:19 PM

http://www.slashgear.com/robo-garage-ropid-running-jumping-bot-video-2862031/

Posted by: Night Jackal Oct 28 2009, 01:29 PM

Hmm they even mention modding it with claws....well not them doing but someone else. Struck me as funny.

Posted by: hobgoblin Oct 28 2009, 01:38 PM

yea, the page has a good sense of humor, without being assholes like engadget...

Posted by: Vittek Oct 28 2009, 01:49 PM

Sorry, I've seen much better jumps. I hope everyone has seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww by now.

Posted by: hobgoblin Oct 28 2009, 03:30 PM

heh, they have improved on that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67CUudkjEG4

Posted by: Vittek Oct 28 2009, 03:40 PM

Oh yes, I didn't post that one only because they haven't shown it jumping yet Wonder if they have had any success, at least jumping on the site.

EDIT: Actually, I don't really think it's an improvement... they are two separate products. Bid Dog should be used to carry around stuff for the military during operations. A two-legged drone would be able to carry a much lighter weight, so it's not an improvement on that purpose.

Posted by: hobgoblin Oct 28 2009, 03:55 PM

well its a improvement in the walking department, as it can handle being unbalanced in a two legged move, vs 4 legs as the big dog has...

either is mostly tech demos, with the big dogs gear carrying possibility mostly a pr sell to DARPA and other investors...