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Postby SuperTroll » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:35 pm

Sometimes we forget just what it is our tax dollars are doing.....

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Robotics....pretty soon you will need to spray for electro-mechanical roaches.......
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Postby tonyj » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:46 pm

That's just great--now when we hike in the woods, we'll have to make sure we don't step in a pile of robot techno-poop! :roll:

I like the concept, but for some reason the thing creeps me out a little bit. "Oh, I've been thru the desert with a horse with no head, and it's good to be out of the rain."

What? Those aren't the words? :lol:
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Postby Mary K » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:49 pm

:lol: :lol: Tony, you ain't right...


How's the weather..... :twisted:



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Postby Catoosa Grani » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:00 pm

That thing looks like a giant spider and I don't even like itsy bitsy spiders.
I did get a little upset when that guy kicked it though. It is too real acting.

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P.S. I am with MK, I want to know how the weather is there. Are you doing o.k. Tony?
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Postby planovet » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:06 pm

Kinda creepy.
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Postby Steve_Cox » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:20 pm

Woulda been cool if it would have kicked him back :lol:
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Postby Mike Angeles » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:02 pm

Way creepy
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Postby tonyj » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:14 pm

Mary K wrote::lol: :lol: Tony, you ain't right...


How's the weather..... :twisted:



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Sunny. Hot. Windy.

Seriously. It's a sunstorm with fart-force winds of 15-20. The storm will be all south of us. We'll get some rain tonight and they're predicting heavier rain tomorrow. I'm not expecting much.

Sorry about getting off topic. I forgot about the guy giving it a push. I thought at the time it would be pretty cool to see them in a wrestling match. It reacted the same way that Jake does when I try to pick him up. He hates that.
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Postby tonyj » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:17 pm

Catoosa Grani wrote:That thing looks like a giant spider and I don't even like itsy bitsy spiders.
I did get a little upset when that guy kicked it though. It is too real acting.

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P.S. I am with MK, I want to know how the weather is there. Are you doing o.k. Tony?


See my post above to MK. Thanks for asking. I'll go post on the Dolly topic.
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Postby Mary K » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:20 pm

:thumbsup: Yeah, sorry about the hijack.


That robot is waaaaay creepy though. And loud too, needs a muffler. Sounds like they use a chainsaw motor to run it. It kinda amplifies the creepiness of it.


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Postby Miriam C. » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:07 pm

:( I love this thing. :twisted: It is beautiful and think of all the neat things it could do. I mean it could even rescue a human in a bad situation. Beauty is in the cool advanced movements. :thumbsup: :applause: Beside you could send supplies where people can't go safely. :thumbsup:
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Postby Catoosa Grani » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:19 pm

I am sorry too, back to the big dog.

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Postby SuperTroll » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:46 pm

promise you, if DARPA is working it, it'll end up a weapons platform....what fun...luke skywalker may yet see the giant walkers with cannons.......

Did you all click on the links for the other robots being built there on the left?.....
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Postby Miriam C. » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:55 pm

SuperTroll wrote:promise you, if DARPA is working it, it'll end up a weapons platform....what fun...luke skywalker may yet see the giant walkers with cannons.......

Did you all click on the links for the other robots being built there on the left?.....


As do most really well working robotics. That doesn't mean they aren't neat or that they can't be appreciated for their humane potential. :R
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Postby cccamper » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:57 am

BackPackerBuddy! Wouldn't that be cooooool! :SG

My CA brother has been having hip pain for the last couple years.. makes it harder for him when he backpacks around Yosemite and other places during the summer. This guy could help!

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