Advanced robotics - freaky dog like robot.

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[IMDB]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mmVaLp8icoU[/IMDB]

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It's going to be a hell of a time when weapons get attached to it.

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Two legs can;t be far behind.

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uncanny valley

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I wonder how much weight it can support. I'd like to see someone riding on its back.

Two legs can;t be far behind.

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I wonder how much weight it can support. I'd like to see someone riding on its back.

It said in the authoring comment that it could carry up to 340 lb, so I suppose someone light could ride on its back, if it had a mat so that they wouldn't get damaged by the engine.

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Picture of Asimo

I very much doubt asimo would continue to stand up if you kicked him with all your might.

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I very much doubt asimo would continue to stand up if you kicked him with all your might.

It has been said the asimo has some balencing issues, so I'd have too agree with you there.

Then again it's not like a person wouldn't fall over if you kicked them with all your might. But that might just be if a heavy person kicked a light person

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Kicking a bipedal creature over is obviously different from kicking over a quadruped.

Asimo can walk, run and climb stairs; I find that pretty impressive for a bipedal robot, and it's probably as far as the technology's ever going to go.

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Kicking a bipedal creature over is obviously different from kicking over a quadruped.

Asimo can walk, run and climb stairs; I find that pretty impressive for a bipedal robot, and it's probably as far as the technology's ever going to go.

Nnnnah they'll probably improve his balance later on with motion and weight sensors and all that jazz, robotics is going to be spectacular in a century or so.

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and it's probably as far as the technology's ever going to go.

How can anyone ever say this, ever ever, ever?

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robotics is going to be spectacular in a century or so.

But still fairly pointless.

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How can anyone ever say this, ever ever, ever?

I said it about grenade-shaped water balloons.

[ArgoonKlok]

But still fairly pointless.

I like the idea of having them fight our wars.

/awaiting standard The Terminator reply

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its looks really odd.

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I like the idea of having them fight our wars.

We already do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQf0Q0JEdtE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsZ2NMcMG4g

And here is the artillery equivalent in dev:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RekT_O7yneI

Remote controlled supertanks anyone?

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DIE HUMAN

[ArgoonKlok]

We already do.

Well.. moreso than they already are!

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Where are you? Where are you? There you are!

Oh shi~

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We already do.

A quadrupedal tank would certainly be an interesting concept.

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and it's probably as far as the technology's ever going to go.

thats always been a stupid thing to say.