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...you call that a kick?
A sneek peek of our robotic overlords!
Seriously though, did it really need to look like a giant bug...?
DO NOT WANT!
Can you imagine hearing that thing chasing you through the woods at night? Eesh.
Wah. Nightmares now. And thoughts of Starship Troopers.
hmmm...i was thinking more like John Carpenters, The Thing...
Does anyone else have the sudden urge to play Half Life 2?
It looks like a spider with half the legs. That thing scares the ass crap outta me...
There will be no escaping our robot guardians.
You think that's scary? Imagine that thing armed with a weapon.
OMFG! we are all so toast!
Decent article from IGN on it here:
that thing scares the bejeezus out of me...it moves like something out of a Tim Burton stop-motion and also could probably kill you.
Now would be a good time to stock up on rocket launchers.
I guess it's good that decades worth of youngsters have been honing their robot-killing skills via video games. And mom said you were wasting your life.
Holy shit. Did the terminator teach us nothing?
oh shit, trent reznor was right.
time to stock up on rpg shells,bottled water and cat food
Plan 1: Realize exoskeleton's crush easily with spiked tree limb. Use said limb to whap it over head.
Plan 2: Throw rocks.
Plan 3: Use tree limb to whack head and disable sensors anyway.
Plan 4: Roast slowly over open fire with marshmallow.
I think the commission for this went to Rothana Heavy Engineering/Kuat Drive Yards.
oh my god oh my god oh my god!!! i will have nightmares for weeks!
It sounds as if it runs with a model airplane motor. Surely, they could fix that.
I mean, if it's not too much trouble, I'd like for my death at the motorized paws of the robot dog army to be stealthy and quiet. Replace that 'mya-nya' noise with a little soft puppy panting, and while you're at it, add a little wagging tail.
They can leave the eyes glowing hellbound-red.
yeah, but how does it stand up (pun intended) to a an IED?
Whatever. Even armored, motherfucker's gotta have eyes. Paintballs FTW.
There's fucking huge mosquito in my office somewhere. I can hear it.
West nile virus, shit.
What the fuck IS it?!
I mean, other than the obvious, some sort of freaky ass robotic thing from hell...
Wow that thing would make an AWESOME Mars probe! As long as they could find a way to power it, because i'm guessing conventional solor power just wouldn't cut it... and, if it freaks the martians out like it freaks me out, we'll never get invaded!
Sheeee-it. The ewoks took out bigger stuff with logs and bolo ropes. I ain't a-skeered.
Sheesh, I swear it's dangling from wires like a puppet. Just get some scissors and THEN proceed with kicking, rock throwing, and tree-limb wacking.
Hell, all you need to do is take out just one of its legs...
Whatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuck?!! Every hair on the back of my neck went up.
Imagine that thing with weapons AND AI
It is amazing that it can regain it's balance, but Fuck, A "defensive advanced research" tool. That means brown and black people are gunna get chased by this cyborg once it's on the battle field and ground into slug food. Too bad they won't send it Mars to get some green Cheese.
EVERYBODY knows there is no such thing as green cheese on Mars.
That shit is exclusively from the Moon.
Seriously, though, crazy crazy robot. When it jumped....?! Man.
SOMETHING's gonna have to bring human population under control. What does it eat?
Is it just me, or does this thing look like something out of Mummenschanz?
This is an impressive bit of engineering. Of course, the Luddites are going to run screaming in to the hills like little girls - technology bad! - but this could be the start of something big.
Please refer to the wonderful documentary "Fast, Cheap, And Out Of Control" by Eroll Morris (sp?name?). One of his interviewees is a robotics guy who showed how insect mechanics are better suited for a robot finding its footing on uneven terrain. This is an excellent example of those movement dynamics on a very large scale! Congrats to the techies who accomplished this. Too bad it will probably be used for violent ends before it is used for peaceful exploration.
IEDs, tree limbs, whatever.
Just build a smallish EMP and it will knock out the electronics.
As Saint Gibson said: "When your enemies go high tech, you go lo tech."
Takes 'em off guard every time.
I like how it looks like it was part-made out of dead, reanimated animal legs.
Needs laser-beams on its head, though.
So tenacious. So determined. So hot. I bet that thing could go all nite. Strap on a fifth appendage and let's hit the petting zoo! Woof.
Got a link? it's no longer available through the stranger site.
NVM
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