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Ok, so it is another OT post but you guys have got to see this if you haven't already done so. Very impressive (and maybe worrisome for the "Terminator" viewers ) what they can do now. If it was quiet it might be the next thing Cabelas would have in the catalog next to the carts...
I liked the parts where they tried to push it over and it was on ice. Behaved just as my dogs have done in the same situation. Headless though. Scale it up some 10X and you've got those big walker things from Star Wars... Worth taking the time to watch, isn't it?
Sincerely,
Hobie
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Don't forget, the ultimate goal is to put weapons platforms on those things.
Now if they could just make them for disabled individuals it would be great to
see a youngster who had his mobility taken away to be able to go for a walk
in the woods with his family.
Jeeps
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Creeped me out too, but I showed it to a friend who is a paraplegic and he wants one with a seat, a fuel cell instead of a gasoline engine and a joystick. Seems to think it would be a great way to get back to hunting grouse, pheasant and quail. He may have something there.
Phenomenal! Takes a little to get used to seeing it move. Like stated, some what creepy. But what a tool. If they could power it other than w/a noisy internal combustion engine, it would have some stealth capability. Just think of 10-20 of those things coming after you w/a ma deuce planted squarely on it's back. All sorts of posibilities.
Nice work, but it gives me the Heeby Geevies too. I'm afraid if I saw that walking thru the woods I'd have to throw some lead in that direction. They definitely need to put a head on that thing, if nothing else just to get rid of some of the creep factor.
I think the Star Wars beast was an AT-AT:
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Great engineering. That thing could have some real use for the military if it were quiet and a little faster. Re-supply without having to deal with too many non-combat personnel, and the supply personnel could stay safe and working. Does it salute?
D. Brian Casady
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homefront wrote:I change my mind.
I do need a high-powered rifle !
A .50 cal. doesn't seem so silly anymore.
Forget guns. I think I'm going back to building rocket deliverable HE EMPs...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
homefront wrote:I change my mind.
I do need a high-powered rifle !
A .50 cal. doesn't seem so silly anymore.
Forget guns. I think I'm going back to building rocket deliverable HE EMPs...
May need to go pick up a 106 or a LAW to handle that critter. WP or HE
Nah. Just gotta get the EMP package to within pulse radius. Once the EMP cooks the wiring, it's toast... and I don't think they will be able to harden it and keep it motive.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
homefront wrote:I change my mind.
I do need a high-powered rifle !
A .50 cal. doesn't seem so silly anymore.
Forget guns. I think I'm going back to building rocket deliverable HE EMPs...
May need to go pick up a 106 or a LAW to handle that critter. WP or HE
Nah. Just gotta get the EMP package to within pulse radius. Once the EMP cooks the wiring, it's toast... and I don't think they will be able to harden it and keep it motive.
Sure would be fun to hit that thing with a LAW....Heck, an M-60 whoud rip that thing to shreds.. sure be fun shootn' it too..
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That thing seems to be a huge leap forward in robotics, especially compared to the humanoid Honda robot and others I've seen recently. The creepy part was watching it recover on the ice and from being shoved exactly like an animal would.
Bizzare. I hope I don't have trouble sleeping tonight. On the other hand, it's not going to be winning any races at the local Greyhoud track anytime soon.
Rimfire McNutjob wrote:Bizzare. I hope I don't have trouble sleeping tonight.
Let me nake it harder. It's supposed to carry 300+lbs.
Now mount twin SAWS on it and a couple of big belt cans.
Coming to an ATF raid near you.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
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