Sad but true. One of the major things holding back a lot of technology is our ability to power it remotely.Johnson McGee said:
Meet Atlas, The Pentagon's Agile New Robot
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Looks an awful lot like a skinny version of Robocop 2. I can't seem to find a pic of when he opens up his head/ chest to show a computer monitor with Cain's face on it, but those who've seen that movie get the idea.
I wonder if these feed this thing nuke, in order to make it abide to their bidding?
I wonder if these feed this thing nuke, in order to make it abide to their bidding?
Skynet is going to take over and instead of nukes it's just going to blare EDM from every speaker in the world.CriticalMiss said:
Wouldn't surprise me if this was actually 10-15 years behind what they're really developing, and I hate to sound like some tin foil hat conspiracist (hey there weren't wrong about PRISM and all that spying) but do you really think the Pentagon would notify the public of its most top secret stuff? No of course it wouldn't. Now of course if anyone is still skeptical then just look up APARNET which was the precursor and foundation of what the internet was based on, and that was started up in 1969 which was well before the internet became fully established, in fact there's often a trend between what the military develops and then how the technology eventually filters down to the public so it wouldn't at all surprise me, but of course there is no proof hence this is just a theory.
So, when can scale it up to 30 feet tall, equip it to throw nukes like footballs and put speakers that emit quips like "EMBRACE DEMOCRACY, OR YOU WILL BE ERADICATED!" and "COMMUNISM IS A TEMPORARY SETBACK ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM!" After all, it would be the most American robot ever DARPA!
I'd be all for that. We need some new music to accompany our warfare. Flight of the Valkyries is getting a bit overused.CriticalMiss said:
Anyway, I don't think I've ever had my mouth open with awe before at anything. HOLY FUCKING SHIT! It's not quite "near human movement", but it can walk up stairs at a reasonable pace, walks with some strut, and can balance itself! IT CAN BALANCE ITSELF!
You know what this means? MECHA AREN'T COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT! (at least in that respect, I know it'd still be a nightmare but the point it it seems that at least some of the problems can be addressed with current engineering knowledge and in time presumably all of them could be solved)
Nowhere in your op-ed, despite having room to make the same Terminator references that every single other robot news article on this site has made, is mentioned the rather significant detail of the wires extending from the robot to an external power supply. "Arming the things" seems a slightly less pressing need for making robots field-ready than a means of operating for more than a couple of minutes.Earnest Cavalli said:
Weak sauce, I know you have MUCH more advanced stuff than that Pentagon. Metal Gear Project, and the new GUNDAM project. I refuse to believe this modesty propaganda.
Ultracapacitors are almost a thing. The Blu-Ray of batteries, if you will.Clive Howlitzer said:
make this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_nuclear_reactor smaller. problem solved.Johnson McGee said:
in fact, extensive work is being done on putting a Thorium reactor in a car. a few miligrams of thorium fuel that does not self-react (unlike uranium) can fuel your car for a decade, essentialy being a electrocar with endless battery. problem currently is - the reactor is too strong, it bursts the valves since you need to make it thin enough to fit udner the hood.
