Oh fuck me...Anget Colslaw said:I'm eagerly waiting to hear the news that Japan is recruiting a bunch of emotionless, blue haired girls to pilot these things.
That is true, still the smily feature is most...disturbing...imagine seeing that on the opposite side of the road. That would be very threatening, I'm sure people would drive off the road if they saw that. (well unless they are already used to it :S)PingoBlack said:Uhm, no.StormShaun said:Still sounds cool, and it is another step in technology/war weapons...good or bad it depends for now.
Military mechs don't get shown in YouTube videos. This is a very expensive toy.
The actual military mechs I guarantee you will be using Asimo type legs, licensed from Honda. Military has the bucks unlike civilians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIMO
But most of all ...
Actually weaponised robots are kinda secret, but no doubt, already in development. We have enough know how nowadays to make an autonomous Abrams tank for example. And that shit is way more terrifying than smile based trigger.
Of course it is, it's slow, clunky and impractical as it stands. But all technology has to start somewhere. We never build the good stuff on our first attempts.GTwander said:All those things were impractical (and dangerous) in their first incarnations, like this thing.Mr.K. said:You do know that has been said about every major technological development?The Madman said:I know I'm being the nerdy one by saying this but there's a reason there have been no mech until now (Apparently), and that's because as a fighting machine they're just ridiculously impractical.
Guns were considered impractical, vehicles were considered impractical, electricity, electronic devices, computers,... airplanes were even deemed impossible.
Yet here we are now years later with all that so common it doesn't even impress us anymore.
Give it time (and investment) and then I can see something like this being put to good use. As is, it's fairly lame... and I'm not talking about the soda rockets and BB guns, the whole thing is just...
... you know damned well what I'm getting at.
ASIMO is only good for falling down stairs. Clearly you need to be introduced to Boston Dynamics' (creator of Big Dog) PETMAN!PingoBlack said:Uhm, no.StormShaun said:Still sounds cool, and it is another step in technology/war weapons...good or bad it depends for now.
Military mechs don't get shown in YouTube videos. This is a very expensive toy.
The actual military mechs I guarantee you will be using Asimo type legs, licensed from Honda. Military has the bucks unlike civilians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIMO
But most of all ...
Actually weaponised robots are kinda secret, but no doubt, already in development. We have enough know how nowadays to make an autonomous Abrams tank for example. And that shit is way more terrifying than smile based trigger.
Well, there is a slight detail to it ... When I was back in Uni doing some robotics, most people were convinced 4 legs was minimum. It allows for so called static walking, where basically you keep your centre of mass within your feet always keeping your machine stable and upright. Bugs in nature use this type of locomotion.Daverson said:Realistically speaking, though, any combat walker have at least 3 legs (though more likely 4) to improve it's balance. No one wants to spend several billion dollars on a robot that can be foiled by trip hazards!
I'm just waiting for my Salma Hayekbot. That's all I need, and I'll be just fine!Tony said:Some years from now, we'll either have a thousand Benders or a thousand Gundam. Maybe even a Gurenn Lagann remake. To the Time Stasis chamber!