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badgenome on 07 September 2012
darthdevidem01 said:

Have you ever actually seen a dog?

yea ur mom lol!!!!!



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Jicale on 07 September 2012

Considering its running on a treadmill is it actually moving forward or just bouncing up and down while the mat under it moves



IIIIITHE1IIIII on 07 September 2012

Gotta love the U.S. government's priorities =)



IIIIITHE1IIIII on 07 September 2012
Jicale said:
Considering its running on a treadmill is it actually moving forward or just bouncing up and down while the mat under it moves


Uh... If it was only bouncing up and down then it would slowly go backwards...



AbbathTheGrim on 07 September 2012
the_dengle said:
By the time it hits 15 mph, just over half Bolt's speed, Bolt has already crossed the finish line.

Not if Cheetah comes with machineguns.



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

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TWRoO on 07 September 2012
wfz said:
NiKKoM said:
So... What's wrong with using a car in emergency responses, humanitarian missions and other
defense missions?? Or will this baby shoot lasers?

Why would you want something that moves on wheels when you can have it run on legs? Legs automatically bring a 10x intensifier to the intimidation scale.

I'm assuming the real value in legs will be the ability to cross terrain that's too rocky or unstable for wheels.

Pretty sure the current robotic cheetah would trip over if it encountered a small stone.

I agree on the intimidation scale though, especially as it doesn't have a head.



DanneSandin on 07 September 2012

hahaha I loved one of the commentaries below that video: don't laugh at the special needs transformer!!!! rofl!!!



I'm on Twitter @DanneSandin!

Furthermore, I think VGChartz should add a "Like"-button.

wfz on 07 September 2012
AbbathTheGrim said:
the_dengle said:
By the time it hits 15 mph, just over half Bolt's speed, Bolt has already crossed the finish line.

Not if Cheetah comes with machineguns.


Made my day. Thanks. =)

 

Also Lol @ the youtube comment about the special needs transformer.



haxxiy on 07 September 2012

DARPA and its insane stuff. I remind reading other day about gene therapy so soldiers could regrow limbs, go for days without food and yes, run faster than Usain Bolt. As always, warfare is the main thing driving science and technology forward, sadly.

Yeah, wheels are topologically way more efficient in plain surfaces, I'm sure, but the intimidation factor goes from the one of a silly bot on wheels to the walking monster of a sci-fi nightmare.



 

 

 

 

 

the_dengle on 07 September 2012
Jicale said:
Considering its running on a treadmill is it actually moving forward or just bouncing up and down while the mat under it moves

relative motion. Haven't been in physics class for a couple of years but the gist is that the two things you describe are fundamentally the same.

When you are walking forward how do you know that you are actually moving, and that it isn't the world that is moving under you while you stay in the same place?