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When I see this video, I keep thinking of Terror Birds. https://naturalishistoria.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/terror-bird-reconstructions.jpg?w=416&h=399 https

When I see this video, I keep thinking of Terror Birds. https://naturalishistoria.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/terror-bird-reconstructions.jpg?w=416&h=399 https://naturalishistoria.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/terror... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae A robot like this, able to move on 2 wheels, could be quite versatile for combat in tight spaces. Giving it a 4 wheel bogey like on an iBot, with the ability for the bogey to fully rotate, would also enable stair climbing. https://msu.edu/~luckie/segway/iBOT/iBOT.html https://msu.edu/~luckie/segway/iBOT/iBOT.html The single manipulator could be mounted with a gun/bayonet, which could also be turned around to provide a surface for a door breaching ram. The thought of such a thing is pretty terrifying.

andrewflnr 8y ago
There's the nightmare fuel.
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kkarakk 8y ago
This is pretty much all i see whenever i see boston dynamics attempting to do a cute "oh look at the robot picking up a box" video. put an ak47 in that robot's manipulators and install some level 3 armor on the important bits and you've basically build a automated mobile weapon of terror and oppression i don't remember the source but the only reason big dog was rejected by the us military was the sound it generated + power requirements. not really a problem if it's also firing guns at the same time and is deployed from a mobile self driving charging base. maybe the robot charges itself from the nearest tesla power station...