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The driving to walking transition is pretty darn cool. Using the propellers to lift itself up is pretty smart. But overall, this seems like an absolute reliabil

• mc32 3y ago
  It’s probably a one use disposable solution when something critical needs to be delivered somewhere, be it peaceful (medicines) of bellicose (explosives) or anything in between.
  • hackernewds 3y ago
    So defense applications with bloated budgets and underutilized obligations to the payee, designed to transfer public funds to private pockets? Got it
• samstave 3y ago
  The good news is that when the battery dies, it has no moving parts!, keeping it simple. EDIT: What would be really neat ; putting little inflatable pontoons on those skids. That thing is awesome, however, with the hard plastic wheels, and the way it scapes them back into forward wheels, I feel like this is a dead-in-the-water-flaw. Imagine trying to scrape the wheels back into place on sand, or any other terrain obsticals that will prevent the pulling the wheels in. Instead, it should move the pivot joint and allow for the wheels to be lifted up, gull-wing-style, then straightened and then placed down like feet, lift the body, then drive.... That thing will die in water without pontoons (the wheels/tyres maybe) -- and also not relying on scraping hard Big-Wheel stile plastice tyres along whatever surface.
• TX81Z 3y ago
  Also what if a twig gets in the wheel? Seems like it wouldn’t be able to fly then.