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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: mikhael on March 13, 2004, 01:37:02 am

Title: It used to be a Mini Cooper
Post by: mikhael on March 13, 2004, 01:37:02 am: But now it is something far greater. (http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/photos.html)

I'll have three.
Title: It used to be a Mini Cooper
Post by: Knight Templar on March 13, 2004, 02:21:08 am: Cheetor! MAXIMIZE!
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 13, 2004, 02:23:00 am: You have three 503 errors? Nice
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Post by: Nico on March 13, 2004, 06:12:43 am: woha!
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Post by: Carl on March 13, 2004, 09:57:55 am: dude!
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Post by: Carl on March 13, 2004, 09:59:00 am: sweet!
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Post by: Carl on March 13, 2004, 09:59:56 am: awesome!
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Post by: Carl on March 13, 2004, 10:00:39 am: seriously, all i get is a 404 error.
Title: It used to be a Mini Cooper
Post by: Stryke 9 on March 13, 2004, 10:01:51 am: Does it fold back into a mini-cooper?

Does it work?
Title: It used to be a Mini Cooper
Post by: mikhael on March 13, 2004, 11:36:41 am: They're still working on it. They had some problems with parts of the arm assembly that have required them to rework some of the power train in the legs. There's no reason it SHOULDN'T work when its done.

But no, it doesn't fold back into a Mini-Cooper.

As for the 404/503 errors, it looks like the server has a very low transfer limit, small pipe, or other such limiter.
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Post by: Stryke 9 on March 13, 2004, 11:48:58 am: Okay, so long as it works those guys are awesome. Wish I had some clue how to make one.
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Post by: an0n on March 13, 2004, 11:49:34 am: Am I the only one who noticed that no shadows ever seem to fall on the robot?
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Post by: Carl on March 13, 2004, 01:20:48 pm: is it a chrome robot? because if it is, that that's to be expected.
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Post by: an0n on March 13, 2004, 01:24:36 pm: No, it's basically a ripped-up Mini.

I suppose it could just be an optical illusion, but there's just lots of little things that look not-quite-rite.
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Post by: mikhael on March 13, 2004, 07:23:37 pm: Damn. Turns out to be CGI after all. It looks like it might be stuff for a new ad campaign for the new convertible Mini Coopers. It would make sense.
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Post by: Stryke 9 on March 13, 2004, 07:28:40 pm: Ha! I thought so!

I suspected something was off when I couldn't work out how you'd get independent movement in all four limbs with only the one motor, but since I couldn't get most of the page... or any higher-up page than that, and you seemed to have found more info, I wasn't gonna say nothin'. My hubris as the Mechanic Supreme is restored. I am smarter than all of you. Yes.
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Post by: Nico on March 14, 2004, 04:32:12 am: There was an add for the beattle which did the exact same, actually :p
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Post by: Corsair on March 14, 2004, 01:46:07 pm: three 404s?

i want to see the fake ripped-up imaginative mini!
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Post by: karajorma on March 14, 2004, 02:05:55 pm: I'm just getting 404's too.
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Post by: J3Vr6 on March 15, 2004, 08:37:15 am: Quote
Originally posted by Nico
There was an add for the beattle which did the exact same, actually :p

Bumble Bee?!!? One of my favorite Autobots :nervous:

(http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/jag795/jag795/NewAdditions/BumbleBee.JPG)
Title: It used to be a Mini Cooper
Post by: Ghostavo on March 15, 2004, 09:34:59 am: (http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/ToysShockwaveMIB1a.jpg)

Shockwave... :nervous:
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Post by: J3Vr6 on March 15, 2004, 09:51:52 am: Oh yeah? He's got nothing on:

(http://www.makotron.argh.nom.br/fanart/starscream.jpg)

Starscream OWNZ ALL!!! My favorite decepticon...
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Post by: Ghostavo on March 15, 2004, 09:58:05 am: Favorite Autobot.
Omega Supreme!! :D
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Post by: ZylonBane on March 15, 2004, 10:37:39 am: I don't care what dialect you speak-- the word "bonnet" should never be used to describe any part of a transformer or other mech.
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Post by: Fractux on March 15, 2004, 11:03:40 am: My goodness, this is pretty amazing!

http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/videos/stop_test.htm

The robot stops a Land Rover!
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Post by: J3Vr6 on March 15, 2004, 11:14:09 am: It's fake, though.
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Post by: Fineus on March 15, 2004, 11:17:49 am: Yeah... there's no way that kind of automation currently exists.
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Post by: Bobboau on March 15, 2004, 11:26:54 am: it's an auto-bot!
:ha:
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Post by: Flipside on March 15, 2004, 11:31:48 am: I agree, that Robot moved far too 'humanly' than is currently possible :(
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Post by: an0n on March 15, 2004, 11:38:16 am: Quote
Originally posted by Kalfireth
Yeah... there's no way that kind of automation currently exists.
You are talking about the Mini, right?