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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rictor on May 22, 2005, 07:09:26 pm

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Post by: Rictor on May 22, 2005, 07:09:26 pm: Quote
Japanese machinery and robotics manufacturer Sakakibara-Kikai has released the first genuine bi-pedal exoskeleton – a landmark event and one which is certain to attract a lot of attention for the company. Mechanatrons and BattleMechs have long been the subject of scifi books, comics and movies with the promise of cyborg technology popularised by the smash sixties television series “The Six Million Dollar Man.”

(http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2005/nn20050518f2a.jpg)
(http://www.gizmag.com/pictures/hero/4004_4050532634.jpg)

http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/shot.wmv
http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/robo_s.wmv
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Post by: Taristin on May 22, 2005, 07:10:17 pm: THIS is the THIRD repost of this IN a month!
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Post by: Rictor on May 22, 2005, 07:12:21 pm: No it's not, I'm here all the time..

...really?
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Post by: Taristin on May 22, 2005, 07:19:08 pm: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,32741.0.html is the latest... I don't even feel like looking for the original. but trust me, it's there.

The original had a video too
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Post by: Kosh on May 22, 2005, 07:22:53 pm: It still is pretty cool.......
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Post by: IceFire on May 22, 2005, 07:23:44 pm: I missed it the first few times.

Thats nifty! And interesting. I read robots were impractical in a military sense...but who knows.
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Post by: Kosh on May 22, 2005, 07:28:50 pm: Maybe right now, but after the technology improves a little they might be great. Then they can turn on us and almost wipe us out. Then we can find someone named "John Connor" and form a worldwide resistance!
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 22, 2005, 07:47:27 pm: Or Solomon Petresun.
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Post by: Ace on May 22, 2005, 07:52:05 pm: (http://www.starsiege2845.com/albums/album01/cybrid_infantry.jpg)

Destroy all Human//Animals. Praise First-Thought//Giver-of-Will!
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Post by: redsniper on May 22, 2005, 08:45:50 pm: Whoa... that's from a mod for something right? Is it for Tribes?
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Post by: Ace on May 22, 2005, 09:03:54 pm: SS:2845 is now a stand-alone game. It was a Tribes mod for a long time though.
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Post by: Rictor on May 22, 2005, 09:06:32 pm: Yeah, but considering that Tribes: Vengance sold something like 50,000 copies, they decided it might not be the best idea after all. They're using the Torque engine now, right? Full circle.
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Post by: redsniper on May 22, 2005, 09:39:52 pm: Interesting... is it free?
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Post by: Descenterace on May 23, 2005, 05:11:00 am: I'm not particularly impressed by that mech. It's on wheels, afer all. I'd be impressed if it could actually walk properly.

Of course, it's doubtful that the materials or the structure are strong enough to cope with the forces involved. It would have to be able to balance on one leg for short periods of time, which would cause a large shear force at the hip joint which doesn't look very strong anyway. Moving at a reasonable speed would put all the leg joints under a lot of stress.

Even so, it's definitely a step forward. No pun intended.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on May 23, 2005, 05:14:02 am: :lol:
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Post by: delta_7890 on May 23, 2005, 06:46:10 am: Hmm.. Crude, but..it's a step forwards. Note how it never lifts its legs while it walks. It just kind of...shuffles like an old man. XD

Pretty soon, we'll have arms and monoeyes and the whole nine-yards. Ah, a real-life Mobile Suit Gundam. Can't wait!
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Post by: aldo_14 on May 23, 2005, 07:09:09 am: I had a toy that does that. Plus its head rotates and the chest opens :ha:
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Post by: Styxx on May 23, 2005, 11:17:43 am: It doesn't walk, it just drags its feet around. And it wobbles. Looks like a twelve years old could tip the bloody thing over.
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Post by: Flipside on May 23, 2005, 12:07:52 pm: Why do I think of the line 'Stay away from her, you *****!'?
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Post by: Krackers87 on May 23, 2005, 12:14:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Descenterace
I'm not particularly impressed by that mech. It's on wheels, afer all. I'd be impressed if it could actually walk properly.

Of course, it's doubtful that the materials or the structure are strong enough to cope with the forces involved. It would have to be able to balance on one leg for short periods of time, which would cause a large shear force at the hip joint which doesn't look very strong anyway. Moving at a reasonable speed would put all the leg joints under a lot of stress.

Even so, it's definitely a step forward. No pun intended.

It does walk -.-

Small steps, but it walsk, there are no wheels.

Remember kids, ignorance is not the answer, look something up before making assumptions.
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Post by: Krackers87 on May 23, 2005, 12:16:26 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Krackers87

It does walk -.-

Small steps, but it walk, there are no wheels, notice the feet moving, and the cockpit shudders in the movie.

Remember kids, ignorance is not the answer, look something up before making assumptions.