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Offline Rictor

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on: May 22, 2005, 07:09:26 pm
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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.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/shot.wmv
http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/images/robo_s.wmv
 

Offline Taristin

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Reply #1 on: May 22, 2005, 07:10:17 pm
THIS is the THIRD repost of this IN a month!
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Offline Rictor

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Reply #2 on: May 22, 2005, 07:12:21 pm
No it's not, I'm here all the time..

...really?
 

Offline Taristin

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Reply #3 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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Offline Kosh

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Reply #4 on: May 22, 2005, 07:22:53 pm
It still is pretty cool.......
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline IceFire

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Reply #5 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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Offline Kosh

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Reply #6 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!
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline NGTM-1R

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Reply #7 on: May 22, 2005, 07:47:27 pm
Or Solomon Petresun.
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Offline Ace

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Reply #8 on: May 22, 2005, 07:52:05 pm


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Offline redsniper

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Reply #9 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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The future makes happy, if you make it yourself.
No war; think about happy things."   -WouterSmitssm

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Offline Ace

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Reply #10 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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Offline Rictor

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Reply #11 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.
 

Offline redsniper

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Reply #12 on: May 22, 2005, 09:39:52 pm
Interesting... is it free?
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Reply #13 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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Offline WMCoolmon

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Reply #14 on: May 23, 2005, 05:14:02 am
:lol:
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Offline delta_7890

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Reply #15 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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Reply #16 on: May 23, 2005, 07:09:09 am
I had a toy that does that.  Plus its head rotates and the chest opens :ha:
 

Offline Styxx

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Reply #17 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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Reply #18 on: May 23, 2005, 12:07:52 pm
Why do I think of the line 'Stay away from her, you *****!'?
 

Offline Krackers87

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Reply #19 on: May 23, 2005, 12:14:50 pm
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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.

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