Comments on: BigDog: Quadruped Robot “Mule” Can Carry Heavy Loads. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/20/bigdog-quadruped-robot-mule-can-carry-heavy-loads/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dead_red_eyes http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/20/bigdog-quadruped-robot-mule-can-carry-heavy-loads/comment-page-1/#comment-58947 dead_red_eyes Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:53:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/20/bigdog-quadruped-robot-mule-can-carry-heavy-loads/#comment-58947 "One day the robots are going to take over the world and kick the *** of that guy who keeps kicking the poor robot." HAHAHAHAHA. It's a pretty cool machine, but it's so damn loud. “One day the robots are going to take over the world and kick the *** of that guy who keeps kicking the poor robot.”

HAHAHAHAHA.

It’s a pretty cool machine, but it’s so damn loud.

]]> By: Aramax http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/20/bigdog-quadruped-robot-mule-can-carry-heavy-loads/comment-page-1/#comment-58902 Aramax Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:23:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/20/bigdog-quadruped-robot-mule-can-carry-heavy-loads/#comment-58902 One day the robots are going to take over the world and kick the ass of that guy who keeps kicking the poor robot. The robot has good balance... no need to be violent with it just to prove that point. Send him down a ravine or something to see how he can fall back on his feets. One day the robots are going to take over the world and kick the ass of that guy who keeps kicking the poor robot.

The robot has good balance… no need to be violent with it just to prove that point. Send him down a ravine or something to see how he can fall back on his feets.

]]> By: aware http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/20/bigdog-quadruped-robot-mule-can-carry-heavy-loads/comment-page-1/#comment-58885 aware Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:53:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/20/bigdog-quadruped-robot-mule-can-carry-heavy-loads/#comment-58885 ok, those legs are creeping me out. i keep expecting humans to pull their heads and torsos out of the middle bit and say "surprise!!" in other news, i wonder if any double leg amputees (humans!) would ever be interested in this kind of robot legs. they seem a little too wild and perky to wanna perch myself on (and may require the use of a helmet and wrist/elbow guards, a la rollerblading), but that's just me. a wheelchair is much more predictable and manageable, i'd think. ok, those legs are creeping me out. i keep expecting humans to pull their heads and torsos out of the middle bit and say “surprise!!”

in other news, i wonder if any double leg amputees (humans!) would ever be interested in this kind of robot legs. they seem a little too wild and perky to wanna perch myself on (and may require the use of a helmet and wrist/elbow guards, a la rollerblading), but that’s just me. a wheelchair is much more predictable and manageable, i’d think.

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