Comments on: Skiing Robot

By: BamaChris

BamaChris — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:36:59 +0000

It’s about time they invented this. We’ve been needing it for years.

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:02:15 +0000

I see a future in this robot for automated rescue-rides when some victim is loaded by rescueworkers on a stretcher with ski’s on it and a small unit. And then they say to the unit “go home” and off it goes without any further need to be supervised till it has kome down the mountain.

By: Gorf

Gorf — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:01:45 +0000

@starla
That’s exactly what I first thought on seein the picture!

By: lansing wedding photographer

lansing wedding photographer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:19:48 +0000

they never showed it stopping though

By: KenMurph

KenMurph — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:59:23 +0000

Finally, mankind will be relieved from the tedious chore of downhill skiing.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:41:14 +0000

Gas oven, Shirley? But yes, that’s exactly what I thought, too.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:07:04 +0000

haha that’s exactly what I thought of when I saw this – the skiing robot from wallace and gromit. At about 1:10 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EqPwGkE8rY

By: starla

starla — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:00:04 +0000

Sorry, vending machine, whatever it .=]

By: starla

starla — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:59:07 +0000

And I can just see that skiing TV from the Wallace and Gromit short where they went to the moon for cheese. :3

By: Kalel

Kalel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:33:59 +0000

I can just see a squad of these chasing James Bond.