This is the kinda of stuff we should be funding. I'd love to see one of these on Mars someday! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUQsRPJ1dYw&feature=player_embedded
[Obama] Like manned spaceflight, there's absolutely no practical application for this robot so we will slash funding to its research. [/Obama]
Awesome. A couple of more generations of that, and soldiers will ride on horses again. Mechanical horses.
It is cyber chihuahua. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until its batteries run out.
How long will it take these scientists to develop some kind of a leg that can sort of roll along with the terrain when it's smooth... I spent some time in the lab doing R&D and believe I've come up with a solution.
