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Postby kurohinge1 » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:50 pm

[SIZE="3"]Faster than a photocopier.
More powerful than a stapler.
Able to leap onto small office chairs in a single bound.
It's a slinky. It's a tamagochi. It's . . .a leaping robot[/SIZE]

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Japanese engineers at the University of Tokyo have created a robot that can leap about 50cm into the air . . . The robot is called Mowgli and it can jump thanks to artificial muscles driven by compressed air.

It can also jump down again and play football, which could be good news when the transfer window re-opens. But more practically, it could lead to robots that can be used as mechanical carers in years to come . . . more
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Postby Midwinter » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:41 pm

Right then, with leaping out of the way they're free to concentrate on having Mowgli gouge at people's brains. Go Robo-Apocalypse, GO!
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Postby succubusqueen » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:25 pm

Can anybody tell me what would be the advantages of having a leaping robot?
Just curious???:confused:
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Mmmm

Postby kurohinge1 » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:24 pm

succubusqueen wrote:Can anybody tell me what would be the advantages of having a leaping robot?
Just curious???:confused:


Just a guess but the more of an armoury these things have the more they can be tuned to compensate for things we take for granted. The usual mechanics in a robot are very basic and don't react quickly when things start to go pear-shaped (like ASIMO losing balance on stairs, etc). But supplementing their normal systems with back up, fast acting and more powerful failsafes (like air-compressed "muscles") could be fine-tuned to act like a safety net for when they start to lose balance, or fail to cope with a load, etc.

That's one small step for a robot; one giant leap for robot-kind.

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Postby Catoneinutica » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:32 pm

kurohinge1 wrote:But supplementing their normal systems with back up, fast acting and more powerful failsafes (like air-compressed "muscles") could be fine-tuned to act like a safety net for when they start to lose balance, or fail to cope with a load, etc.


Failsafe muscle control definitely helps me cope with my load, I'll tell you what. :smoking:
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Postby Takechanpoo » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:18 am

I gurantee that this tech will be immediately stolen by Korean dudes.
And they will say "Our technology is not inferior to Japs!!!!!!".
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Postby succubusqueen » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:28 am

I like your answer! Kurohinge1!! Thanks!!!
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Postby ttjereth » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:54 pm

succubusqueen wrote:Can anybody tell me what would be the advantages of having a leaping robot?
Just curious???:confused:


Easier to chase us down and stab us in the head when they take over. :eek2:

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Postby Greji » Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:58 pm

ttjereth wrote:Easier to chase us down and stab us in the head when they take over. :eek2:


Should have to worry about that for awhile. Opps, my robot just be came aware and took off after Kurohenge! Just might be a bit sooner than I thought.
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Postby ttjereth » Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:50 pm

gboothe wrote:Should have to worry about that for awhile. Opps, my robot just be came aware and took off after Kurohenge! Just might be a bit sooner than I thought.
:cool:


I figure the first "aware" type robots that will be commonplace will have something or other to with sex.

:D

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Mmmm

Postby kurohinge1 » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:31 pm

ttjereth wrote:
gboothe wrote:
Should have to worry about that for awhile. Opps, my robot just be came aware and took off after Kurohenge! Just might be a bit sooner than I thought.


I figure the first "aware" type robots that will be commonplace will have something or other to [do] with sex.

:D


You've just described G-man's robot that he mentioned above.

Note to self: Be on the look-out for a worn-out, "aware" mechanical goat.

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Postby Greji » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:36 pm

[quote="kurohinge1"]You've just described G-man's robot that he mentioned above.

Note to self: Be on the look-out for a worn-out, "aware" mechanical goat.

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Damn, thing just jumped right in there!
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