Carnegie Mellon Is Building A Robot Chimp That Doubles As A Tank
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[quote]Chimpanzees? Cool. Tanks? Cool. Robots? Also cool. Combine them, and you have either the best transformer ever, or Carnegie Mellon’s new human-sized robot chimp tank.
Named the CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform (CHIMP, because clever), the four-limbed robot is designed to compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge. The challenge seeks robots that can wander into places where it'd be unsafe to send a human, like a failed nuclear reactor or houses after an earthquake. The challenge also solicits robots that can use human tools to do everything from open doorknobs to drive cars. There are several proposed designs, ranging from the humanoid to the spidery.
But CHIMP is the most, well, chimp-like. Similar to a chimpanzee, it has hands--complete with opposable thumbs--at the end of each limb that can grasp objects.
Most of the time, though, CHIMP resembles and acts more like a LEGO tank. Each of those four limbs has a section of tractor-like treads, which move easier over uneven terrain than most bipedal robots.
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This is some Ghost in the Shell shit right here.
thats incredible.
also sort of reminds me of the robo-dog from "Fahrenheit 451"
It looks majestic
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;39970918]This is some Ghost in the Shell shit right here.
thats incredible.
also sort of reminds me of the robo-dog from "Fahrenheit 451"[/QUOTE]
that's exactly what I thought. All it needs is a syringe full of poison.
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The design is incredibly ugly, reminds me of plastic toys for kids.
here come the metal gears
Now make a swarm and have them co-operate.
[QUOTE=Appolox;39971059]The design is incredibly ugly, reminds me of plastic toys for kids.[/QUOTE]
If it works, it works.
Personally I think it's endearing. If I'm gonna be rescued something I'd prefer something that looks like it came from an 80s sci fi movie over the robonazi stuff being designed today.
