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    Re: Just what we needed...

    Give it five years and thousands of cops and soldiers will be out of their jobs...

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    Re: Just what we needed...

    There's one with glowing red eyes wandering around New Mexico. We call it Robocabra.

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    Jean-Louis Llech
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    Re: Just what we needed...

    Might be wonderful if it was a bit "dogized" with a skin, a dog head... and some bark sounds...

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    Re: Just what we needed...

    Very interresting, but it would probably need numberplates on the road.

    It reminds me of a sort of four-legged spider like movementvise.

    An eight-legged version would be even more stable. Then add
    twelve glowing red eyes and a stiff hairy coat and you will have your
    own huge spider for hauling your gear and scaring the neighbours.

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    Re: Just what we needed...

    Probably follows instructions better than my triplet boys I am training up to carry my gear for me...LOL!

    Vaughn

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    Re: Just what we needed...

    Ironic how its so advanced but what's the catch? oh, its just ANOTHER thing that runs on gasoline! Makes me think of the fireman's dog in Fahrenheit 451 that can hunt you down from 10 miles away and then stabs you in the face with a syringe...

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    Jean-Louis Llech
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    Re: Just what we needed...

    But what happens to all the gear, cameras and accessories if the robot has a sudden "malfunction" ? Is there an "emergency knob" if it decides to jump into a river or from the top of a cliff ?

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    Re: Just what we needed...

    It has a "limp-home" mode, just like your BMW, Jean-Louis.
    Early versions kept stopping to mark their territory.
    http://www.jeffbridges.com/perception.html "Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you are right."

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