Japan aims for walking robot on the moon by 2020 |
Japan aims for walking robot on the moon by 2020 |
 Apr 4 2009, 12:25 AM
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No word if it will be a Transformer
 Japan aims for walking robot on the moon by 2020 QUOTE TOKYO (AP) — Japan hopes to have a two-legged robot walk on the moon by around 2020, with a joint mission involving astronauts and robots to follow, according to a plan laid out Friday by a government group. Also, if it is a humanoid machine with artificial intelligence, at what point do we stop saying it is still unmanned space flight? -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Apr 4 2009, 03:25 AM
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Definitely don't think that bipedal locomotion is the way to go for planetary surface exploration robots, anyhow; it works for us, but we've got well-developed hazard avoidance mechanisms & means of geting ourselves out of falls.
Hexapodial: there's the ticket, IMHO. You get the versatility of walking, plus six-point stability (four doesn't seem like enough for extreme angles & winds without sophisticated balancing features, and eight is overkill in terms of unnecessary control complexity). -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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lyford Japan aims for walking robot on the moon by 2020 Apr 4 2009, 12:25 AM
Geert I have often wondered about this.
If Spirit would... Apr 4 2009, 02:08 AM dvandorn I have a bad feeling about this -- look at how muc... Apr 4 2009, 03:04 AM
lyford QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 3 2009, 08:25 PM) Hexa... Apr 4 2009, 03:37 AM Geert QUOTE (lyford @ Apr 4 2009, 11:37 AM) Now... Apr 4 2009, 11:53 AM Phil Stooke There are a lot more actuators in a leg than in a ... Apr 4 2009, 12:05 PM imipak Hmm, the actuators on Mars today seem to be perfor... Apr 5 2009, 07:34 PM Paolo remembers me of UFO Grendizer... Apr 5 2009, 07:40 PM nprev Phil's right, though; moving parts should alwa... Apr 6 2009, 05:15 AM Geert QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 6 2009, 01:15 PM) Bet ... Apr 6 2009, 06:27 AM MahFL I just don't see how 2 legs can be safe. If yo... Apr 6 2009, 01:04 PM remcook This wasn't released in Japan on April 1 by an... Apr 6 2009, 02:07 PM cbcnasa I agree with an earlier statement, ASIMO looks gre... Apr 6 2009, 02:51 PM PDP8E Mankind has a million years of experience with bip... Apr 6 2009, 04:09 PM imipak QUOTE (PDP8E @ Apr 6 2009, 05:09 PM) I ha... Apr 6 2009, 06:29 PM PDP8E cargo-carrying walking robot..
...that is the cr... Apr 7 2009, 01:55 PM AndyG QUOTE (PDP8E @ Apr 6 2009, 05:09 PM) I ha... Apr 7 2009, 02:41 PM |
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