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 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
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Apr 4 2009, 03:04 AM
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I have a bad feeling about this -- look at how much trouble the Japanese are currently having making Asimo walk up and down stairs.
Bipedal locomotion is not intuitive or simple for machines. Add in the entirely different ways in which mass responds to force applied in a lowered G-field, and I'd really hate to see their walking robot take two steps, fall over, and not be able to stand back up... *sigh*... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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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 nprev Definitely don't think that bipedal locomotion... Apr 4 2009, 03:25 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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