Deere John: I'm walking out on my own six feet.
March 15, 2005 8:19 AM   Subscribe

six-legged walking machine, exciting video footage, unlikely future designs
posted by breezeway (18 comments total)
 
I'm in love. Thanks for this; it's a great antitode to the silliness of Asimo-style humanoid robots.
posted by mediareport at 8:25 AM on March 15, 2005


Sweet Jesus that is cool. I wish they'd shown the gnashing stainless steel mouthparts in more detail, though.
posted by Turtles all the way down at 8:39 AM on March 15, 2005


This excites me.
posted by TwelveTwo at 9:45 AM on March 15, 2005


Yeah, but where do you park it? And good luck getting through the drive thru at McDonalds.
posted by wfrgms at 9:53 AM on March 15, 2005


I want one.
posted by btwillig at 10:02 AM on March 15, 2005


Holy hell, and I thought the walking robots in Fast Cheap and Out of Control were something special.
posted by ITheCosmos at 10:35 AM on March 15, 2005


I thought this was gonna be about the robot bugs but this is much cooler! What a great concept!
posted by LunaticFringe at 10:35 AM on March 15, 2005


Coming soon to a police department near you. Great for crowd control!
posted by Goofyy at 10:36 AM on March 15, 2005


OMG. I so want one. I get all sorts of Dr. Arliss Loveless fantasies when I see this.
posted by five fresh fish at 11:02 AM on March 15, 2005


Wow, those bouncing lowriders have nothing on this.
posted by adamrice at 11:17 AM on March 15, 2005


Ha! A Finnish innovation! Someday we shall rule the earth with our walking machines!

I remember seeing this on the news sometimes in the 90's. The basic research into this was heavily funded by the Finnish Government.

It is a great invention. The footprint it leaves in forests is minimal compared to the traditional wheeled machines. A more ecological way of cutting forests is possible.
posted by hoskala at 1:13 PM on March 15, 2005


Finally I can drive over those nasty tire spikes!
posted by uni verse at 1:26 PM on March 15, 2005


Hmm... interesting. Call me when you can get one of these to gallop.
posted by Coda at 2:09 PM on March 15, 2005


gallop, !oh no!, too many legs!
posted by Viomeda at 4:29 PM on March 15, 2005


I think I first saw this about 5 years back. That's because I'm way hipper to Forestry Fashion than you lot, of course. Nyah.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:14 PM on March 15, 2005


Call me when you can get one of these to gallop.

Oh, they will. Or something like them will. We're way too good at building our own replacements for galloping robots to *not* happen.
posted by mediareport at 7:24 PM on March 15, 2005


Walking hulks of steel and actuators....This thing takes me back to misspent summer days and BattleTech dreams.

Masumane Shirow drew something similar to this in his manga....the Fuchikomas and those massive legged tanks sure give some food for thought.

I'm sure General Dynamics would love to get in on the whole "mecha" weaponry platforms. Image the terror caused by insectoid mecha tanks swarming an insurgent city.

Lets hope it just stays a distant horrible damn nightmare.
posted by PROD_TPSL at 8:07 PM on March 15, 2005


Amazing how we're all so quick to imagine horrifying robot destruction scenarios. Prescience?
posted by mediareport at 8:40 PM on March 16, 2005


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