Potential Republican Crack-Up

[Army Air Corps]

Yep, we could use them to prep for massive troll whackings; overwhelm the buggars with overwhelming counter-offensives.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

A joy to see...I have a lot of graphics ready for the whacking, and more in the works....They haven't been getting much use lately....

[tuliptree76]

'Night, KP.

[tuliptree76]

Oooh... Statistical analyses. :-)

[Army Air Corps]

Somehow, I thought that would get your attention. :-)

[tuliptree76]

I'm glad to be of assistance. :-)

[Darksheare]

*Bows to Tuliptree*
Agian, thank you.

[tuliptree76]

Of all things, accounting and statistics grab my attention. There must be something wrong with me...

[Darksheare]

Nothing wrong with you.
I have run across people who have better heads with numbers than I, even though numbers, when presented right, catch my attention too.

[tuliptree76]

Thanks, Darks.

[Army Air Corps]

Not a dang thang wrong...

[tuliptree76]

LOL!

[Army Air Corps]

We have a situation on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1462433/posts?page=165#165

Scramble RKBA

Target: Fido969

[Darksheare]

Welcome.

[HKMk23]

I cut my hair...

Sssaa-MO-kin'...as usual.

Form my vantage point I reckon you're more likely to singe the fruit of the vine than lose a hair in the vat.

84)

[tuliptree76]

LOL! Thanks. :-)

[TASMANIANRED]

I admire your organizational skills.

Mine just looks like an attic.

[King Prout]

actually, yours has good content... AND

...a flaming toilet!!!

[NicknamedBob]

Update: Lunar Mission

(Follow-up to post #1518) -- Link

In addition to our human cargo, (our pilots), and the package for NASA, we will deliver to the moon a base development and exploration package consisting of the Moonworm and these “spider robots.” Let me describe them further.

The spider robots will look very much like spiders, with the expected multiple legs and spider-like eyes. Their metal extensions will be moved by ferrofluid* muscles attached in much the way our muscles are attached to our limbs. As electromagnetohydrodynamic* pumps push the fluid through tubes into loosely filled bladders, the distending bladders will thicken, and shorten, appearing like bulging biceps wherever contraction is required.

With balanced “muscles” on opposite sides of each joint, we can manipulate the spider limbs and three-fingered “hands” in a very natural manner. Essentially, all we have to do is slip our arm or leg into a sleeve which monitors its motions, and duplicates them in the tele-operated* spider.

Operator training time is thereby reduced. It also makes the design of the spider arms or legs very simple. We will follow the pattern of our own bodies. Typically, for forward motion, two “arms” will be raised, while three “legs” on each side will alternate as tripods for the robot. One could control the robot by having three tripod legs imitate the actions of one human leg, and the opposite triplet would follow the motions of the opposite human leg.

Once arriving at a work site, the operator would assume a position and begin using the “hands” and “arms” of the robot. Note that all the robot’s extensions are interchangeably either a hand or an arm, as the need arises. If a “leg” were to be damaged and rendered unusable, one need only switch to a different direction which makes that “leg” an “arm” and then walk back to the repair facility. “If you break a leg, don’t come running to me!” Instead, one would walk.

The three-fingered hands will be difficult to use for any real precision, but with proper design of those objects we expect to manipulate, this should not be a problem. All tools to be used by the robots will be designed to be held by such a hand. These awkward hands will also be designed to act as feet when in the clenched fist position. This should minimize damage to them, and the wear surfaces will be appropriately thickened.

We will make training robots available for new operators. These are reduced in scale for the training purposes, although full-sized spider robots are useful in some of our assembly procedures here. Terrestrial units are strengthened for Earth gravity and use hydraulics rather than synthetic muscles.

For this reason, they are made large, since a larger robot is a stronger robot, and a robot no stronger than a man can be replaced by a man. These robots are used in the construction work going on either underwater, or in the dank bowels of our subterranean domain. They are a part of what makes our enterprise self-sufficient and give us the ability to change and modify things quickly.

The name "Moonworm" is taken, obviously, from its corollary the Earthworm. It will be powered by two of the Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactors, and will provide replenishment power for the batteries of the spider robots.

As implied, the Moonworm will burrow down into the rock and dusty surface of the moon, using articulation similar in function to its Earthly counterpart, with a rotating boring rig at its business end, and hydraulic actuators to help propel it along either the surface or sub-surface.

Physical conditions permitting, we may be able to establish underground tunnels for storage and experimentation. This will depend on the nature of the underground materials, and we won't know that until later.

In the worst case, the spider robots will have to take shelter as best they can, following their tours of duty on the surface. The primary purpose of the Moonworm will be to deliver remote-control laboratory and material processing equipment to the Moon, so that we can use it to process Lunar materials for construction projects like a mass-driver or electric catapult.

Glossary:

Electromagnetohydrodynamic -- This tongue-twister of a word describes the operation below, that crossed electrical and magnetic fields can exert a force on a ferromagnetic material, (even if it is a liquid), and denotes the interlinked functioning of such systems. They can be motors, generators, or in this case, muscles, all acting silently, and without physical moving parts.

Ferrofluid -- a fluid, such as hydraulic oil, or a specialized synthetic lubricant for high temperature use, in which magnetic material is suspended in colloidal fashion. Such fluids can act as a form of motor as crossed magnetic and electrical fields exert a force on them. The advantage of this technique is that there are no moving parts.

Tele-operation -- This is the technique by which operator inputs at one location are fed electronically to actuators somewhere else. While this would be invaluable for reducing the risk to life and limb here on Earth, or under it, in mining operations, we are concentrating on its use in space. Our operators can be comfortable and safe in shirtsleeve environments, while the robots will be subject to vacuum and extreme temperatures.

[cyborg]

Please explain the flying castle to my dearest. He's 'confused'.