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To: BGHater

I downloaded a video of this about two years ago. After watching this thing go through its moves, you’ll have an uneasy feeling it is alive.


3 posted on 03/18/2008 9:55:18 AM PDT by Rudder (Klinton-Kool-Aid FReepers prefer spectacle over victory.)
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To: Rudder
They've added some features in the last two years. For example, in this new video they show it jumping over a simulated chasm about two feet wide. They also show it gingerly groping its way through a pile of rubble.

Keep in mind, folks, this thing is blind. It might have some very basic color detection, but for the most part, everything it does it does by feel. That's why its steps, while organic, are sort of halting - it's walking the way a blindfolded human would walk, moving forward while trying to avoid any one step that would result in tripping.

9 posted on 03/18/2008 10:02:31 AM PDT by Omedalus
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