Posted on 03/23/2008 7:16:46 AM PDT by afortiori
BigDog is a big hit on YouTube.
A new video of BigDog - a robotic pack mule that Waltham-based Boston Dynamics is developing for the Pentagons Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - has attracted more than 2 million viewers since the clip went live on YouTube this week.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Wow. A must-see BUMP!
Perhaps because a lot of real mules
. . . have a decided attitude?
. . . they kick and talk back and balk quite freely . . . usually when least expected and when least needed.
But some are wonderful and a treasure to own and be around.
This link is to part 4 of
EWOKS AND THE CARAVAN . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mArjeJwJ9bo&feature=related
The other sections are available on that page.
No.
Not stocked with beer.
Beer would slow their reaction times; dull their senses; slow their thinking; and cause their thinking to reach conclusions with many more flaws.
Those doubting . . .
Get Mavis Beacon or similar typing tutor tests. Take the test sober.
Drink a can of beer.
Take same test.
Drink another can of beer.
Take same test.
etc. through a six pack—if that’s one’s usual amount . . .
Check the progression of the error rate.
Then tell the character in the mirror that he ain’t drunk—he can hold his alcohol quite well (which, actually, is a symptom of alcoholism—not a good symptom at all).
Given telemetry . . . in real field situations, the operators would need every microsecond advantage of full rested alertness 24/7. They’d best be spelled off every 30 minutes to hour or so.
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