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Robot with attitude: Armed with shotgun, WMD sensor

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-08-17 2:10:58 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 cool.

Posted by B 2004-08-17 9:59:34 AM|| 2004-08-17 9:59:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 PackBot sounds too much like PacMan...I vote for KillBot.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-08-17 12:54:31 PM|| 2004-08-17 12:54:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Gee I wonder if a fleet of several hundred of these bashing down the front doors to the holy Najaf mosque and dragging tater out by his beard would be considered desecration?

Posted by Craig 2004-08-17 1:28:32 PM|| 2004-08-17 1:28:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 heh low
I am Pack Bot
Pree Pare 2 Die

Posted by B 2004-08-17 1:32:06 PM|| 2004-08-17 1:32:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Just had a flash....it's the Daleks!!!!!!!!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-08-17 3:16:46 PM|| 2004-08-17 3:16:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I just bougt my son a Robosapien. Is that like the civilian model? He does say, "Ouch"!

Posted by BigEd 2004-08-17 3:31:31 PM|| 2004-08-17 3:31:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I happened to see a video of one of these babies in action as part of a presentation on autonomous robots at a computer graphics conference last year. In the video, two Marines run up to an open window, one of them carrying the Packbot which looked liked a medium suitcase with treads. He tosses it thru the window with a two-handed fling worthy of the Olympic Suitcase Toss.

Inside the room, little Packbot crashes off the far wall, bounces across the floor a couple of times and sits motionless. At this point, the entire audience, including the three Marines I was sitting next to, is howling with laughter. After a couple seconds, as if it were regaining conciousness, little Packbot flips itself over. It fires up a video camera and heads down a dark stairway. Quite cool. And apparently rather sturdy.

Posted by SteveS 2004-08-17 3:45:06 PM|| 2004-08-17 3:45:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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