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AT-ATs Coming to a Forest Near You
Audent writes "Not strictly speaking anything any of us should classify as work related, or even open source, but holy shitbags! I want one of these.
Plustech, a subsidiary of tractor maker John Deere, has built a six-legged walking logging machine that just has to be the prototype for an AT-AT walker. Imagine parking this puppy at the mall!"
the harvester advances forward and backward, sideways and diagonally. It can also turn in place and step over obstacles
Good. Maybe then those pesky forest rebels will have a harder time wrapping thier grappling hooks around me when I'm out logging.
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faeryman
I imagine someone's already working on a hack to make this bad-boy dance the funky chicken. It'd be cool to watch a bunch of them dancing in sequence...
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
BTW, I feel the use of language in the main article is a bit innappropriate.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Now all we need is to put the friggin laser (the high powered laser mounted on a jet) and mount it on the friggin 6 legged logging machine.
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Cool -- Nice to see the underpinnings of BattleMechs are coming along nicely. I'll be flying my Phoenix Hawk LAM any century now!
you should read everything on the internet as if it had "but I'm probably talking out of my ass" appended to it.
Yeah, that would rock, until I see an old lady with a cart full of soda cans pass me at full speed on the mall's perimeter road. ~sob~
Trooper: Sir, small green AT-ATs approaching!
... Its that loud "lawn-mower" sound... Kind of like a trash-compacter...
Rebel Officer: Damn! Are you sure?
Trooper: Yes, can't you hear it?
Rebel Officer: Oh yes... Whats the ETA?
Trooper: Well, given their current rate of speed, I would say 2... no make that 3 weeks.
Rebel Officer: Good work Trooper - We had best begin to pack up the base and move out by no later than... noon tomorrow.
Trooper: Roger roger.
my religion lies somewhere between buddhism and super monkey ball - pamphlet?
would probabbly look a lot like the "tank" in [Ghost in the Shell]. which would make sense, IMO, because the manuverability would be *so* superior to track-driven tanks.
well, with a couple decades of engineering work to make it move faster and more adaptable, anyway.
at the mean time, i want to see a consumer version for *real* off-roading. and the crane thing can be used to grab hot women out of their convertables while dozing around downtown LA.
My life in the land of the rising sun.
Yes but if it fell would you hear it?
HAIL ANTS!!!!
This thing needs pneumatic claws so it can grip the sides of mountains and buildings. Walking a cliff face or wall vertically or horizontally would be a requirement for any kind of urban deployment of this technology
Also, it should look more like an actual giant armored space ant.
turret with high powered water/foam/fire cannon would be a nice option. Perhaps with harpoon/grappling hook gun with high test line on gear reduced winch. That way it would be able to swing from building to building and fight fires, mothra or those angels from evangelion.
"Let him go, Ralph. He knows what he's doing." --Otto Mann (simpsons)
I think we've found the perfect replacement for those boring Mars rover designs. I'd like to see this think hobbling around the red planet taking mass spec measurements of things.
And when the Martians come to investigate the lander, it'll be alien stompin' time! Ka-krash!
The angel in the oatmeal.
Awesome! Now I'll never be bothered by speed bumps, I can just step over them!
Oh wait...
Slashdot is like Playboy: I read it for the articles
I also heard that a few years ago they started de-barking the trees on location so the chips can fertilize the ground.
And as everyone knows, de-barking trees is really good for them...
I'm so glad I saw this article here before I ran into one while hiking and found myself wishing I had brought a change of underwear. Not only that, but I'd probably never, ever again eat those funny mushrooms.
Thanks Slashdot!
Everything in the Universe sucks: It's the law!
...*blink* You object to the use of language? I suppose you'd rather see the author attempt to make his point with gestures and inarticulate grunts.
SIERRA TANGO FOXTROT UNIFORM
According to my Windows 2000 "System Properties" dialog, my PC is already AT/AT compatible! I guess I won't have to buy a special interface card now.
NekoBus
If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.
Spiderplow = more bandwidth.
John Deere Forester = toilet paper.
With all the shit on Slashdot, isn't more toilet paper good?
There are four boxes used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order.
One of the few things I believed in whatever Star Wars episode that was (New Hope?).
You doubt the Star Wars documentaries?
If anybody has read anything about the history of the Battletech universe, WorkMechs, the predecessors to BattleMechs, were developed in the 21st century. Only 900 years until total Mechwarrior happiness!
Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
I always wanted to be... a LUMBERJACK!
Leaping from tree to tree, as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia! The larch! The redwood! The mighty Scotch pine! With me
best girl by me side, as we sing, sing sing!
Oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day.
(He's a lumberjack and he's OK, he sleeps all night and he works all day.)
I cut down trees, I eat my lunch, I go to the lava'try, On Wednesdays I go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea.
(He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch, he goes to the lava'try, On Wednesdays he goes shopping, and has buttered scones for tea.)
I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day
I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wildflow'rs, I put on women's clothing, and hang around in bars.
(He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps, he likes to press wildflow'rs, He puts on women's clothing... and hangs around in BARS?!?!)
I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK,
I sleep all night and I work all day
I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my dear Pappa!
(He cuts down trees, he wears high heels... suspenders and a BRA?!?!)
Oh I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day Yes I'm a lumberjack and I'm O-K... I sleep all night and I work all day!
Someone could easily disable it by flying an aircraft with wire around its legs!
Ciryon
Nothing perambulates like a Deere...
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.