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AT-ATs Coming to a Forest Near You

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thinkgeek-should-carry-these dept.

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!"

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  1. AUGH!!! by wrinkledshirt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    WANT ONE!!!!

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  2. real? by tps12 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Those pictures look like they were rendered in 3DMax or so. I cannot view the videos, since I run Linux (Linux forever!), but I'm skeptical...do they have a prototype, or just some pretty animations?

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  3. Re:It moves like a 6 legged cat by happyclam · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Where the hell have you seen a six-legged cat?!?!

    Or, more to the point, how in the world would you know how a six-legged cat moves?

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