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Rare Desert Walking Robot: Mojave or Bust

Posted by Hemos on from the move-'em-on-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Robust walking robots are still surprisingly rare. The Astrobiology Magazine is reporting today on the German-American Scorpion Project to conquer 25 miles of targeted navigation into the Mojave Desert and back autonomously. The eight-legged robot is triple-jointed and must travel by day (solar-batteries) for two-weeks alone without human intervention. Because it's a scorpion, the camera is in the tail."

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  1. They better hurry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I should be born in the scorpion sign, and it's soon to late

  2. Hmm interesting by Playboy3k · · Score: 4, Funny

    But can it attack humans and hide in holes?

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  3. Hmm... by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great until some Jawas jump out and capture it and it gets sold to a moisture farmer...

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  4. Rare robots? by NaveWeiss · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, we must do anything to prevent them from getting extinct! Donate now! We accept visa and mastercard.

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  5. Re:8 leggs really needed? by Quixote · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yah, but it is a "scorpion"; if they had put 6 legs on it people would be complaining "but scorpions have 8 legs!". What if Mother Nature sues you under the DMCA??

  6. Hmmmm by jawtheshark · · Score: 5, Funny

    This thing looks like a Pentium II processor on legs!
    Stop my CPU, it is running away because I did too much PovRay! ;-)

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  7. This looks VERY familiar by Xthlc · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just know I've seen this particular robot before.

  8. Dear mom, by BiOFH · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm moving to the desert to be with the one I love.
    He has a good government job and we'll be traveling a lot.

    Please understand.
    Love,
    Aibo

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  9. Now You Tell Me! by SEWilco · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was wondering what that danged critter was which tried to crawl into my tent. It came in my property, can I sell the pieces on eBay?

  10. Oh Dear by Phoenix666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I do hope they programmed it to take arhythmic, shuffling steps on its journey. Sandworms can hear footfall a long way off...

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