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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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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