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Robotics + Car = Hallucigenia

Posted by timothy on from the street-drug dept.

News for nerds writes "I4U has news about a new transportation concept, called The Hallucigenia 01, which is a working 1/5 scale vehicle prototype, designed by Japanese design firm Leading Edge Design. PC Watch (Japanese) has photos and movies. Its 8 wheels are independent robotic arms controlled by their own satellite CPUs, interconnected to the main CPU by an internal LAN."

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  1. Movies? On slashdot? by Steve+'Rim'+Jobs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Soon we will hear the deep voice of Darth Vader saying "I find your lack of bandwidth disturbing..."

    Why did I think of that? I dunno, maybe it's because the car looks kinda like Darth's friggen head..

  2. What is hallucigenia ? by andy666 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is a little animal found in the Burgess Shale of Canada. See the Stephen Jay Gould Book "Wonderful Life" for details. Here is a picture:

    http://www.karencarr.com/gallery_hallucigenia.html

  3. Re:I don't get it by razberry636 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wouldn't one computer, rather than several, with the proper sensory and control hardware be a better choice?
    The eight independent robots can separate at will. They join together and magically work in unison to form megaHallucigenia .

    It also has a really cool glowing sword and can shoot plastic missiles.