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Build a Robot out of a Car?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-the-heck-not dept.

SomeRobotGuy writes "A researcher in the U.K. is in the process of building an autonomous biped robot out of a Mini Cooper r50. Its functions are controlled by six computers running RTLinux and it's powered by an internal combustion engine. And the thing's not tiny, at over 10 feet tall! The site includes videos showing some impressive results."

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  1. FAKE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Watch the "Battery Test" video, if that isn't CGI then I'm a monkey's uncle.

  2. Re:It's a nice bit of CG, it might be from MINI by RajivSLK · · Score: 5, Informative

    It seems that it is advertising.

    A whois lookup on r50rd.co.uk returns the address:

    6 darblay street
    london
    W1V 8DM
    GB

    A quick search for this address on Google reveals:

    Martyn Gould Productions, 6 D'Arblay St, London, W1F 8DN, UK

    On a page titled: "Film and Television - Post Production, Commercials"

  3. mirror by xWh3lPx · · Score: 5, Informative

    managed to mirror it here.

  4. Mirror by cgenman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Another poster has put up a mirror, though nobody seems to have noticed the original comment.

    The mirror is available here.

    The page doesn't load animations properly in Opera, and relies upon Quicktime to display the Mpegs. It might work in Mozilla, but it might not.

    And again, adulations aplenty to xWh3lPx for the mirror.

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