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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. transformers by gnumake · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did this spark anyone else off to reminisce about transformers? "Autobots, Transform and roll out!"

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  2. Transformer by firstadopter.com · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Optimus Prime would be so call. Autobots Transform! Roll Out!

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  3. He DOES exist by choas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My God!... It`s Bumblebee!!

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  4. The real scoop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Redundant

    The site is well camouflaged to make it seem real. The CG work is well done. It wouldn't suprise me if this is a site created by MINI. They have a long history of non-traditional advertising. They have put a MINI in the stands at a Giants Baseball game. They put them into Malls on a platform with coin slots saying $16,995 in quaters for a ride.
    There best known one was putting the MINI on the roof of a Chevy Suburban and driving it arround San Francisco.

    It was also recently revealed that the Weekly World News article with BatBoy Stealing a MINI was a planted article by MINI USA