The World's Heaviest Robot

Roland Piquepaille writes "This distinction goes to a future autonomous version of the 700-tons Caterpillar mining truck. In this article, Discovery News reports that Caterpillar engineers and computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to develop this autonomous truck. Japan-based Komatsu has already delivered autonomous mining trucks to its customers, but these are smaller than the Caterpillar ones. Both companies are transforming their trucks into 'robots' for three reasons. Improvements in safety, efficiency and productivity will reduce costs and increase availability."

Comments

All I Have to Say Is

[Anonymous Coward]

You'll be hearing from Shampoo's lawyers.

Quick, tag this 'whatcouldpossiblygowrong'

[MrHanky]

Not that I think there's a huge chance that things will go wrong with, but think of how awesomely cool it would go wrong if it did.

Re:Quick, tag this 'whatcouldpossiblygowrong'

[narcberry]

Of course, we're still claiming "The World's Heaviest Robot" even before the project collapses.

Re:Quick, tag this 'whatcouldpossiblygowrong'

[Anonymous Coward]

says someone with the alias "kiddygrinder"

Re:Quick, tag this 'whatcouldpossiblygowrong'

[Smauler]

I don't consider 2 million pounds moving at 42 mph "incredibly slow"

You've obviously never waited in a queue at McDonalds then...

Transformers

[Tubal-Cain]

Which Autobot was a dumptruck?

He's not heavy...

[eln]

he's my brobot.

Sorry.

Megaweapon!

[simonbp]

It's Megaweapon!

http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/Megaweapon

Simon ;)

Imagine...

[CptNerd]

Since no one has said it yet, "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these"...