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Boston Dynamics Wildcat Can Gallop — No Strings Attached
Boston Dynamics has been making eye-catching (and sort of creepy) military-oriented robots for several years, and we've noted several times the Big Dog utility robot. The newest creation is the untethered, gas-powered Wildcat; this is definitely not something I want chasing after me. (Not as fast as the previous, tethered version — yet.)
Kinda reminds me of my ex, actually. Fast, noisy, high maintenance.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
"That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead."
Horse? Not even close.
Absence of proof != proof of absence.
"That horse is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you give it a lump of sugar."
If Slashdot were chemistry it would look like this:Cadaverine
Why not just use a horse? Costs less, more reliable, powered by renewable resources ... the horse.
And edible.
The mind conceives, the body achieves, the spirit manifests.
"Maybe we should invest in researching mind-control helmets for donkeys,"
Because congress would kill funding thinking it would be used on them.
I thought the noise was a safety feature, to warn people to get the fuck out of the way of the infernal contraption.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."