I've watched the movie several times now, and one thing most certainly sticks out. Notice how the legs work in caddycorner pairs. The front passenger side and rear driver side *always* pick up at the same time, as do the opposite pair. I bet that if the software were made more robust, one could give it a stabilityspeed setting that sets the duty cycle for 3 foot and 2 foot time, although I doubt this robot would ever fully leave the ground like a real horse can.
Even better though, I bet this baby can be scaled up and haul some major storm tr.. err.. ground forces. Even better, I bet NASA could retrofit these babies with RTG (Plutonium heat battery, eh?) power sources and use them to explore the planets of remote solar-systems.
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I've watched the movie several times now, and one thing most certainly sticks out. Notice how the legs work in caddycorner pairs. The front passenger side and rear driver side *always* pick up at the same time, as do the opposite pair. I bet that if the software were made more robust, one could give it a stabilityspeed setting that sets the duty cycle for 3 foot and 2 foot time, although I doubt this robot would ever fully leave the ground like a real horse can. Even better though, I bet this baby can be scaled up and haul some major storm tr.. err.. ground forces. Even better, I bet NASA could retrofit these babies with RTG (Plutonium heat battery, eh?) power sources and use them to explore the planets of remote solar-systems.
Screw the super-intelligent mule... or uh... not. Develop me some new coworkers that are just able to follow orders and I'll be happy.