Next step ....real bots!!

[papercoffee]

Ok this one is great ...and spooky
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But this spider thingy is ....wow ...how fast and lively!!
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[UT99.org]

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[papercoffee]

The Terminator Guy in my first video is the son of this BigDog Robot.
But the spider bot ...dude ...it walks like an animal.

[Dr.Flay]

Very cool.
If you watch real spiders and centipedes etc. they are oddly machine-like.

Won't be too long before the US government has no need for people in the front-line (anyone would think they actually don't like war).
It would be more inspiring if these cool bots were the product of NASA or something like that.

but then it would be so much simpler if we could settle disputes via the "Tourney" with our chosen gladiators
Maybe that's the next step ?

[UnrealGGecko]

I remembered an old TV show I used to watch 6 years ago or so. I think ''Robot Wars'' was the name. Constructors would build robots with a weapon or too (saws, flingers, hammers) and then battled in a tourney to see the best one. Sometimes there were really thrilling matches and interesting machines, but other times the robots looked like pieces of old scrap metal and very dull fights. I remember a few times the match couldn't even begin, due to 1 of the robots having problems (silly ones would be dead batteries, maxed out control range or machines that didn't fit through the arenas doors ).

[UT Sniper (SJA94)]

Dam i miss robot wars

[Dr.Flay]

Now we are talking !
Lets put them in the ring with blades and saws attached