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arrow-up1513arrow-down1imageI can’t wait to be trapped in a modern day labyrinth with one of these after I anger some billionairelemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square86linkfedilink
minus-squareswitcheroo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoWhy does it need four legs??? Why centaur??? Can we not???
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoTwo-legged walk cycles are very complicated and unstable.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoWheels work great for indoor spaces, roads, tracks etc.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWell, this isn’t limited to indoor spaces, then.
minus-squareM137@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBecause it needs to be able to run after you no matter the terrain.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s meant for forestry work (good luck dodging an unexpectedly falling tree fast enough if the chainsaw hands get stuck or a branch pierces the pneumatics: bye bye expensive robot). Yes, it’s so scary I just casually mentioned CHAINSAW HANDS.
minus-squareHackworth@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThen they need to give those four legs wheels, clearly.
minus-squarejaygray91@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agofirst thing came to my mind are the tachikomas from ghost in the shell for some reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRJiY8UjpOU
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes, that’s the best of both worlds. Terrain capability and speed. As-is, it won’t climb near-vertical walls like a goat anyway.
minus-squaredwemthy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYou didn’t ask, but the horns are so it can’t fit through the door (and kill you)
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoActually, according to the website the horns are cameras providing a wider view so it is more capable of doing its job. Very functionally necessary. 😁
minus-squareM137@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoOf course it doesn’t know how to duck. It’s a centaur, not a duck.
minus-squareUntamed_Star@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo no, you don’t undestand, it’s just to slow it down.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt clearly doesn’t understand how to open a door, so it’s all good (right now).
Why does it need four legs??? Why centaur??? Can we not???
Two-legged walk cycles are very complicated and unstable.
Wheels work great for indoor spaces, roads, tracks etc.
Well, this isn’t limited to indoor spaces, then.
Because it needs to be able to run after you no matter the terrain.
It’s meant for forestry work (good luck dodging an unexpectedly falling tree fast enough if the chainsaw hands get stuck or a branch pierces the pneumatics: bye bye expensive robot). Yes, it’s so scary I just casually mentioned CHAINSAW HANDS.
Then they need to give those four legs wheels, clearly.
first thing came to my mind are the tachikomas from ghost in the shell for some reason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRJiY8UjpOU
Yes, that’s the best of both worlds. Terrain capability and speed. As-is, it won’t climb near-vertical walls like a goat anyway.
You didn’t ask, but the horns are so it can’t fit through the door (and kill you)
Actually, according to the website the horns are cameras providing a wider view so it is more capable of doing its job. Very functionally necessary. 😁
It doesn’t know how to duck?
Of course it doesn’t know how to duck. It’s a centaur, not a duck.
No no, you don’t undestand, it’s just to slow it down.
It clearly doesn’t understand how to open a door, so it’s all good (right now).