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    LittleDog Is Even Creepier than BigDog

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    Image of zizzixx zizzixx
    09/24/09

    In reply to LittleDog Is Even Creepier than BigDog
    It looks like those little 'face-hugger' type things from Half-Life
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    09/25/09

    @zizzixx: They make a formidable jumper too...
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/24/09

    In reply to LittleDog Is Even Creepier than BigDog
    When it's going up the stairs, it looks like a freakishly strong yet retarded baby.
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    Image of deliciousburglar deliciousburglar
    09/24/09

    In reply to LittleDog Is Even Creepier than BigDog
    oh the little guy keeps trying!

    heart of a champion.
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    09/24/09

    @deliciousburglar: OH LIL' BRUDDER.
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    Image of Yiffy Curry Yiffy Curry
    09/24/09

    In reply to LittleDog Is Even Creepier than BigDog
    Am I the only one whose first reaction to the names Big Dog and Little Dog was to think of Two Stupid Dogs?
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    Image of InsidiousTuna InsidiousTuna
    09/24/09

    @Yiffy Curry: No.
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    Image of avconsumer2 avconsumer2
    09/24/09

    In reply to LittleDog Is Even Creepier than BigDog
    The peg walking is nuts.
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    Image of Cojo21 Cojo21
    09/24/09

    @avconsumer2: I agree. Most people couldn't do that. WOW.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    09/24/09

    @Cojo21: Moving that slowly on all fours, I think most people could do that. When it can do it on 2 feet then I'll be impressed.
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    09/24/09

    In reply to LittleDog Is Even Creepier than BigDog
    When the robot rebellion begins, remember to set up as many 6-inch walls as you can. It's our only hope.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    09/24/09

    In reply to LittleDog Is Even Creepier than BigDog
    Watching that thing attempt a front handspring = lmfao.
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    Image of Vroomtrap Vroomtrap
    09/24/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: LOL yeah the out takes are priceless :). I personally like when it gets to the top of the steps and just falls flat.
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    09/24/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton:

    Hysterical ... that is, of course, until it handsprings into your face some 20 years from now.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    05/14/09

    In reply to RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal
    Its obviously not going to replace the lady pole climbers at the strip club, but pretty cool none the less.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/14/09

    @Curves: It could if they named it, as others suggested in comments above, "Big Beaver".
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    05/14/09

    In reply to RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal
    Yeaaaa....................So let's just ignore the guy using the pulley to pull it up mmmmmmmmkkkkkkkkkkkkkk everyone? Thaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnkkkkkkkkkk...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    05/14/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Yeah, and I bet on those rock climb walls, the people aren't really climbing, it's the employees with the safety rope pulling them up, right?


    Also, how does it fall if he's pulling it?

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    Image of aboriginal aboriginal
    05/14/09

    In reply to RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal
    Lame. Watch how they climb coconut trees in Hawaii and mimic that.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/14/09

    @aboriginal: The point of this robot is actually to develop the climbing claws, not the leg movements. It can climb any suitably rough surface. This video just happens to have a pole.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/14/09

    In reply to RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal
    it's mission: to plant a flag at the top of every tree declaring it the property of green peace.


    but honestly it just reminds me of Salute Your Shorts

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    05/14/09

    @Texas, Texas yee haw_Nick: Donkey Lips? Ug? Wormer? Dina? Camp Anawana?
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    05/14/09

    In reply to RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal
    I wonder how this will deal with all the ads on the poles around me like "Make your own Sign" or "Single? Visit TownNameSingles.com".


    Also, contrary to popular beleif/stereotypes, most Polish people wouldn't stand for a robot climbing up them.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/14/09

    In reply to RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal
    Meh.



    Tom Selleck can still kick its ass.

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    Image of incubushead incubushead
    05/14/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Yeah wait til they start putting hypodermic needles on the ends of these things with poison in them. Then we'll see how many people get killed while sitting on the toilet.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    05/14/09

    @incubushead: ACID. It was acid. It burned Tom's face at the end.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/14/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Too bad Gene Simmons can't.


    Photobucket

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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/14/09

    In reply to RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal
    shoulda called it Cat. Big Dog and Cat!
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    Image of Paul Werner Paul Werner
    05/14/09

    @frigg: more like a beaver with that tail
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/14/09

    @Paul Werner: The tail is actually really important. It prevents the robot from peeling backwards off of the surface.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/14/09

    @Paul Werner: Big Dog and Big Beaver... o_O
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/14/09

    In reply to RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal
    HAHA! I worked in a lab in college that used that robot!!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/14/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: It's actually really fast now compared to before.
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