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1960s Walking Truck: The First AT-AT?

Posted May 27, 2011 9:35 AM

From Technabob:

I always wondered how practical a giant manned walking robot like the AT-ATs in The Empire Strikes Back would really be. Well a long, long time ago, at a General Electric factory far, far away, it turns out an actual quadruped manned robot was in development.

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05/27/2011 11:34 PM

Woulddn't that be hippomorphous rather than anthropomorphous? Four legs, after all.

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