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Burn it!

03/04/2013 6:32 PM

Burn it with fire!!!

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03/04/2013 7:34 PM

So wheres the fire? All I saw was a block tossing four legged robot.

Still some rather impressive robotic tossing power involved. Tossing s block like that that far and fast s not all that easy!
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03/04/2013 9:49 PM

think what an armored version could do to an unruly crowd.

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03/05/2013 6:14 AM

This was a recent Engineering News story: http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/22192/BigDog-Robot-Adds-An-Arm-Throws-For-The-Scouts
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03/06/2013 9:27 AM

I , missed it. I like this story.

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03/07/2013 8:34 AM

"Early attempts at a robotic babysitter were fraught with setbacks."
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