Six-Limbed NASA Robot Does the Moves

[Guest]

Add two more legs and we'll have NASA spiders.

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[Simple11]

That's epic! I'm always thrilled to see what NASA or jpl comes with next

 

[mikewong]

for when the 2 limbed version? Reminds me of Star wars!

 

[wicko]

What amazes me more is that they always manage to come up with crazy acronyms.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Why don't they just build an autobot?

 

[vaughn2k]

"I think we found the lost droid, Luke"

 

[michaelssw]

If there's an evil villian in there, Will Smith will come to save us

 

[getritch]

Athlete? seriously? and i bet it took a room of incredibly intelligent people months to come up with that.

 

[johnny_5]

I'm all for putting money into research and development, it got us where we are today, but a manned mission to the moon seems like very low yield for the extreme cost. Not the best use of resources, especially for a nation with such high debt.

 

[scifi9000]

Johnny_5, your saving grace is that you admit to benefit from R&D! But as for your comment of very low yield.... very small mind my friend!

 

[amnotanoobie]

Tachikoma's great grandfather?

 

[archange]

ATHLETE... I wonder: do they first pick a name, use it for an acronym, then try building something to reflect its meaning / - or they actually start working with the idea??

 

[Pei-chen]

I think the robot is carrying a can of nerve gas on it back to deal with resistance fighters hiding underground.

 

[bin1127]

[citation][nom]wicko[/nom]What amazes me more is that they always manage to come up with crazy acronyms.[/citation]

If it's anything like government bureaus, that's half the budget just on the names.

 

[belardo]

LOL on Tachikoma.

Just add more powerful motors, adds some weapons, maybe 1 or 2 small claws and paint it blue and we're ready to go.

Oh, and give it a cute Japanese girl AI.

 

[f-14]

ignore that man behind the curtain!

curious to know if the wheels go into space inflated or do they get inflated after it lands? i also wonder why they put wheels on in the first place, won't that cuase it to use excessive power on maintaing stability rather then just sticking with the spider concept frame of movement. did they plan this thing to have a short operational life span? i'm guessing at a 400 million+ budget for something that is going to take pictures and pick up some dirt and rocks. those rocks and that dirt better cure cancer is all i have to say.

 

[belardo]

They just might....

Its so we learn more about ourselves... and eventually, we'll need to expand beyond this single rock.

 

[kingssman]

So if it looses a wheel on mars, would it be called ATHLETE's foot?
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