One more for Skynet

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by austinjames

Heres another one by the same company:

The Big Dog reminds me of Metal Gear Gekko.

[Number 3]

Then there is this whole "self awareness" thing to overcome.........................and running on more than a flat surface.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

A strategy that would have made the plot for Starship Troopers entirely obsolete.

Hey, if it ain't your planet it ain't your problem.

[hotrodsally]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

Not if you read the books. In fact, the movie was slightly different because the troopers wore powered suits that would let them jump miles at a time, had mini-nukes and other stuff that were never in the movie.

Also, if you remember from the movie...they glassed the planet, though they used fighters or bombers to do that, most likely.

Sorry...geeking here...

You a Heinlein fan?

[mastertypodemon]

Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

A strategy that would have made the plot for Starship Troopers entirely obsolete.

Yeah, but at one point 3/4 of the way through, they did orbital bombardment. Then sent the ground troops in.

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by hotrodsally

You a Heinlein fan?

I grok!

[GunnyG]

But, can it sit, roll over, and bring me a beer from the fridge? That's the million dollar question.

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

Weren't he power suits in the third movie? Also they used the mini-nukes in the first movie, sans power suits of course.

I didn't watch any of the subsequent movies...didn't hear much about them, except they generally weren't very good.

I'm talking about the book this was all based off of.

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

I didn't watch any of the subsequent movies...didn't hear much about them, except they generally weren't very good.

I'm talking about the book this was all based off of.

Yes I've read the book and seen all the movies. Lots of down time.

[hotrodsally]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

I grok!

Always nice to meet another Valentine Michael Smith fan

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

Not if you read the books. In fact, the movie was slightly different because the troopers wore powered suits that would let them jump miles at a time, had mini-nukes and other stuff that were never in the movie.

Also, if you remember from the movie...they glassed the planet, though they used fighters or bombers to do that, most likely.

Sorry...geeking here...

heheh no problem, might have to give the books a read then. That was the question I was asking when I first watched that movie "Why are you sending infantry to fight these nasty bugs that tear them apart? Just nuke-pie the place!"

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by GunnyG

But, can it sit, roll over, and bring me a beer from the fridge? That's the million dollar question.

If designed properly, this thing could BE your beer fridge ... though at that point you probably wouldn't want it to roll over

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

Yup, as you can see in the first vid AustinJames posted, it's been done before. I have no idea what the range on the mobile BigDog version is nor what it's using for the power source these days (in prior vids it sounded like it had some sort of small 2-stroke engine to power it). And the fact that these are prototypes that the public is being allowed to see probably means they're at least a generation or two ahead of that in reality

Originally Posted by Number 3

Then there is this whole "self awareness" thing to overcome.........................and running on more than a flat surface.

thats what the Big Dog is for.