Robot that can jump twenty-five feet in the air coming to the US military
By Laura June 
posted May 8th 2009 10:17AM
posted May 8th 2009 10:17AM
posted May 8th 2009 10:17AM
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This will be a nice addition to the Skynet Team. Go Skynet, go!
This sounds horrifying.
But I can't wait to see the spoof video for it...
Yahr, 25 feet is really fucking high.
Damn these illegal border jumping robots taking the jobs of hardworking American robots.
Haven't they played MGS4?
oh noes! the GECKO's!
Same thought!
@ Amrosorma | That was the 1st thing that popped into my head. MGS4 anyone?
Yeah, that was the 1st thing that came into my head. Mgs4?
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8049/gekkoa.jpg
So in that case, all we need in ninja cyborg Raiden to save us from their oppression!
Kojima to be payed royalties. more jobs going overseas, thanks Obama.
lol jokes. except the distrust towards that Obama guy.
its okay, a simple m4 rifle can take care of them pretty good in matter of seconds, just remember to shoot their knee 1st then their head, and if they come too close just pretend you are a watermelon and they'll go right pass...
cool, but kinda pointless if you have a helicopter like CMU's one
Yeah, I noticed that too.
Hey, that's no robot! That's Eddie Van Halen!
According to Engadget it's a 'very small prototype' of Eddie Van Halen!
Pictured above is a Rocker turned drug-addict, turned NYC EMT, turned ???
... ROBOT!
turned hopping robot...clearly.
oh wait... that was David Lee Roth... lol
wrong. that's eddie van halen.
do some more reading above....
I dont think David Lee Roth would know what to do with a Geetar if his music career depended on it.
timmy, you couldn't be any more wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqox8Ahfaok
very small prototype ftw
One tough leg ftw.
thats what she said
I'm not worried. Alex and Gordon never had any problems with d0g, and I'm sure our military has the same principles in mind.
In an unrelated development, did I really finish this whole bottle already?
it's Alyx.
Have you even PLAYED the games you're talking about?
Watch out for those hoppers!
New agency intel headed your way agent!
/obscure?
as long as it can land on 2 feet or 4 or wtever
Thats the part they are still working on I bet....
I picture it launching 25 feet in the air and hitting the ground in a pile of broken metal.
Mini Helicopters ftw.
Jumping about during gunfights... and general war situations sounds like a very Imprecise way to go about... especially since you're never REALLY sure where.. but mainly WHAT you gonna land on...
An eruption of technology
ha! i just got that. clever...van halen eruption
"Wait, did you hear that?!"
"What was that noise?!"
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Is there any use in jumping 25ft straight up, or am i guess it can jump over something 25ft tall?
Straight up may be useful in matador situations but otherwise I guess it's jumping over stuff.
May be they are trying out the Hulk Jump..... one leap across a considerable fraction of a desert's width
What about landing?
An umbrella.
dog from HL2 gets my vote...he'd pwn the military 'dog' turned bull thing AND this eddie van halen robot
never underestimate the power of a no-bid, speculative, military contract. Sweet, sweet $$$$$$.
GA-KOs from MGS4 anyone?
Sounds like Speed Racer's Mach 5.
Bill S. Preston, Esq.:
While I agree that in time our band will be most triumphant. The truth is Wyld Stallions will never be a super band until we get Eddie Van Halen on guitar.
Ted "Theodore" Logan:
Yes, Bill. But, I do not believe we will get Eddie Van Halen until we have a triumphant video.
Bill S. Preston, Esq.:
Ted, it's pointless to have a triumphant video before we even have descent instruments.
Ted "Theodore" Logan:
Well, how can we have descent instruments when we don't really even know how to play?
Bill S. Preston, Esq.:
That is why we need Eddie Van Halen!
Ted "Theodore" Logan:
And, that is why we need a triumphant video!
might as well jump