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Location: big island | spooky, actually. boston dynamics "dog" |
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Location: NJ | That thing is about as "stealth" as Ethel Merman . . .
Better off with a llama. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | His buzz is worse than his bark!
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Location: south east Michigan | I'm impressed!
The American inventive spirit is alive and well. |
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Location: Vernon CT | IT"S A CYLON!!!!!!!! |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | Originally posted by cliff:
That thing is about as "stealth" as Ethel Merman . . .
Better off with a llama. I had a llama once. Didn't taste so good. This thing might, you think? Look at them loins! |
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Location: CA | Didn't they use a larger version of those to exterminate humans in The Terminator? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by knuckles:
Look at them loins! Dem loins look like nuttin' but knuckles! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | So musical. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Real dogs are cheaper. I kept watching for this one to lift it's leg on one of those trees. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Where'd they find two people skinny enough to fit in that suit?
Impressive. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Where'd they find two people skinny enough to fit in that suit? Not around here. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I spent the first 20 seconds searching for the fly swatter. |
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Location: SE Michigan | I actually felt kind of sorry for the thing when the guy kicked it and it stumbled. Wierd. |
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Location: closely held secret | Great. Now PETRA* will be all over this...
* People for the Ethical Treatment of Robotic Animals |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Brian T:
I actually felt kind of sorry for the thing when the guy kicked it and it stumbled. Wierd. Yeah, but I was impressed by how well it regained its balance.
Kinda felt sorry for it when it looked like Bambi on the ice too...
Stumbled, fell, and bruised it's elbow. Poor thing. |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Originally posted by knuckles:
Look at them loins! Dem loins look like nuttin' but knuckles!
Aside from that, I've watched that video a dozen times (or so), and I'm still not convinced. Human or machine? Everything looks human to me 'cept for those skinny knees.
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OT: the dog in your future??
