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A Toyota Motor Corp. spokeswoman reportedly said,"It was a difficult step for robots." - Link
Toyota's One Legged Jumping Robot
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Sep 20, 2006 07:19 AM
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MIT did this in 1983 with their "3D One-Leg Hopper"
http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/leglab/robots/3D_hopper/3D_hopper.html
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TWO REFERENCES
1. Sex and Death in Television Town:
http://tinyurl.com/hrbt3
2. The Perfect Woman:
http://tinyurl.com/goqc9
The "wires coming out of a huge helmet" imagery also look familiar, but I can't place it. Some VHS movie cover.
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I think there's a hopping robot in a scene in Rising Sun with Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes.
I think their characters visit a technology lab to tlk about CCTV stuff, and the robot hops past in the background attached to a cable tether.
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I think there's a hopping robot in a scene in Rising Sun with Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes.
I think their characters visit a technology lab to tlk about CCTV stuff, and the robot hops past in the background attached to a cable tether.
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I think there's a hopping robot in a scene in Rising Sun with Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes.
Their characters visit a technology lab to talk about CCTV stuff, and the robot hops past in the background attached to a cable tether.
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sorry for the multipost- having some network problems tonight
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Hi!!! I agree with an idea of the author and I think that the industry
will please us still with novelties. At me all over again was toyota camry now
I wish to buy KIA What model better?
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Hi!!! I agree with an idea of the author and I think that the industry
will please us still with novelties. At me all over again was toyota camry now
I wish to buy KIA What model better?
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