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Wow, the news is all about today being "Super Tuesday." I had no idea the mainstream media was so filled with Mass Effect 3 fans.

Super Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play:	Papa's Pancakeria.
Links:	Recast Great TV Shows.
Stories:	Fox Cancels Terra Nova. Got cancelled here during the pilot.
Science:	DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots. Thanks The Flying Penguin. NASA’s robotic Project Morpheus aims for the Moon. Fear Of Doctors Leads To Thousands Of 'Avoidable' Cancer Deaths.
Media:	10 Minutes Of "John Carter" Online. Men In Black 3 - Trailer 2.
Follow-up:	Brevity. The myth of the eight-hour sleep.

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Re: DARPA cheetah

Mar 6, 2012, 16:10

Razumen

briktal wrote on Mar 6, 2012, 15:02: Razumen wrote on Mar 6, 2012, 13:26: mch wrote on Mar 6, 2012, 12:05: Am I missing something....or is that cheetah actually running backwards? The legs are not anatomically correct to be sure, what are supposed to be it's front legs have the joint facing the wrong way, not to mention al the legs are missing a joint or two. Obviously the name cheetah was only mean to reference its speed. I suppose the speed is impressive, but conducting the test on a treadmill has it's own flaws because it's quite different than having the robot move on its own (Try running 30 minutes on a treadmill one day, that running the same amount and speed around a track the next and you'll see what I mean) The robot has no feet. That's what I meant by the missing joints, but even if it did have paws it's front legs are bending the wrong way for it to be a cheetah.

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