Comments on: Robo-Mule Gets Wheel, Leg Blend

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:43:27 +0000

Whoever thinks this "robomule" has a logical future for use for anything but a rockingchair, has the intelegence of a mule's backside. For use as a means of weight transfer, you did not reinvent the wheel, you complicated it. This robomule ("rocking") mule is the dumbest thing I ever heard of. Plrase go and get your head examined, so you can find where the little voices come from. You know the little voices that tell you that "this is not the dumbest thing you ever heard of" too.

By: 4IDSPC

4IDSPC — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:38:37 +0000

correct me if im wrong but from reading u all complain, why r u complaining?? u know when defence technolagy affects u then give some input. what do civis know about what this robot has to do??? what u saw jarhead the movie so now all of a sudden ur an expert on what things are like in any type od field today??

By: Sister Mary Cartwright

Sister Mary Cartwright — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:17:25 +0000

jtw, as an robotic/mechatronic engineer I can safely say you sound like a child trying to negotiate with a judge. On the other hand, as a human being I can safely say you are one of those people with an average to low I.Q. who fully believes in their superior intellect (means you think your smart), and backs it up with ridiculous rhetoric. Also you are probably an as.s.hole. excuse my French.

By: stimcaps

stimcaps — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:17:12 +0000

Nice video of a similar project:
Whegs:
http://biorobots.cwru.edu/projects/whegs/whegs.html
http://biorobots.cwru.edu/projects/whegs/WhegsII-ICRA2004.mov
Mini-whegs:
http://biorobots.cwru.edu/projects/whegs/miniwhegs.html
http://biorobots.cwru.edu/Projects/whegs/ICRAminiwhegs_web.mov

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:34:20 +0000

Ye of little faith? What the hell? Not everything is going to work, not everything is NOT going to work. It's just an idea, used to be that you could have one without somebody jumping down your throat and screaming at you like a crazy monkey. Science fiction at it's finiest has spoiled us. So we end up with a whole bunch of people with higher standards then we're at right then. Let's just take things one step at a time, not everything is shit, and an idea is just a idea for crying out loud! If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and that'll be enough justification instead of you having your smug pride that you knew it wouldn't work first. Geeze, things don't have to be taken so damn seriously! Indeed, I'm somewhat dubious about the relevence of a robot muel but it's still just an idea and people have them all the time. Peace & Chill, please?

By: Bubba

Bubba — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 06:24:36 +0000

RTV? Well, it is the Reckless Terrain Vehicle
The robotic mule could be the real All Terain Vehicle

By: Bubba

Bubba — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 06:05:56 +0000

Hey JTW,
Did you know the selective service is looking for you? Oh, don’t worry about the mule. Everyone else will be getting one. You can take your RTV. During combat, you may want to shut its noisy engine off so you can sneak past the oposition by pushing it rather than getting caught! When you are in clear grounds, you may still want to keep an eye out for sharp objects on the ground as you just have one spare tire. When your RTV does get canned, maybe you can borrow one of those robotic mules to carry your RTV back to the heli pick up point so it can be hauled away to a shop in the nearest base.

By: Spandroid

Spandroid — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:28:19 +0000

How about Investing in eliminating all need for wartime devices and schemes? It is interesting that robotics innovations are often developed primarily for military applications. I understand the importance of load carrying, it is just sad that new concepts are developed first for security/defense=($$$)
then enterprise=($$),
then consumer=($) or sometimes
that middle grade of health care/subsidies, for taking care of the people who got shot following a robotic mule around in the first place. What good is that for a starting point? Investing in health-care that re-enables humans right from the start would do the greatest good.

By: nathan

nathan — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:19:06 +0000

i like the self powered exoskeleton idea that jtw mentioned earlier. i’ve thought about it before and i think it would be a great advancement to the military. i dont think this mule is very efficient, although its a start for some trial and error. i do not believe the finished product will be anything like what is shown.

By: doug

doug — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:46:47 +0000

Hey jtw -
i think you miss the point.
It is the principle of the mule, the idea, not the technology that makes it good.
An idea does not have to be complicated to be good :)
Why would politicians in europe not be able to understand english? England is in europe. I bet they can :) And about 90% of the people over here have some grasp of the english language. Hey, even the mexican people do. You note I say over “here”. Yes I am European :D
Most english/American people do not have a grasp of a second language…am I trying to make a point? I do not think so. I know.