Modern Russian Army in the photos.

[USSR]

What's curious here, USSR, are the resources dedicated to robotics modeled here on the human form.

For a nation that might have pioneered weaponizing politics, that seems restrictive conventional ("inside-the-box") thinking.

It's like a silent black-and-white film in an age of digitized "sensurround" THX special-effect movies.

A robotic platform based on biological forms like spiders or crabs would seem more successful and cost-effective, based alone on issues of balance, center-of-gravity, and mobility. Is this robot-man the only robot form being researched?

Of course not. There are other options, including combat robotic modules.

 

[Another Ahab]

Of course not. There are other options, including combat robotic modules.

I figured as much.

Even WWII had these:

 

[B3.3T]

I could see a major benefit from the "Man" version. This robot appears to designed to directly replace a human in different situations. From welding a pipe, closing a valve, or driving a vehicle. If you go with the other designs, you have to design your other equipment around the robot. This design means you can send the robot in to do any job a man would be able to do. Think about fixing a pipe inside a nuclear reactor, driving a vehicle into a zone with fall out, or sending them into a sinking ship to close flooding doors. Just some things that come to mind for me. But the coolest was the dual wielding Glocks. LOL

This is exactly correct. If the robot is to interface anywhere a human might be, it is logical and essential. But equally important to consider is application; the human is the "Swiss Army knife" of creatures. Physically, we don't do any one thing the best, but we do far more. We can climb, monkeys can't run far or fast. We can swim, run, crawl, climb, carry weight, use tools. Human form is adaptable.

 

[Another Ahab]

I could see a major benefit from the "Man" version. This robot appears to designed to directly replace a human in different situations. From welding a pipe, closing a valve, or driving a vehicle. If you go with the other designs, you have to design your other equipment around the robot. This design means you can send the robot in to do any job a man would be able to do. Think about fixing a pipe inside a nuclear reactor, driving a vehicle into a zone with fall out, or sending them into a sinking ship to close flooding doors. Just some things that come to mind for me. But the coolest was the dual wielding Glocks. LOL

Of course not. There are other options, including combat robotic modules.

This is exactly correct. If the robot is to interface anywhere a human might be, it is logical and essential. But equally important to consider is application; the human is the "Swiss Army knife" of creatures. Physically, we don't do any one thing the best, but we do far more. We can climb, monkeys can't run far or fast. We can swim, run, crawl, climb, carry weight, use tools. Human form is adaptable.

You all just might be right. Maybe we ARE the most clever that's out there.

Maybe we're even a little too clever. So clever that we might just annihilate ourselves, and with no outside help.

Maybe in the next few days.

Or even the next few hours. It's possible. The machinery is there already, staged and in-place.

Who's to say?
Man. Should I even bother putting out the garbage tonight?

 

[marchplumber]

You all just might be right. Maybe we ARE the most clever that's out there.

Maybe we're even a little too clever. So clever that we might just annihilate ourselves, and with no outside help.

Maybe in the next few days.

Or even the next few hours. It's possible. The machinery is there already, staged and in-place.

Who's to say?
Man. Should I even bother putting out the garbage tonight?

Yeah, take it out......

Garbage makes for a filthy house.......

It'll go exactly as HE has it planned........

 

[Another Ahab]

Yeah, take it out......

Garbage makes for a filthy house.......

It'll go exactly as HE has it planned........

I hope HE'S not having a bad day today...

Just in case, I'll wait on the garbage until later this evening.....

 

[marchplumber]

I hope HE'S not having a bad day today...

Just in case, I'll wait on the garbage until later this evening.....

That's why, "preparation" is the key, then ones future is secure! (Note, speak to Chappy if in doubt)

Well, at least tie up the bags so the odor doesn't pervade the house.......

LMBO

 

[Another Ahab]

That's why, "preparation" is the key, then ones future is secure! (Note, speak to Chappy if in doubt)

Well, at least tie up the bags so the odor doesn't pervade the house.......

LMBO

LMBO II

 

[99nouns]

I could see a major benefit from the "Man" version. This robot appears to designed to directly replace a human in different situations. From welding a pipe, closing a valve, or driving a vehicle. If you go with the other designs, you have to design your other equipment around the robot. This design means you can send the robot in to do any job a man would be able to do. Think about fixing a pipe inside a nuclear reactor, driving a vehicle into a zone with fall out, or sending them into a sinking ship to close flooding doors. Just some things that come to mind for me. But the coolest was the dual wielding Glocks. LOL

Yeah imagine getting an 8 legged spider bot into a drivers seat...

 

[marchplumber]

Yeah imagine getting an 8 legged spider bot into a drivers seat...

Double clutching wouldn't be a problem, five more legs to go! LOL

 

[Another Ahab]

A vid of in-flight refueling (only 2-3 minutes), featuring low-light operation at the very conclusion:

https://youtu.be/Y0UOFEI_0Lg

 

[dependable]

Double clutching wouldn't be a problem, five more legs to go! LOL

None of these young folks know how to double clutch, whether they be meat or machine.

 

[marchplumber]

None of these young folks know how to double clutch, whether they be meat or machine.

LOL....."meat or machine" lol

 

[Tracer]

My favorite Russian aircraft is the Tupolev TU-114. It's the airliner cousin of the Tu-95 Bear. In 1959 it was an engineering marvel. The Kuznetsov turbo prop engines produced 15,000shp. each, and top speed was comparable to a 707 or DC8, and it was the worlds largest airliner until the 747. In the early 70s Aeot and Japan Airlines used the TU-114 on a nonstop Moscow to Tokyo service, that was quite a haul back then.

 

[Another Ahab]

The way she sits tall (to clear those props), is a treat.

 

[m1010plowboy]

Just to clarify, the word Aero flot has that rolling smiley because of the letters r o f l . I found out when I researched a Toro flow. Toow. Nobody is making fun of Aeot.

 

[Another Ahab]

I know you didn't mean to crack any kind of joke, plowboy. Because we like our buddy, USSR, of course.

But you're trapped by your keyboard, and even though you didn't mean it, your post is funny!

 

[Tracer]

The way she sits tall (to clear those props), is a treat.

This is the famous TU-114 Ship 1 that flew Krustschev to New York for his famous shoe banging visit to the UN. She has been on display since 1972 at an aviation museum in Monino Russia. Hate to think what 45 years of Russian winters has done to the airframe.

 

[Tracer]

Just to clarify, the word Aero flot has that rolling smiley because of the letters r o f l . I found out when I researched a Toro flow. Toow. Nobody is making fun of Aeot.

Thanks m1010plowboy. Had me fooled. I figured it was a glitch or something. Well now that that's solved I think I'll sit down and have one!

 

[Another Ahab]

I see something of the old Constellations in that fuselage, and even the nose gear. Wonder if those were borrowed features?