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Darpa Looks to Build Real-Life C3P0

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Amnesia10

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Darpa Looks to Build Real-Life C3P0

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/darpa-c3po/

I am still waiting for the lightsabre!!

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Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:37 pm

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Re: Darpa Looks to Build Real-Life C3P0


	Amnesia10 wrote: I am still waiting for the lightsabre!!

+1
It would be easier to do an Rtoo than a 3PO, I would've thought.

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Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:42 pm

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Re: Darpa Looks to Build Real-Life C3P0

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	Amnesia10 wrote: I am still waiting for the lightsabre!!

+1
It would be easier to do an Rtoo than a 3PO, I would've thought.

Mark

They have already done the R2 unit. He even had a game show. It was called "3-2-1" and he was called Dusty Bin!

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Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:46 pm

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Re: Darpa Looks to Build Real-Life C3P0

timark_uk wrote:


	Amnesia10 wrote: I am still waiting for the lightsabre!!

+1
It would be easier to do an Rtoo than a 3PO, I would've thought.

Trying to get robots walking normally seems to be hard enough. Emulating that staccato mincing gait would be very tricky.

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