John Deere Walking tractor

[bishbash]

http://blog.machinefinder.com/3255/john-deere-walk...
Apparently it was a prototype built by one of deere's subsiduarys, pretty awesome bit of design though.
Anyone know of anything similar, for my robot army?

[thinfourth2]

It was timberjack 9 years ago

Bugger all came of it no huge advantage over wheels and tracks

[Night Runner]

Ladies and gents,

I give you, Big Dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww&fea...

Seeing it on the ice is freaky.

[DannyVTS]

I was expecting to see a man with a leash wrapped around the exhaust.

Perhaps I should go to bed.

[Larry Dickman]

Night Runner said:

Ladies and gents,

I give you, Big Dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww&fea...

Seeing it on the ice is freaky.

Although brilliant there's something quite unnerving about that plus it has spider legs, I don't like spiders. Also I found it strange that although I knew it's a machine I felt sorry for it when the guy kicked it & immediately felt hostility towards him. The human brain is a strange thing.

[Tunku]

Larry Dickman said:

Night Runner said:

Ladies and gents,

I give you, Big Dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww&fea...

Seeing it on the ice is freaky.

Although brilliant there's something quite unnerving about that plus it has spider legs, I don't like spiders. Also I found it strange that although I knew it's a machine I felt sorry for it when the guy kicked it & immediately felt hostility towards him. The human brain is a strange thing.

To me it looks like two human lower halves facing each other, one walking forward, the other, the front one, walking backwards. It is like two people carrying a table. Looks disturbingly natural.

[slipstream 1985]

Night Runner said:

Ladies and gents,

I give you, Big Dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww&fea...

Seeing it on the ice is freaky.

that is genuinly disturbing!

[theironduke]

Tunku said:

Larry Dickman said:

Night Runner said:

Ladies and gents,

I give you, Big Dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww&fea...

Seeing it on the ice is freaky.

Although brilliant there's something quite unnerving about that plus it has spider legs, I don't like spiders. Also I found it strange that although I knew it's a machine I felt sorry for it when the guy kicked it & immediately felt hostility towards him. The human brain is a strange thing.

To me it looks like two human lower halves facing each other, one walking forward, the other, the front one, walking backwards. It is like two people carrying a table. Looks disturbingly natural.

Seen that vid a few times, really gives me the creeps. The movements are so fluid...

[cheadle hulme]

You can tell its natural looking by your own reaction when the guy kicks it. 25 seconds in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCVprX0WnY&fea...