My mind got wandering this morning, as tis wont to do somedays. I saw this here giant spider thing, which reading the rest of the article, was partially inspired by Strandbeests. I think something clicked to remind me of one of my dislikes of corporatochracy. They’re in it for the money, which is fine, but… but, they have no vision. In the public sphere, the goal of robotics is to make the most human analog possible.
This shouldn’t be a surprise as the history of the US is free labor coupled with the origin the source of the word robot. It reminds of a white from William Gibson. Unfortunately I’ve lost said quote. Basically it gets down to not assigning humanity to that which is not human…
Right. I kinda tangented there.
Six dollar teddy is going to be a beast. Two(three?) legs per limb, traveling belly down, one of more feet up…
I think the post in the video where guy on his spider is using a 2hp motor is what made me realize that legs are okay.
I have a better idea for the final name, bit I need to look up some words. Someday I need to find some of my favorite quotes which inspire my vision.
Peter's stuff.