Re: Infantry Walkers

Chen-song Qin <cqin@ee.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>Some people have been actually *designing* walking vehicles?  Silly...

Yes! Really! Munch Publishing's Military Technology magazine published a
DOD/DARPA conceptual drawing of a four legged walking machine in a
recent
issue and described DOD/DARPA efforts at studying and making it.
    There are also several university groups studying walking machines
of
various types, including a one-legged hopping machine!

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