Re: Infantry Walkers
From: Chen-Song Qin <cqin@e...>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:05:06 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: Infantry Walkers
Now, University robotics studies I'll believe... but military-style
walking machines? They better be small, or they won't find a
pilot/driver
dumb enough to operate it.
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Even the engineers are not *this* depraved. This must be the work of
the
Med. students.
- A friend of mine
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On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Andrew Martin wrote:
> 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!
>