Dog Wan weighs about five kilograms; it has a two-axis head and tail and stands about 700 mm tall and 530 mm long. Dog Wan can walk forwards and backwards, turn, sit. It can even walk while carrying a small bag as shown in the picture above.
(Dog Wan robot video)
Regular readers know that among my various quests is the desire to find John Brunner's autoporter in the real world, not just in his 1975 novel The Shockwave Rider.
From now until his credit expired the machine would carry his bag in its soft plastic jaws and follow him as faithfully as a well-trained hound, which indeed it resembled...
(Read more about Brunner's autoporter)
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Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
'Stasis, cold sleep, hibernation, hypothermia, reduced metabolism, call it what you will - the logistics-medicine research teams had found a way to stack people like cordwood and use them when needed.'
Deflector Plasma Screen For Drones ala Star Wars
'If the enemy persists in attacking or even intensifies their power, the density of the plasma in space will suddenly increase, causing it to reflect most of the incoming energy like a mirror.'