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Ski Patroller 209

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:31:09 GMT

You have 10 seconds to comply...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6396354/Skiing-robot-developed-by-Slovakian-researchers.html

Re:Ski Patroler 209

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:32:18 GMT

And the point of this is?

Re:Ski Patroller 209

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:38:38 GMT

Who knows? Robot ski patrollers sent out in the morning to do preliminary avalanche control? Robots to gather data about snow quality and stability... Just imagine incorporating this technology into your sled? Sled up a hill in the backcountry somewhere and set it off to navigate back to a pre determined GPS coordinate so you can ski back to it. Ski lift in a box.

Though I guess the real point is to find a way of legitimately spending your research grant money on lift tickets?

Re:Ski Patroller 209

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:31 GMT

steverandomno wrote:
Though I guess the real point is to find a way of legitimately spending your research grant money on lift tickets?

I can think of worse things to spend a research grant on :D

Re:Ski Patroller 209

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:02:21 GMT

I'd like a skiing robot, reminds me of Bandit :lol: :lol:

Re:Ski Patroller 209

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:21:16 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:I'd like a skiing robot, reminds me of Bandit :lol: :lol:

If only my skis would stay parallel like that :lol:

Oh, and bloody cheek, my clobber is mostly black, not tin coloured :twisted:

Re:Ski Patroller 209

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:29:16 GMT

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I'd like a skiing robot, reminds me of Bandit :lol: :lol:

If only my skis would stay parallel like that :lol:

Oh, and bloody cheek, my clobber is mostly black, not tin coloured :twisted:

I'm only trying to spoil your appetite 8)

Re:Ski Patroller 209

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:38:14 GMT

The science nerd in me says "Sweet!" I can see the benefits of having that set the dynamite, or setting up the gates. Heck even having it set up fences would be a bonus. I wonder if I can get a grant to build one and use it at my resort. Who needs hard labor when you can have a robot do it?

Re:Ski Patroller 209

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:54:46 GMT

i think this is really clever. but im a geek so thats to be expected :D

Re:Ski Patroler 209

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:59:10 GMT

NellyPS wrote:And the point of this is?

There doesn't always have to be a point but it is very clever and I'd still like one 8)