Originally posted by C Hess
For one thing, it would be useful in rescue operations where we don't want to send in humans, but the terrain is too hard for traditional robots to traverse. I'm sure there are plenty of situations where this would be useful. Remember, it's not so much that it can jump over obstacles, but that it can learn to assess new situations and figure out how to deal w ...[text shortened]... t can learn new skills is gonna be a useful robot, however it's used in the end, for fun or not.
Yet again good answer, thank you!
What about this kind of answer?
To let out a mechanical horse in a Martian environment, avoiding all obstacles, explore areas too rough for a wheel vehicle? This together with artificial intelligence can bring forward much more knowldedge than any other device can do. With a flora of instruments, detectors, and tools, it can do a lot of interesting stuff om Mars.
My robotic lawn mower is quite stupid compared to this mechanical horse.
This is not a mower of mine, but it is clipping and fertilazing at the same time, and it is cheap:
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