[K5pbem] Tetra Vaal security/patrol cyberdroid video

[Logan Darklighter]

That is incredible stuff on many different fronts.

It's great CGI of course. Goes without saying.

It seems to be a fairly efficient design (well - as efficient as 
humanoid robots _can_ be anyway), not overly armored. Just enough to 
ensure survival of a few key elements like a black box for recording stuff.

The idea overall makes sense. You wouldn't have much in the way of 
"places cops don't go" with these things. Zero Zones might be things of 
the past in the Kazei 5 world if boomers start patrolling as police with 
telepresenced flesh and blood cops guiding them.

For that matter, why have an AI at all? Have somebody jacked in to a 
virtual telepresence unit a few miles away. That would explain the 
instictive "flinching" that the robot had to things like potential eye 
damage and whatnot. A non-sapient expert system might not have reflexes 
to protect itself from danger, but the operator would. Anyone who's ever 
played Battletech knows how immersed you become. It's said that RAV 
pilots can get as mentally stressed as "real" pilots, if not physically.

The "rabbit ears" HAVE to be inspired by Briareos! ^_^

But like Briareos, they could serve a useful function. Antennae for the 
receivers and telepresence units, and, like Bri, you can put cameras on 
the tips to look around corners, periscope style.

Hmmm... That's all I've got for now.

-Logan



Michael Surbrook wrote:

> This little video clip just *screams* Kazei 5.
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> http://analogik.com/multimedia_tetra_vaal.asp
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