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Re:Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm by nitrogen on Thursday October 06, 2016 @03:10PM (#12655188)
Rant: Sheesh, now even Wikipedia is using full-page JS popups that fail to load and make the page unusable. Seriously webdevs of the world, do we actually test our own work on phones?

At least I was able to see the image first. I was wondering how much of the X-32's shape was constrained by functional requirements, and the same for the Baxter. Can a safer arm be made without looking as you describe?

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Re:Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm by tlb on Thursday October 06, 2016 @04:55PM (#12656029)
The X-32 and X-35 were two candidate designs for the Joint Strike Fighter. The X-35 was chosen. They had the same functional requirements, but the X-35 looked less silly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-35

You could easily avoid having a decorative face. The general arm configuration might look OK with some other ID.

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