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Re:Miniature Quadruped Robot Is Blazingly Fast by adlpz on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @11:16AM (#5826152)
How is this a quadruped and not a wheeled robot with just a funny tire design?
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Re:Miniature Quadruped Robot Is Blazingly Fast by NegativeK on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @12:49PM (#5826800)
There's an entire paragraph in the article that discusses that.
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Re:Miniature Quadruped Robot Is Blazingly Fast by incision on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @11:46AM (#5826334)
Well, the article at least acknowledges how questionable this application of the term is.

"Whether or not this really is a legged robot (or a quadruped) is perhaps debatable: these are wheel-legs, more commonly known as whegs."

I was certainly expecting/hoping for something more like Boston Dynamics cheetah [0].

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chPanW0QWhA

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Re:Miniature Quadruped Robot Is Blazingly Fast by Retric on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @11:29AM (#5826240)
Creative marketing.
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