Only about twenty feet tall and equipped with lasers.
After all, what’s the point of the Singularity if you can’t become a rampaging spider-robot?
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Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Only about twenty feet tall and equipped with lasers.
After all, what’s the point of the Singularity if you can’t become a rampaging spider-robot?
So basically a super-Tachikoma?
Too late, we’ve already started construction on the 50-foot-tall Cthulu robot for you.
Four legs good, six legs better.
Still two legs short.
Spider-bot, Spider-bot
Does whatever a spider ought
Webs of steel, any size
Zap you with laser eyes
Look out!
Here comes the Spider-bot
How provincial. I’d pick something that flies. Between stars. For one thing, I’d have all the time in the world to get anywhere, and for another, I’d really like to get away from all the twenty-foot spiders crawling all over the place.
I figured you’d rather a squid bot. Maybe a squider bot.
Why stop at 6 or 8 legs? How pedestrian! Don’t settle for anything less than a centi bot with deca wing and mega rocket capacity. Possibly some hyper space too.
How about going for the shape-shifting nanite swarm? No need to pick just one body plan when you can be all of them.
Nice, but does it have the Three Laws?
Mmmm, I’m getting a woody over the mating dance at 2:14.
I used to read a LOT about BEAM robots back in the day. I’m wondering if BEAM techniques could work with something like this…