ITAPPMONROBOT - The Daily WTF Erik had a script running that would ping the server every few minutes and alert him if it didn't respond so he could halfway proactively keep things running. It had to be restarted manually whenever it crashed, so there was no easy way to fix it remotely. "We could build an admin robot," Erik joked. in Public bookmarkswith adminfunhacksrecoveryroboticsserver
New Scientist Technology Blog: Robot mule is like Bambi on ice The image left shows "robotic pack mule" BigDog channelling Bambi as it slides around on an icy surface. After a few slips it does regain its poise though - you can see how it gets on at about 1:25 into the video below. The new video also shows Big Dog tackling deep snow in the woods, carrying a 154kg (340lb) load and showing off running and jumping in the lab. in Public bookmarkswith developmentroboticsvideo