Getting tired of this, so I'll end with this comment:
At 01:43 PM 6/7/2007, Alfred Urrutia wrote:
It has to be small enough and simple enough that it's a good idea
vs. a comparably sophisticated fighter or tank. Tachikomas are
about the limit there, and if it were me I'd probably stick with
simple exoskeletons with hard points on 'em and enough propellant
for power-assisted leaps. Anything larger is just too expensive to
be worthwhile; might as well invest in a fighter/tank/whatever at that point.
Too expensive based on what?
Based on the fact that a fighter/tank will always be easier to make
than something with comparable performance and limbs, and the fact
that it will always be preferable to armor up a human to developing a
humanoid robot. This isn't a "not right now" sort of thing; it's a
simple logistical exercise. Would arms help a tank do its job? No,
not really. It doesn't matter if making arms is cheap and easy,
there's just no point to them. it might be practical to give a tank
legs at some point, but legs do not a mech make. Apart from that,
it's just plain more desirable to have something like a flying tank
or an armored human to do the job than a giant robot. No amount of
technological innovation will ever change that.
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