Where Jules Verne Meets Star Wars: GE’s Walking Truck of the 1960s

Via Slashdot:


GE’s Walking Truck was officially called a Cybernetic Anthropmorophous Machine (CAM). According to Chris Hunter, curator at the Schenectady Museum, which is home to some 15,000 GE documents and artifacts, the Army wanted a vehicle that could navigate rough, steep terrain. It had to be able to push through dense vegetation, step over felled trees, and sidle around standing ones, all while nimbly carrying up to a half-ton in men and material. 

Den uppmärksamme känner igen konceptet från Star Wars som kom 15 år senare.


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