Wow, I could have easily mistaken one of these mean robot thugs for a mean human thug… well actually not. These robot segway contraptions are pretty distinctive, even with their dark hoodies. However, from two hundred meters away, looking down the sight of a  7.62x51mm M40 sniper rifle, it looks real enough. Australia’s Marathon Robotics created these segway mounted mannequins in order to [...]

This is a truly amazing piece of technology. It looks like it has some incredible functionality. One can zoom about the known universe, observing planet , star, and fly space whats-it names, while having the ability to pull up detailed information on orbits and interesting factoids.  I hope to get a chance to play around with it in the future.