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AG-600 amphibious flying boat

AG600 https://t.co/Z9QRmtFp3g pic.twitter.com/TsS5mB4EDf — dafeng cao (@xinfengcao) October 30, 2016 201...

An Autonomous Robot Contest: "Overcoming Obstacle 2016"

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    Teli<br />

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    Teli, an autonomous, self-navigating vehicle system on a Toyota 
Land Cruiser body, was built by the Beijing Institute of Technology and 
is optimized for off-road travel, compared to the Google Car's urban and
 highways mission.<br />
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"Overcoming Obstacle 
2016" is a competition supported by China's military, akin to the U.S. 
military's <a class="linkTargets-processed" href="http://www.popsci.com/darpa-robotics-challenge-was-bust-why-darpa-needs-try-again">DARPA Grand Challenges</a>. The month-long contest ended on October 18th in Beijing, with several finalists in each of the five categories. <br />
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The
 first group, Category A, involved highly autonomous cars. The finalists
 included modified from civilian SUVs, alongside a tracked vehicle, 
"SMART 1", from the Military Institute of Transportation.<br />
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    SMART 1 UGV<br />

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    The SMART 1 unmanned ground vehicle, built by the Military 
Institute of Transport, may have its basis in earlier Chinese autonomous
 robot experiments that used old armored vehicles.  This chassis appears
 to be from an airborne fighting vehicle.<br />
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    Desert Wolf<br />

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    Desert Wolf, using a 4x4 chassis from the QL-550, an armored 
recon vehicle, is another 2016 finalist for the all-terrain category.<br />
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Category B
 was all-terrain autonomous vehicles. The finalists included two 4x4 
robots built from military recon vehicles (by the China Academy of 
Sciences, and the National University of Defense Technology's Desert 
Wolf).<br />
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    Category C<br />

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    Category C, small, personal, and urban task robots, included several entries from civilian entities.<br />

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Category C
 involved small, tracked robots, designed for tasks like urban 
reconnaissance and bomb disposal. Beijing Motors and Qingdao Hi Tech 
Corporation were among the five finalists.<br />
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    Run 1<br />

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    Norinco, China's top defense manufacturer of armored vehicles and
 munitions, entered the Run 1 quadruped robot into the legged robot 
category.<br />
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    Iron Horse<br />

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    Team Siyuan, from Beijing Jiaotong University, provided this multi-legged robot with <a class="linkTargets-processed external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klann_linkage" target="_blank">Klann linkage</a>-style
 legs (each of its four feet is made of two pairs of interconnected 
legs), offering exceptional stability on rough mountainous terrain.<br />
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Category 
D's legged robots provided some of the most interesting Overcoming 
Obstacle 2016 entries.  The three finalists included two "Da Gou" 
quadruped robots from Shandong University and NORINCO, and the Iron 
Horse, a 'crab walker' from Beijing Jiaotong University, which had 
pivot-jointed Klann linkage legs to provide greater stability and 
simplicity. It bears some resemblance to Chinese research on a 
many-legged, auto-cannon-armed design disclosed in 2014.<br />
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    Sino MULE<br />

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    The "Sino MULE", developed by the 5th Department of Armored 
Engineering Institute, has six independently articulated wheels to roll 
across difficult terrain while carrying heavy loads.<br />
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    Robot train<br />

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    These modular robots can be attached as a convoy, and can be 
programmed and order on autonomous tasks, like following designated 
persons and vehicles,<br />
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Category E
 was robot cargo trucks.   One finalist was a 6x6 truck from 5th 
Department of Armored Engineering Institute with independently 
articulated wheels, like similar to the MULE robot.  Another 6x6 robot 
truck built by the Beijing Institute of Mechanical Research was seen 
carrying a simulated load.  Sunward Equipment provided another finalist,
 consisting of two four-wheeled robots attached to each other, as a sort
 of robotic road-bound train.<br />
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Y-20 is the largest military aircraft currently in production. It has a payload capacity of 66 tons and a range of 7,800 kilometer...

‘Mysterious dragon’ filmed flying through Chinese mountains

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YouTube commenter Li Zeng has been convinced the video is fake.<em> “It’s a cell phone device camera, so it’s pan focused and can’t focus on particular object,”</em> they wrote.<br />
Another user, who believes the footage forms part of a conspiracy theory, speculated if the dragon was in fact a drone. <em>“I’ve
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With a 134 foot beam, that’s the ship’s widest point at the waterline, the <em>Nimitz </em>pushes about 97,000 tons of water out of its way with propellors the size of suburban houses.<br />
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Salt water loves metal, but metal does not like salt. (Photo credit: Daily Documentary/YouTube)<br />
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Man, this is frustrating when the chain fits in your hand! f<i>oxtrotalpha.jalopnik</i><br />
Just putting a chain together is a laughably massive project when that chain has to hoist a 30 ton anchor into the air.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" target="_blank"><i>Nimitz</i></a> sailing.<br />
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The <i>Nimitz, </i>deployed in 1975, is the oldest <a href="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=200&ct=4" rel="noopener" target="_blank">U.S. Navy aircraft carrier</a>
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long takes some work, but when the ship is over 1,000 feet long the 
scale of maintained projects is just incredible.<br />
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This clip from the show <em>Dry Dock </em>takes us through just a few elements of a year-long maintenance regiment that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" target="_blank">U.S.S. </a><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" target="_blank">Nimitz</a> </em>was
 put through a few years ago before returning to duty. When it is 
active, the ship is home to over 3,000 servicemen and women and some 60 
aircraft.<br />
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Aside from the very large and significant task of maintaining the <em>Nimitz</em>’s
 pair of nuclear reactors and of course cleaning the aircraft-catching 
cables, a lot of these chores are the same things your uncle dreads when
 he pulls is boat out of its slip for the winter and gets to work 
replacing things the ocean has eaten.<br />
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The sheer size and weight of everything on this vessel is just 
awesome to see. Gives you some good perspective on what this equipment 
is really like up close, and just how hard a Navy mechanic’s job can be. <i>foxtrotalpha.jalopnik</i><br />
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The Scale Of Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Is Ridiculous

Person, for scale, on the stairs. (Photo Credits: Daily Documentary/YouTube) With a 134 foot beam, that’s the ship’s widest po...