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		Animats on July 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Under the Hood of Luminar's Long-Reach Lidar It's been tried a few times. Early versions were really clunky. Later versions were usually art projects. * General Electric Walking Truck (1969) [1] * Adaptive Suspension Vehicle (1984) [2] * Korean giant mecha (2016) [3] The BPG Motors Uno transforming motorcycle seemed a good idea, but they gave up on it.[4] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMGCFLEYakM [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIiD1JimBXQ&feature=youtu.be... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqZWNn5qZ7U [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odI4WaYEcCU

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