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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 00:10:51
Message: <3b05f24b@news.povray.org>
I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on the
textures and better positioning of the for claws.
Comments?

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From: Ib Rasmussen
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 04:32:16
Message: <3B062F89.B114FA0F@ibras.dk>
"C.J. - POV User" wrote:
> 
> I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on the
> textures and better positioning of the for claws.
> Comments?

If it's a cat, shouldn't the claws be retractable? :)

I don't see a tail - is it a Manx cat?

Apart from that, a great model. Do you plan to animate it? I'd like to
see it move.

/Ib


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From: Sander
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 05:45:16
Message: <MPG.15705f168dda29db989784@NEWS.POVRAY.ORG>
In article <3b05f24b@news.povray.org>, C.J. - POV User says...
> I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on the
> textures and better positioning of the for claws.
> Comments?
> 
Yes, a great model. I didn't see "Red Planet", but should not the purple 
cables that run around the model be protected more against violence from 
the enemy?
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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 07:15:16
Message: <3b0655c4@news.povray.org>
> I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on the
> textures and better positioning of the for claws.
> Comments?

very cool - why has it a chain gun for a nose?


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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 09:36:06
Message: <3b0676c6$1@news.povray.org>
Army issue....
=)

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Rick [Kitty5] <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
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> > I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on
the
> > textures and better positioning of the for claws.
> > Comments?
>
> very cool - why has it a chain gun for a nose?
>
>
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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 09:39:35
Message: <3b067797@news.povray.org>
After I did the model I was thinking the same thing(they should not glow
either). But it is more for looks than a reflection of a true design. In the
future I may change it.

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Sander <san### [at] stolscom> wrote in message
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> In article <3b05f24b@news.povray.org>, C.J. - POV User says...
> > I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on
the
> > textures and better positioning of the for claws.
> > Comments?
> >
> Yes, a great model. I didn't see "Red Planet", but should not the purple
> cables that run around the model be protected more against violence from
> the enemy?
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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 09:49:30
Message: <3b0679ea@news.povray.org>
The design for the body was taken from a cat skelaton image a found on the
National Geographics Website. When designing the model I was thinking of how
it would be used in case I wanted to animate it later. The lack of a tail
was simply the lack of a need to add one. After all, a cat uses a tail for
maintaining its balance. A robotic cat would not have a true need for one.
Retracible claws were left off (for now), mainly I did not see a simple way
to add them in without making the feet to complex (if you have an idea lef
tme know).

BTW - Thanks...

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Ib Rasmussen <ib### [at] ibrasdk> wrote in message
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> "C.J. - POV User" wrote:
> >
> > I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on
the
> > textures and better positioning of the for claws.
> > Comments?
>
> If it's a cat, shouldn't the claws be retractable? :)
>
> I don't see a tail - is it a Manx cat?
>
> Apart from that, a great model. Do you plan to animate it? I'd like to
> see it move.
>
> /Ib


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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 09:52:52
Message: <3b067ab4@news.povray.org>
BTW Rick,
Its really a Plasma Pepper Gun (PPG).

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Rick [Kitty5] <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
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> > I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on
the
> > textures and better positioning of the for claws.
> > Comments?
>
> very cool - why has it a chain gun for a nose?
>
>
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>
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From: Steve
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 09:53:12
Message: <slrn9gctbq.pe3.steve@zero-pps.localdomain>
On Fri, 18 May 2001 23:12:19 -0500, C.J. - POV User wrote:
>I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on the
>textures and better positioning of the for claws.
>Comments?

Looks deadly but those tubes seem a bit vulnerable. 

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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 12:08:41
Message: <3b069a89$1@news.povray.org>
> The lack of a tail
> was simply the lack of a need to add one. After all, a cat uses a tail for
> maintaining its balance. A robotic cat would not have a true need for one.

yes it would - nature has decided that cats work well with tails


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From: Bill DeWitt
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 12:45:15
Message: <3b06a31b$1@news.povray.org>
"Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
news:3b069a89$1@news.povray.org...
> > The lack of a tail
> > was simply the lack of a need to add one. After all, a cat uses a tail
for
> > maintaining its balance. A robotic cat would not have a true need for
one.
>
> yes it would - nature has decided that cats work well with tails

    Tell that to Bobcats...

    Nature has needs that Robotics does not. Most cats use their tails as
signaling devices in social and mating actions. Only a few, the Cheetah
being the most notable example, have any other use for their tail. In fact,
I have seen cats lose their prey because their flicking tail gave them away.
Here in Florida, a strain of seaside cat has developed that predominately
has a stub tail. I suspect it is because they catch more lizards. The mating
purpose of the tail is superceded by the hunting needs.

    Robot cats would need no tail unless there was a purpose that the
designer added just for that...


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From: Anton Sherwood
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 13:47:38
Message: <3B06B1F9.2F297CA6@pobox.com>
"C.J. - POV User" wrote:
> I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet".

not from reading Snow Crash?

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From: Batronyx
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 19 May 2001 13:57:25
Message: <3b06b405$1@news.povray.org>
C.J. - POV User wrote in message <3b05f24b@news.povray.org>...
>I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on the
>textures and better positioning of the for claws.
>Comments?
>
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>
That looks great. Must have taken a lot of patience to model. All you need now
are details; little gaps here and there where things attach to each other to
make it look a little less CG. Some interlocking segments at the joints. And
don't forget to give it a lot of grunge so it will have some history.

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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 20 May 2001 00:48:59
Message: <3b074cbb$1@news.povray.org>
What is snow crash about?

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Anton Sherwood <bro### [at] poboxcom> wrote in message
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> "C.J. - POV User" wrote:
> > I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet".
>
> not from reading Snow Crash?
>
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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 20 May 2001 00:49:41
Message: <3b074ce5$4@news.povray.org>
Your right, I removed them from the new version

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Steve <ste### [at] zeroppsuklinuxnet> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 May 2001 23:12:19 -0500, C.J. - POV User wrote:
> >I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet". I need to work on the
> >textures and better positioning of the for claws.
> >Comments?
>
> Looks deadly but those tubes seem a bit vulnerable.
>
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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 20 May 2001 01:17:53
Message: <3b075381@news.povray.org>
"Tell that to Bobcats..."
OK, I'll try but I don't think they'll believe me...


cat info...
http://www.funtrivia.com/Animals/Cats.html
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211.web.stuff/Kuhns/gyroscope_motion.htm
and this is good...
http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/tailtalk.htm

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Bill DeWitt <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
news:3b06a31b$1@news.povray.org...
>
> "Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
> news:3b069a89$1@news.povray.org...
> > > The lack of a tail
> > > was simply the lack of a need to add one. After all, a cat uses a tail
> for
> > > maintaining its balance. A robotic cat would not have a true need for
> one.
> >
> > yes it would - nature has decided that cats work well with tails
>
>     Tell that to Bobcats...
>
>     Nature has needs that Robotics does not. Most cats use their tails as
> signaling devices in social and mating actions. Only a few, the Cheetah
> being the most notable example, have any other use for their tail. In
fact,
> I have seen cats lose their prey because their flicking tail gave them
away.
> Here in Florida, a strain of seaside cat has developed that predominately
> has a stub tail. I suspect it is because they catch more lizards. The
mating
> purpose of the tail is superceded by the hunting needs.
>
>     Robot cats would need no tail unless there was a purpose that the
> designer added just for that...
>
>


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From: C J  - POV User
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 20 May 2001 01:21:48
Message: <3b07546c@news.povray.org>
"Tell that to Bobcats..."
OK, I'll try but I don't think they'll believe me...


cat info...
http://www.funtrivia.com/Animals/Cats.html
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211.web.stuff/Kuhns/gyroscope_motion.htm
and this is good...
http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/tailtalk.htm

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Bill DeWitt <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
news:3b06a31b$1@news.povray.org...
>
> "Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
> news:3b069a89$1@news.povray.org...
> > > The lack of a tail
> > > was simply the lack of a need to add one. After all, a cat uses a tail
> for
> > > maintaining its balance. A robotic cat would not have a true need for
> one.
> >
> > yes it would - nature has decided that cats work well with tails
>
>     Tell that to Bobcats...
>
>     Nature has needs that Robotics does not. Most cats use their tails as
> signaling devices in social and mating actions. Only a few, the Cheetah
> being the most notable example, have any other use for their tail. In
fact,
> I have seen cats lose their prey because their flicking tail gave them
away.
> Here in Florida, a strain of seaside cat has developed that predominately
> has a stub tail. I suspect it is because they catch more lizards. The
mating
> purpose of the tail is superceded by the hunting needs.
>
>     Robot cats would need no tail unless there was a purpose that the
> designer added just for that...
>
>


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From: Jens Nober
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 22 May 2001 07:55:11
Message: <3b0a539f$1@news.povray.org>
Anton Sherwood wrote:

> "C.J. - POV User" wrote:
>> I got the idea for this from watching "Red Planet".
> 
> not from reading Snow Crash?

Right, it really looks like the rat-things (at least more like a 'cat' as 
subject says).

Jens


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From: Anton Sherwood
Subject: Re: WIP- Robo Cat (82kb)
Date: 28 May 2001 19:51:23
Message: <3B12E4C3.24BE7C52@pobox.com>
"C.J. - POV User" wrote:
> What is snow crash about?

It's about a plot to reprogram everyone's brain, foiled by a hacker and
a skateboard messenger working for an alliance of (among others) the
Mafia and the Central Intelligence Corporation.

Relevance: Guard-dogs with nuclear-powered cyborg bodies that look like
giant robot rats.  (Nice doggie.)

By Neal Stephenson, author subsequently of <Cryptonomicon> and <The
Diamond Age>.

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