Issue No. 580: Ball Wars and ANDRO ID - Two Columns on Baseball and Giant Robots
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This appears to be a newsletter or column issue (No. 580) featuring two pieces: "Ball Wars" by Joe MacLeod about a corporate-themed baseball game, and "ANDRO ID (Part 1)" by Sam Thielman, which begins a discussion about the impracticality of giant humanoid robots, focusing on stability issues with bipedal design. The content is fragmented and appears to be an excerpt or introduction to these pieces rather than a complete article.
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bskyIssue No. 580: Ball Wars and ANDRO ID - Two Columns on Baseball and Giant Robotsflaminghydra.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledA humanoid robot eight stories tall is, first and foremost, impractical.
The human form's bipedal gait and high center of gravity make stability the designer's foremost concern, relegating any other purpose for which the robot might be intended.
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