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28th January 2009 - Link Blog

Giant, Python Powered Robots. “They each weigh about 11 tonnes and have a 17 meter reach. The control system is written in Python, with small sections of C which run in hard-real-time to guarantee safety.”

Posted 28th January 2009 at 10:35 am

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