Re: "Age of the Cybersaur"

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

At 12:15 AM 9/3/98 EDT, Mary Kirkaldy wrote:

>The article goes on:  "A group of scientists, engineers and an artist
>in Europe is bringing back _Iguanodon_, a horse-sized herbivore
>that could walk upright or on all fours (think Dino, from 'The Flintstones'),
>as Robosaurus, a fully autonomous dinosaur robot."   Anyone know
>where there are 9 meter long horses?  

:-)

Well, it IS true that the "robosaur" is pony-sized.  I saw video tape
footage of the working model at the 5th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology in July 1996.  Interesting robotics, but more than that I can't
say.  I'd LIKE to see someone do a robotic model of the jaw mechanics!

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist     Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
Dept. of Geology              Email:tholtz@geol.umd.edu
University of Maryland        Phone:301-405-4084
College Park, MD  20742       Fax:  301-314-9661