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Just how complex is Bubbles' chassis?

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Cornelius:
As to the question of which one has the most advanced chassis, I'm torn between Pintsize and Bubbles, but finally decided to go with Bubbles. Both have a military chassis, that was developed, if I remember correctly, at the same time. However, it seems they went with Bubbles' "Valkyrie"-model, as a standard.

awgiedawgie:

--- Quote from: Cornelius on 16 Apr 2018, 05:32 ---As to the question of which one has the most advanced chassis, I'm torn between Pintsize and Bubbles, but finally decided to go with Bubbles. Both have a military chassis, that was developed, if I remember correctly, at the same time. However, it seems they went with Bubbles' "Valkyrie"-model, as a standard.

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Oh, I quite agree. Bubbles’ chassis is much more humanoid, and must needs therefore be more complex than Pintsize’s. In fact, I think that May, Momo, Winslow, and even Roko’s chassis — while not military grade — are more advanced than Pintsize. Melon seems to have an older model with its detachable butt, but even that, being very humanoid, seems more complex than Pintsize. The reason Bubbles gave for why they chose to deploy her chassis type and not Pintsize’s is that the military were afraid people would find damaged or discarded units of Pintsize’s type and mistake them for toys, like a child might mistake a landmine or a grenade for a toy, and end up getting seriously injured. They also calculated that human soldiers would be able to more easily relate to and bond with a humanoid AI.

Cornelius:
I seemed to remember something like that, but I didn't seem to find the comic.

Anyway, I'm not sure that being humanoid is necessarily more complex. To me, it's more that they are optimised for other purposes. The analogy between Pintsize's chassis and a landmine may extend further than we like to contemplate. There's also the array of sensors, and the spectrometer, which may be related to current bomb sniffing/disarming robots. Not to mention that despite the form of his appendages, he seems very handy in his own right.

On the hand, having decided to go with Bubbles' chassis, they've likely just stopped development on the other type. So, regardless of function, she will have the more advanced chassis - also because there's no reason to believe most functionalities haven't been carried over.

awgiedawgie:
My reasoning is this: While Pintsize is clearly more versatile than he looks, a fully humanoid chassis must necessarily have more motor functions, joints, etc., simply to be able to properly articulate the limbs and appendages, not to mention the more complex facial expressions. Pintsize has demonstrated the ability to consume (and much to Faye and Marten’s chagrin, pass through) foods, but even Melon has been shown eating. And since Bubbles and Pintsize are both designed for military service, it would be reasonable to expect them to both have a similar set of sensors, including the chemical spectrometer. Bubbles said she does not consume beverages for refreshment, but she didn’t say she can’t consume them for chemical analysis. Pintsize has not, that I can recall, discussed any other sensors he may have, but we know Bubbles has infrared vision, as well as a full suite of other sensors. And I almost forgot, Bubbles has the advanced hair follicles that can actually “grow” under the proper conditions.

Stoutfellow:

--- Quote from: Morituri on 15 Apr 2018, 20:58 ---the terrorist Melvil Dewey

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That's "Dui".

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