[vessenes]

Think of this like a car company having a racing program — building stuff like this will pay dividends elsewhere in the company; from product design to production chain. Example - boy, does that gait look uncomfortable to sit through. I can imagine wanting to spend more time on smoothness, careful foot planting, gait variations, etc. after having my R&D guys ride around in it. And with that done, I can imagine better wear cycles and faster, better looking small robots benefiting.

I’ll also note that cockpit has been padded. I’d love to see the crash outtake videos.

[dmoy]

> Example - boy, does that gait look uncomfortable to sit through.

Oof yea, now that I think about it, it's not like a horse trot that you can post through, since you're strapped in to the seat.

[vessenes]

Yes, ouch. But, also, surely someone is working on getting cantering, galloping, etc implemented? To your point the biggest innovation might be better seating.

[jcgrillo]

Ocean racing speedboats and small fast naval vessels have the kind of seats for this

[nradov]

US Navy boat crews have suffered frequent injuries from the constant hammering.

https://news.usni.org/2026/04/15/navy-must-do-more-to-protec...

[erwincoumans]

and active suspension, now attach wheels.