March 18, 2008
The Big Dog Quadruped Robot is Evolving
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We've talked about Boston Dynamics' Quadruped Robot before (but the video link is dead now). Here's an update. It runs, it jumps, it dances to the sound of a model airplane engine: it crosses the uncanny valley. Hello, biological entities, this is the future.
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It feels so "animal" that I almost feel bad when they hit it to demonstrate how it regains balance on its own. Just as soldiers today are getting attached to and treating as pets those IED-disposal robots, tomorrow we'll see these 'mules' antropomorphized and valued as another team member... as they are sent into enemy territory to kill human enemies. Mh. I wonder if they'll dream...
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/nod Also animal-robot related: Russian Snake Robot - FLV video with abusively awful synth music - turn down volume I feel sure, based on knowledge of humanity, this design will find use in the adult entertainment industry in oooh, about 25 years.
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Probably already been tried, given the action!
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Bah, that 'snakewheel' never turns into a wheel.
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"It’s time to ask yourself whose side you are on, theirs…or Jerry’s."
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BigDog has been weaponized, with gigantic freaking bull horns.
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Darpa’s Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey
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And I shall call her AMEE...
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DARPA and MIT Are Making a Robo-OSTRICH That Runs Faster Than You
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Killer robot ostriches... we're DOOMED!!! Big dog will save us.
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DARPA’s Newest Robot Is Possibly Its Creepiest Ever
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DARPA's Cheetah Robot Can Now Outrun Usain Bolt
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Big Dog Can Now Throw Cinder Blocks, Thereby Making It The Scariest Robot Ever
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DARPA Robot Hand Can Lift A Ball Bearing, A Kettle Bell, Get Hit With A Bat and Not Feel It
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Holy crap, these bionic arms look just like Doc Ock's