Lifelike robotic quadraped

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Lifelike robotic quadraped

Boston Dynamics, a small DARPA-funded robotics company is designing the robot in the video for the US military. The video shows the bot, called BigDog, maintaining balance while being kicked, slipping on ice, climbing over rubble and leaping. It can carry more than 300 pounds.

(via io9)

posted by dan | 03/17/08| 10:33:48 pm| Our robot overlords| 2 comments »

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Comment from: Nobody [Visitor] · http://anyeventuality.wordpress.com

Cripes. I am not going to sleep well knowing that's out there somewhere.

03/18/08 @ 13:34

Comment from: brendoman [Visitor] · http://brendoman.com

At least you can hear the thing coming. We're all dead when they make them silent and attach guns to them or something.

03/20/08 @ 11:31

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