Of Mice and Middle Years…

March 22, 2008

BigDog Quadraped Robot

Filed under: Ramblings, Technology — loeps @ 11:22 pm and tagged ,



Maybe it could carry my Imac around the school with me…
:)

See the full article here with the links….

Boston Dynamics keeps working on their BigDog quadruped robot, which will probably grow to be the future AT-AT of the Pentagon. Its evolution since the last time we saw it is nothing sort of mindblowing, and a bit spooky….
It looks like an actual biological quadruped. Seeing it climb through rubble, snow, jumping over obstacles like a wild goat, and saving a near-fall on iced ground at the last second (fast forward to the middle of the video) defies belief….

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  1. Its a freaky looking thing – but the technology – wow!

      Corey Terry — April 2, 2008 @ 2:40 am

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