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New BigDog Robot Video

Posted by kdawson on from the now-to-work-on-the-muffler dept.

John860 writes "The US company Boston Dynamics has released an amazing new video of its quadruped robot BigDog. The highlight of the video (at 1:24) shows how the robot starts slipping on ice, almost falls several times, but finally regains its balance and continues walking. The video also shows the robot's ability to cope with different types of terrains, climb and descend steep slopes, and jump. Two years ago, the older version of BigDog was already able to climb slopes, keep its balance after a strong kick, and walk on rough terrain like stones, mud, and snow. The new version weighs 235 lbs and can carry a payload of up to 340 lbs, a factor of 4 better than its predecessor."

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  1. Well... by SamP2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Time to break out all the 'robotic overlords' jokes.

    1. Re:Well... by Instine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Why - did they insert that gigantic advert I had to click passed?

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  2. Re:Not a whine, just an observation by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I also think that Microsoft has done quite a bit to damage the computer industry. I found this site very Informative site about it!

    http://www.microsoft-watch.com/

    On the other hand, Linux is probably the best answer to the ecosystem problem. Have you read the Cathedral and the Bizarre? It's a very Insightful article about that!

    http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/

    I for one welcome our new Linux overlords.

    Hopefully someone will find a way to make the Robot Dog swim and put a laser on its head, like Dr Good did with whales in the movie Wayne's World. Party on Austin Powers! was very Funny and Underrated catchphrase.

    Really, karma is totally overrated, and I don't want to have anything to do with it. Yeah, things like this just show how much this country has dumbed down since Bush was [s]elected President, I'm seriously considering moving to North Korea. Did you know they have free health care there?
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