DARPA-Funded Big Dog Robot Moves Almost Like a Real Dog
March 18 2008 / by FutureFly
Category: Technology Year: 2008 Rating: 20 Hot
Check out this DARPA prototype of a 4-legged robot that can navigate rugged, complex and slippery terrain. It is very odd to see something so alive moving around so normally minus a head, lungs and tail. Expect this product to soon be adapted for war, entertainment and then eventually commercial purposes. (Props to mathew ingram for the awesome and, as he puts it, creepy link.)
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That is SO WEIRD!! It looks kind of like 2 human pairs of legs, one forwards and one backwards.
Posted by: Fishka March 18, 2008
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EW! this is definitely creepy looking. did you see it running and jumping!? i can totally picture the future of warfare with these things built to the scale of elephants, leaping at each other and causing mayhem!
Posted by: Venessa Posavec March 18, 2008
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That is weird – also incredible. The progress being made in robot ambulation is amazing. You can really feel the acceleration in the development of animated robots picking up speed.
Posted by: Joe Meme March 18, 2008
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If ever you hear that crazy buzzing sound, RUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Alvis Brigis March 18, 2008
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It’s evocative of the bio-mimicry seen in Star Wars and other flix.
Posted by: Field of Memes March 18, 2008
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yea i think the noise is def the creepiest part, that and the slow shot of it falling on the ice. I swear if they use this structure and adapt it to make a robo-spider, I’m taking to the hills…
Posted by: mariposa March 18, 2008
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