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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: lostllama on August 06, 2008, 11:01:18 am

Title: Robot Quadruped
Post by: lostllama on August 06, 2008, 11:01:18 am: http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog (http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog)

It's almost like a dog in a robot suit. :blah:
Title: Re: Robot Quadruped
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on August 06, 2008, 03:22:26 pm: cool, but the sound is damn annoying.
Title: Re: Robot Quadruped
Post by: BlackDove on August 06, 2008, 03:59:32 pm: What is this. What are you doing.
Title: Re: Robot Quadruped
Post by: Hippo on August 06, 2008, 09:58:15 pm: old. dog is old.
Title: Re: Robot Quadruped
Post by: WeatherOp on August 06, 2008, 10:54:34 pm: That is cool, but it looks like a retarded dog that just got hit by a truck and is somehow still kickin. :lol:
Title: Re: Robot Quadruped
Post by: Excalibur on August 07, 2008, 12:22:50 am: Oi! you stupid man, leave that dog alone!

Pretty funky, it almost seems real, the way it balances itself. Imagine if you saw that thing coming over a hill for the first time...

...and I get to keep that video using the temp. internet files trick!

Then you get these, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0610_050610_robot.html

which make you wonder... :nervous: but it has fits... :nod:
Title: Re: Robot Quadruped
Post by: BlackDove on August 07, 2008, 03:04:52 am: Quote from: Hippo on August 06, 2008, 09:58:15 pm
old. dog is old.

IIRC this **** pre-dates Jesus, along with spoof videos of two people doing that dog thing.
Title: Re: Robot Quadruped
Post by: lostllama on August 07, 2008, 11:30:42 am: Oh I wasn't aware that this is something known to a lot of people. At least one or two here haven't seen it before. The way it balances itself is indeed quite lifelike, but what if it falls over onto it's side? Does it roll over onto it's legs to get up again? The bit where it's sprinting looks a bit odd but the leap is impressive.