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G.L. Douglas
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  		   Posted 3/19/2008 4:45 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
This is a self-balancing quadruped that looks kinda like a headless dog and sounds like a swarm of bees, but is amazing in what it can do.
 
At first it creeped me out, but then I really started to like it...actually wanted to "dance" with it toward the end.
 
I recovers from being kicked, and after a slip and fall on ice, and climbs over a pile of bricks, among other things.  I love it!  
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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.
 
 
http://gizmodo.com/368651/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-spooky

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  		   Posted 3/19/2008 6:44 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Now if they could just make it NOT sound like a fly or mosquito.

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  		   Posted 3/19/2008 11:23 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I agree, crystalwizard. We need a sneaky stealth model.

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  		   Posted 3/20/2008 12:19 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
that's amazing.

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  		   Posted 3/21/2008 1:38 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Oh it is amazing. But can it do this: http://www.switched.com/2008/03/20/suicide-robot-kills-man-in-driveway/ ?

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