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Posted By : G.L. Douglas - 3/19/2008 3:45 PM
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 By : crystalwizard - 3/19/2008 5:44 PM
Now if they could just make it NOT sound like a fly or mosquito.


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Posted By : G.L. Douglas - 3/19/2008 10:23 PM
I agree, crystalwizard. We need a sneaky stealth model.


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Posted By : cussedness - 3/19/2008 11:19 PM
that's amazing.


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Posted By : nathan - 3/21/2008 12:38 PM
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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