Boston Dynamics Big Dog

Looks like two men in a horsesuit if you ask me...
MarineGunrocksays...

About time they get that thing off the cable! But it sure has come a long way since the Little Dog. Now if we could only advance battery technology to dump that loud engine.

10388says...

Ever read Fahrenheit 451? That's what they call The Mechanical Hound.

"That's sad," said Montag, quietly, (referring to The Mechanical Hound) "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know."

ReverendTedsays...

Next milestone: programming that allows it to yell obscenities every time it begins to lose its balance. That's almost the only way that ice scene could be more entertaining.

Almost, because the Big Dog weighs 235 lbs and has a payload of 340 lbs. This means you could strap another one onto its back and let let that one flail around hopelessly attempting to get its footing.

calvadossays...

Srsly tho, I'm surprised I haven't seen this thing in some nightmares. Those legs and that noise! I look forward to the video game where I can blow it up with a rocket launcher.

Xaxsays...

You keek my dog!

For some reason, I started laughing a few seconds into the video... imagine it wandering into a backyard with a bunch of kids playing.

"BZZZRRRZZZZRRRZZZZRRRZZZZ AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Pretty amazing though, especially watching it catch itself while slipping on ice.

neteansays...

that is some pretty amazing programming going on there..

to be able to get it NOT fall over when kicked... To recover from sliding on the ice, that quickly!

That really is amazing

Zonbiesays...

damn you beat me to it LOL
(up vote!)

Is it me, or if you draped some guts, flayed skin and offal over this it would look like something out of Silent Hill...

Just saying hehe
but very impressive engineering feat!

xxovercastxxsays...

Camera tripods have rubber feet that you can retract to expose a metal spike if that works better for you on whatever terrain you're placing it on. (see the first item here) You'd think with all the sensors they've got in this thing, it could extend a spike automatically when it senses it's walking on something slippery.

>> ^rottenseed:
downvote for animal cruelty when he kicks the dog.

You joke but I find it interesting that many peoples' instinctual reaction to that part is just that. The way it moves to correct itself is so organic that you feel as if you're watching a live animal being kicked.

Abductedsays...

Hunters incoming Dr. Freeman!!

>> ^rottenseed:
downvote for animal cruelty when he kicks the dog.

You joke but I find it interesting that many peoples' instinctual reaction to that part is just that. The way it moves to correct itself is so organic that you feel as if you're watching a live animal being kicked.


Well that's the is the normal human reaction and it shows just how advanced the motor skills of them have become. Combine that with the Aibo robots "personality" that people find natural and you've got yourself a robot dog.

Pring4says...

Hilarious comments in this sift,

"two guys moving a futon"
"imagine it wandering into a backyard with a bunch of kids playing."
"a headless mountain goat powered by kazoos."

Hahah

Goofball_Jonessays...

Imagine when they build these things better...and they're able to run.

Now imagine a bunch of these things running through the woods like deer....and they're all after YOU.

Sleep well tonight....Skynet is at our doorstep.

Aemaethsays...

>> ^xxovercastxx:
Camera tripods have rubber feet that you can retract to expose a metal spike if that works better for you on whatever terrain you're placing it on. (see the first item here) You'd think with all the sensors they've got in this thing, it could extend a spike automatically when it senses it's walking on something slippery.


Ya, I was thinking that too, but they probably wanted to demonstrate the technology, not the practicality. Would it have been so cool if it had snow shoes and walked across?

>> ^rottenseed:
downvote for animal cruelty when he kicks the dog.


UPVOTE for kicking the dog! That was cool to see it recover.

siftbotsays...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'darpa, military, bigdog, big dog, bostondynamics, robot, scary' to 'darpa, military, bigdog, big dog, bostondynamics, robot, scary, skynet' - edited by kulpims

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