I want to see it get up from a lying position.

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These guys are awesome. They did the mule right? I would think that the big problem with all of these robots is they need a butt load of power to operate all those servos.

I want your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle... and that nice flashing red light.

Good to see we're still on track for the 2018 judgement day.

The truth is Isaac Asimov's reality is just around the corner... if only you knew what science is doing next. The robotics is about to change mankind.

why don't they just buy technology from toyota's asimo and make it more agile?
it seems like they are reinventing stuff that japanese companies already developed.

>> ^dag:

These guys are awesome. They did the mule right? I would think that the big problem with all of these robots is they need a butt load of power to operate all those servos.


They need to develop a system like the human body has that's the tendon. We charged the tendon up and release energy...that's one of the reasons we're soo good at running long distances at a good pace, better than animals. We have economy of movement on our side...so they gotta work on something like a tendon to propel it that won't take too much constant drain.

>> ^MycroftHomlz:

The truth is Isaac Asimov's reality is just around the corner... if only you knew what science is doing next. The robotics is about to change mankind.


I'm a little more worried about the microscopic robots they hope to inject in our blood stream. I'm pretty sure I can still kick this big toaster's ass at the moment.

Funky Walker, Robo-Stalker...

This does not bode well.

>> ^mxxcon:

why don't they just buy technology from toyota's asimo and make it more agile?
it seems like they are reinventing stuff that japanese companies already developed.


This is way beyond Asimo.

>> ^bmacs27:

>> ^mxxcon:
why don't they just buy technology from toyota's asimo and make it more agile?
it seems like they are reinventing stuff that japanese companies already developed.

This is way beyond Asimo.
and it took them how long and how much money?

No wonder the things turn on us. Terminator's still learning how to walk and that jackass just shoves it.

I for the record, am not Sarah Connor.

That's fucking awesome.

Petman is a good name.

Especially when this thing makes pets of all mankind.

>> ^mxxcon:

why don't they just buy technology from toyota's asimo and make it more agile?
it seems like they are reinventing stuff that japanese companies already developed.


First, that's Honda. Second, probably because BD wants their robots to perform certain functions that ASIMO cannot. ASIMO is 25+ years old now and still can't reliably climb a staircase that it's been specifically programmed to climb. The BD robots, on the other hand, can figure out how to climb terrain on the fly and do it consistently.

>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^mxxcon:
why don't they just buy technology from toyota's asimo and make it more agile?
it seems like they are reinventing stuff that japanese companies already developed.

First, that's Honda. Second, probably because BD wants their robots to perform certain functions that ASIMO cannot. ASIMO is 25+ years old now and still can't reliably climb a staircase that it's been specifically programmed to climb. The BD robots, on the other hand, can figure out how to climb terrain on the fly and do it consistently.
it's 25 years old but I'm if you are talking about department of defense money, they can whip up something much more agile..if they don't already have something like that in their closed labs
ya, it can climb terrain on the fly with 25' tall rigging and cables all around it.

Damn technology, you scary!

No fingers or opposable thumbs... that way they can't take over and enslave humanity.

Not nearly as much as Honda has spent on Asimo. I know both groups. I've spoken personally with the director of the Asimo project. The lab I'm in has been a customer of Boston Dynamics since all they made were avatars for virtual environments. Boston Dynamics isn't that large a company, and they don't get that much defense money. They just have smart dudes.

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^bmacs27:
>> ^mxxcon:
why don't they just buy technology from toyota's asimo and make it more agile?
it seems like they are reinventing stuff that japanese companies already developed.

This is way beyond Asimo.
and it took them how long and how much money?

>> ^bmacs27:

Not nearly as much as Honda has spent on Asimo. I know both groups. I've spoken personally with the director of the Asimo project. The lab I'm in has been a customer of Boston Dynamics since all they made were avatars for virtual environments. Boston Dynamics isn't that large a company, and they don't get that much defense money. They just have smart dudes.
>> ^mxxcon:
>> ^bmacs27:
>> ^mxxcon:
why don't they just buy technology from toyota's asimo and make it more agile?
it seems like they are reinventing stuff that japanese companies already developed.

This is way beyond Asimo.
and it took them how long and how much money?

throughout all the years that they've worked on bigdog, alphadog, (betadog?), littledog, this thing, I wouldn't be surprised if they got ~$50mil