I think Titan was just asking for some buttsecks.

Either way, I was hoping for the BigDog

Boston Dynamics should program BigDog to do this.

Thx my brutha!

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>> ^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.

This is indeed a great video, but you got beaten to the punch. http://engineering.videosift.com/video/Boston-Dynamics-Big-Dog

Good submission though. Find more.
*discard

>> ^videosiftbannedme:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=p6L6MhSgpgo


Multiple Use Labor Element!

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.

>> ^dag:
We're going to mount Siftbot on something like that.


I dare you to change siftbots avatar to the sift-can on top of those legs.

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.

dupe, *discard

http://www.videosift.com/video/Boston-Dynamics-Big-Dog

PETRA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Robotic Animals) are PISSED about this video, it shows multiple abuses of the robotic mules, including outright kicking and shoving of the mules on several occasions. Also there are rumors that Boston Dynamics is performing small scale tests with dismembered mules, using only their legs and such.

Sweet, this is actually called Big Dog and is produced by Boston Dynamics, i did a blog post on this earlier today and looked for video footage but had no luck.

http://www.itineratesurfer.com/2006/03/03/boston-dynamics-big-dog/

thanks.