I would run away. Really. That thing is fuh-reaky looking.

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.

... that, and crossbreed it with Death Metal Puppy

I kept waiting for Arnold Governator to make an appearance

"wait Chewy, NO!...ahh, surveillance droid...musta had a self-destruct"

It kinda looks like two guys moving a futon.

That has to be one of the scariest robots I've ever seen. And the sound even makes it scarier.

Previously:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Robot-with-human-looking-legs

I like this new vid even more.

From the front it almost looks like a Hunter from Half-Life 2.

BTW, was I the only one that laughed watching a robot slip on ice?

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."

Most Expensive Donkey Ever.

downvote for animal cruelty when he kicks the dog.

*engineering

Adding video to channels (Engineering) - requested by oxdottir.

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.

Stop developing your devil robot! If that AI gets too good, it's gonna start kicking us.

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.

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.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

We're going to mount Siftbot on something like that.

not suited for stealth mission

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

it's like a giant siamese-twin fly

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!

My brother-in-law worked on this robot, specifically the AI. He's in the video at the end standing on the block pile.

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.

>> ^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.

Very Very impressive engineering.

^I can't stop staring at your egg avatar...it's amazing and hypnotic.

I laughed hysterically the entire way through that video. It's like a headless mountain goat powered by kazoos.

I immediately thought of AT-ATs.

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.

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

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


Multiple Use Labor Element!

Why not actually use a dog...instead of spending $100 Billion to develop a replacement for the dog.

Maybe because dog can't carry 340lbs?

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

I dunno what it is, but I hope I get to shoot it in a video game REAL soon!

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.

>> ^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.

I'd have to fire at it....

LOL fucking freaky shit LOL

The part where it continuously slips on ice HAS to be *comedy

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