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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject: "Big Dog" robot is freaky as hell. See the video. |
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Man, that thing freaks me out. Video to the right of the linked page:
http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog
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The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth
BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog's legs are articulated like an animal�s, and have compliant elements that absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule, measuring 1 meter long, 0.7 meters tall and 75 kg weight.
BigDog has an on-board computer that controls locomotion, servos the legs and handles a wide variety of sensors. BigDog�s control system manages the dynamics of its behavior to keep it balanced, steer, navigate, and regulate energetics as conditions vary. Sensors for locomotion include joint position, joint force, ground contact, ground load, a laser gyroscope, and a stereo vision system. Other sensors focus on the internal state of BigDog, monitoring the hydraulic pressure, oil temperature, engine temperature, rpm, battery charge and others.
In separate trials, BigDog runs at 4 mph, climbs slopes up to 35 degrees, walks across rubble, and carries a 340 lb load.
BigDog is being developed by Boston Dynamics with the goal of creating robots that have rough-terrain mobility that can take them anywhere on Earth that people and animals can go. The program is funded by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA).
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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| You are correct. Looks more like a giant spider to me though. Also as if there are two men inside but you can only see their legs. One is walking backwards and the other forwards, and they're drunk. |
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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| NO! I just looked at it again. And it's a spider crossed with a newborn foal. |
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SHANE02
Joined: 04 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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Too freaky!
My arachnophobia kicked in. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Check out the prototype. |
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rubric
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
Location: Pongdongfongyong
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Holy taste-of-things-to-come Batman! |
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Kimbop
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Only in the free world! |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| That prototype video was funny! |
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