Wow, this is amazing
 

http://www.bostondynamics.com/conten...section=BigDog

thats really awesome, lots of gyos and programming:lol:

That is seriously the most amazing robotic anything I have seen.
That thing even handled the ice really well too. Only thing that could be improved would be to make it electric of course! I'm sure it loses a bit of it's potential with all that noise it makes.

Holy that thing is cool! :D

At first I thought it was a joke, like a couple guys in a horse costume. Pretty impresive.

that thing creeps me out. Dont know why but looking at that video makes me uneasy

:lol: to what jayjay said. I saw it a while ago, but still amazing none-the-less. Its funny when it gets kicks... it barely even moves. And the way it reacts on the ice is just like a real animal... juts amazing. :yes:

I saw it on TV the other day.. the movie wasnt as in depth, I think it was on modern marvels or the science channel

i agree, i think its the motor

It was even more amazing five months ago!

j/k ... I just had to razz you. :lol:

That is one of the creepiest and coolest things i have ever seen.

It looks odd but nevertheless it awesome....the wonders of robotics...

Saw this on discorvery awhile back a few times. Looks neat.

The thing looks like a giant fly and sounds like one too...

THAT...is truly amazing. :surprised:

Like others have said, the way it walks and reacts to it's environment is just like a real animal. They really should put some metal studs in the feet though- That was pretty cruel making it walk onto the ice unprepared! I'll be the engineers were in shock when it didn't fall over!

I think the older thread on it was here. mighta been somewhere else though...

very cool and kinda creepy.

J.

click the link on post #9, hu-ah!

well i am glad it was posted again because i had never seen it until now. It is a very cool machine.

fair enough. I obviously thought it was cool too, but it is scary to think of robots taking over and all that. I sure would like some robot legs though.......

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Yeah we had discussed it on here a few months back, but it is kind of cool. It is nice to see that things are improving somewhat. The Japanese actually have robots that are so much better. I think it was the Sony robot that I just saw that has been much improved upon and it is almost human like now. I believe Toyota is also working on one as well.

Yeah, been here once already, but worth another look. It is kinda creepy like its missing a head or something. Imagine if you're in combat somwhere and ammo is running low and that thing shows up with supplies and saves the day - that's one thing they're developing it for. Saw it on the military channel or somewhere else where they talked about possible missions they'd use it for.