http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuBIclGG3R0&feature=player_embedded
Posted on 10/01/2009 4:46:59 PM PDT by Flavius
From Robocop to Terminator to Saturn 3, robots have had some bad press in sci-fi movies--particularly when given guns and assigned military roles. But that's all fiction. Here are two early prototypes of military bots that are really scary.
Little Dog
The first is a new version of Boston Dynamics astonishing, if incredibly loud, Big Dog robot. The original big beast is designed to be a semi-autonomous pack-horse to assist the soldier in the field--it can trot across almost any terrain, tackling the difficult surface conditions automatically. It even resists being kicked off-course.
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Coming soon to your top pocket: a personal nuke?
Not my fault.
Little guy sure tires out quickly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
Big Dog's ability to stay upright when slipping on ice is astonishing. Brilliant programming in action.
yes they should hunt us efficiently
I remember (well almost) nights from long ago where my tactic for climbing stairs was very similar to little dog’s.
Little dog is really cool. I saw big dog a couple of years ago, its cool too, but jumps off the super CREEPY scale.
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