Owen sends over a link to the BigDog robot – a pack mule for the US Army. Quite incredible robotics to keep it standing despite being kicked over, or on ice. If this is public, just think what is going on behind closed doors…
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Saw this a while back. Is it just me or is there something ever so slightly scary about it? My first reaction wasn´t awe – although it is hugely impressive – it was a slight sense of fear that the first properly animalistic robot is here already.
Yes it is scary – you don´t want to meet it on a dark night. You re right, it is certainly animalistic, but the oddest thing for me was its ability to chose horse-like leg movements during its "don´t touch the yellow square" trick and insect or crab-like sideways leg crossing while trying not to fall over. All the time looking a little like a deer while doing careful leg plants. It has the best of all multi-leg locomotion in one place – how would it work with a human on its back?
[…] see a lot more robots in the next ten years, that I can guarantee. It is still worth watching the Big Dog videos, and then reflect on robots that can manipulate drinking […]