Boston Dynamics Shows Off Anthropomorphic Robot That Doesn't Suck

[Radelaide]

Yeah, it's a little uncanny valley for me just at the moment But when they push the 'bot, he looks like he's dancing.

On closer inspection of the video, the mechanics look amazing. If they could just fix the way the robot moves its legs (it seems to kick them out a little bit) this could have such potential! I'm not sure for what just yet, but it could!

 

[matrix3509]

I gotta be honest, that video of BigDog walking on ice never gets old.

 

[Fritzvalt]

I gotta be honest, that video of BigDog walking on ice never gets old.

It's like a big clumsy AT-AT.

... I'm gonna go before I say anything any nerdier.

 

[MercurySteam]

A 4-stroke lawn mower engine with legs.

Nice!

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

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Hehe.

 

[Megacherv]

It's the prototype for the AT-ST!

 

[Spudgun Man]

Well after being amazed more by the Big Dog robot thingy there is one conclusion I have come to.

In the words of Three Dog, We are totally screwed.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

Come on! Where are the shoulder mounted machine guns!

It's the step in the right direction!

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

So tell me, Tom... how long have you had missile envy?

Until I see one of these that can operate for days on the same power supply, I don't think the tech will go anywhere serious. We need our energy generation tech to catch up to our engineering tech for the next big leap.

I don't know, carbon nanotube batteries [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/batteries-0208.html] are looking fairly promising. Sure, the article is three years old, but there's potential there!

...oh crap, don't let the robots read that!

 

[cleverlymadeup]

that's a pretty cool robot even his cousin Big Dog, tho a bit odd and creepy, is pretty cool and good leaps forward into robotics

 

[elvor0]

What I'm worried about is the fact that given I'm British I have Skynet floating over my head, I mean seriously give that thing AI, and it'll just stream the anti-life equiation straight into everyones mobiles.

It WILL figure that thing out man, it's inevitable.