Check it out..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww

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).


Your dog just got OWNED....

 

Holt **** thats cool. when i first saw it, it reminded me of a giant fly with that buzzing noise and what almost appeared to big giant eyeballs on the side of its head. that very impressive. watching him slip on that ice was funny as hell though

 

that's unreal....i mean totally unreal...that video...that's amazing...i am in awe at the ability of the robot to right itself...truly amazing...

 

creepy...

 

yea, when he kicks it and it doesnt fall.. then the ice.... sheesh.

 

Literally [&:]

 

Imagine 100 of those heading towards youwith about 20 years of technology added...way creepy! The sound alone gets me!

 

That is the coolest....and creepiest thing i've ever seen. For some reason, watching a robot catch & control itself like that gives me a feeling of awe & uneasiness at the same time.

-Adam