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Title: Boston Dynamic's "Big Dog"
Post by: TremblingEagle on March 18, 2008, 11:23:44 PM

aka something from the nightmare realm
brought to you by our friends at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww[/youtube]

Title: Re: Boston Dynamic's "Big Dog"
Post by: Martin on March 19, 2008, 02:25:22 AM

What a horror show.

Title: Re: Boston Dynamic's "Big Dog"
Post by: TL on March 19, 2008, 08:21:49 AM

I hate where this is going, but I like you, Trembling Eagle!

Title: Re: Boston Dynamic's "Big Dog"
Post by: Stan on March 19, 2008, 09:20:22 AM

 This is brilliant because the noise from this thing will cause enemy combatants to search for a guy with a weed whacker.

Title: Re: Boston Dynamic's "Big Dog"
Post by: Spoony on March 19, 2008, 11:47:17 AM

I kept waiting for Chewbacca to pop up behind a snowbank and take a pot shot at it.

C

Title: Re: Boston Dynamic's "Big Dog"
Post by: kimota on March 19, 2008, 11:48:30 AM

Kind of reminds me of We3, but more horrid.

Title: Re: Boston Dynamic's "Big Dog"
Post by: buffcoat on March 19, 2008, 11:55:11 AM

That bee looks like a jerk, doesn't he?

Title: Re: Boston Dynamic's "Big Dog"
Post by: TremblingEagle on March 20, 2008, 12:51:55 AM

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFFs4DHWys[/youtube]

and of course the Japanese have their own robotic projects

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEnDwuVIOi4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qifAEtutC3E[/youtube]