Matrixman about the dancing robots wrote:Their movements were beautifully smooth and life-like. Not to freak out anyone here, but I was emotionally moved by that performance.
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I've posted about this one before, but the latest video shows how much it's been improved since the last time.
BigDog, robotic pack mule.
The way it rights itself from a slip or a push is amazing (just watch it try to walk over ice)--and it can trot, run and jump now. Very realistic quadroped movement.
BigDog, robotic pack mule.
The way it rights itself from a slip or a push is amazing (just watch it try to walk over ice)--and it can trot, run and jump now. Very realistic quadroped movement.
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It's movements do seem very much goat-inspired, Tom. Especially the way it jumps. I think the skidding on the ice is where it really shows off the realism--we've all seen animals move just like that.
Just think of what these things will look like a few years down the line when they're finally developed and manufactured... It'll be a big jump forward, IMO, once that sort of tech starts to drift down from the military into commercial use.
Just think of what these things will look like a few years down the line when they're finally developed and manufactured... It'll be a big jump forward, IMO, once that sort of tech starts to drift down from the military into commercial use.