New video of "BigDog Quadruped" AT-AT project.

[Richdog]

I did a search and found a thread posted a year ago containing an older clip of this, but there is a new video of this thing, which caused me to stare at the screen in a sort of stunned yet fascinated open-mouthed way that doesn't happen too often. Simply stunning, especially where it goes over the ice.

See it here http://gizmodo.com/368651/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-spooky?123

 

[G|mp]

Kill it with fire !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[furnace]

Uh - awesome!

 

[Booner!]

Amazing stuff.... I do admit to cracking up laughing when it slipped on the ice!

 

[dirtybeatfreak]

whoa thats pretty mental..and it is wierd yea..robots are gonna take over the world lol!

 

[Van Hellseek]

Creepy.

It's a shame sony shut down it's robotics division. I mean imagine what it's Artificial Intelligence Robots (AIBO's) could be like, utilising that technology!

 

[Bengaboy]

Looks like a prototype metal gear! (excluding nuclear warheads of course )

Seriously though, I was really impressed when the bloke tried to kick it over and it still kept itself up - awesome!

 

[Alan!]

....

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Funded by DARPA. Coming to a battlefield near you, a 350 lb minigun gun-toting robotic mountain goat...

 

[gord]

ARG! FREAKY DEAKY!

Its just like the things in Halflife!

 

[AdWright]

:O that's pretty amazing

 

[andyp]

That is very good indeed.

If a little creepy.

 

[Cr0fty]

That's very impressive.

The bloke gave it a hard kick aswell!

I was cracking up when it slipped on the rubble, and on the ice

 

[dirtybeatfreak]

Funded by DARPA. Coming to a battlefield near you, a 350 lb minigun gun-toting robotic mountain goat...

lol sounds ludicrous but it could actually happen :/

 

[Darkwave]

When can we mount machine guns on it and send them to war instead of humans?

 

[Marky]

Whoa thats madness Very cool though Looks like we're only 5 years or so away from having mechanical dogs

 

[Andelusion]

The part where it's slipping on the ice was incredible, it's movements look so lifelike.

It's also pretty scary at how these things are inevitably going to improve as time goes along.

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Very cool, but very creepy!!!

 

[Greenlizard0]

That's really cool - kind of makes robot wars look like child's play!

 

[CircleFaust]

cool, weird and the enemy will here it coming a mile off