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

gord said:
Surely it needs some extra functionality before you want one.. it doesnt do anything at the moment!
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Except make people feel really bad when it gets kicked... I say we use it as a torture device, kick it in front of suspects and force information out of them without ever having to lay a finger on them.

'NOOO NOT THE QUADRUPED'
 
KNiVES said:
Except make people feel really bad when it gets kicked... I say we use it as a torture device, kick it in front of suspects and force information out of them without ever having to lay a finger on them.

'NOOO NOT THE QUADRUPED'
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Haha "OH GOD PLEASE TAKE IT OFF THE ICE...PLEEEASE!!"
 
Anyone else find it fascinating when on the ice it puts it's leg on the solid/non ice ground and springs massively forward, as it seamed to be expecting ice so put more force, and when i got grip over shot and had to regain balance forward?

Seemed to show that it was already calculating what type of ground it would be standing one before it even put its foot down.
 
Thats impressive, so much so, I'm trying to work out how they have faked it!!!

If true (and I assume it is!) its simply staggering if you pardon the pun!
 
Lagmeister said:
This is going to sound horribly geeky, but I would jump at a chance to see the code running that thing, it must be immense to handle that sort of thing, im guessing they have some sort of movement mode for different types of terrain, but I am probably quite far off the mark there.

Looks like some serious concurrency going on there though, I had enough trouble getting my robots to move around a maze simulation by themselves in an intelligent way, that thing looks almost alive in its movements.
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Dont worry, your not the only one :D:D
 
something like that on Mars would be so much more useful than these crappy (yet suprisingly long lasting) Rovers. it would by the look of it potentially be able to cover much more terrain in shorter times.

i also felt bad when the guy kicked it. :(
 
Freefaller said:
Indeed. How it intelligently finds it's balance is the thing that "gets" me the most.
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I know... how does it do that? I understand it must have a bewildering array of sensors that react to the slightest changes in incline, traction, pressure etc but to react so quickly on the complete "spur of the moment" to ice, probably the toughest test you could give anything of this nature... well to me that is pretty awe-inspiring.
 
R124/LA420 said:
Thats impressive, so much so, I'm trying to work out how they have faked it!!!

If true (and I assume it is!) its simply staggering if you pardon the pun!
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Why should it be faked? US personal do need to carry lots of equipment, I guess this is just a replacement for a pony.
 
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