Robotic dog thing

ben_j_davis · 8 Mar 2006 at 14:52

Sorry if you've seen this already, was in the papers a few days ago

This robot is being developed for the US Military to give support for troops in the field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrMMlNjBB8

Dinomania · 8 Mar 2006 at 14:58

That's very cool - esp when kicked

Didn't like the mud though, heheh

Nismo · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:00

The legs on that freak me out :/

Clever how it rebalances itself though.

fatiain · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:02

Fake, it's 2 men and a cornflakes crate.

Raymond Lin · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:03

For the first 10 seconds i thought there were 2 really skinny women in tights in that thing !

HEADRAT · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:03

Nismo said:
The legs on that freak me out :/

Indeed it's quite disturbing !

HEADRAT

Borris · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:06

sara said:
That's very cool - esp when kicked

Oh - so you advocate cruelty to animals then?!

Albeit mechanical simulacra.

Someone needs to call the RSPCsomething.

Won't-Somebody-Please-Think-Of-The-Defenceless-Robo-Animals™?

ElRazur · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:06

Man, US military is definitly upthere! Any country out can beat that?

Borris · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:07

fatiain said:
Fake, it's 2 men and a cornflakes crate.

Raymond Lin said:
i thought there were 2 really skinny women in tights in that thing !

Hmmm - Interesting . . .

VeNT · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:11

thats freaky,

caff · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:14

I'd love to try and knock it over with a swift blow with a sledgehammer.

fatiain · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:20

caff said:
I'd love to try and knock it over with a swift blow with a sledgehammer.

It'd probably kick you.

Wonder if there's a version with weapons attached?

Do you reckon you could get one in an Army Surplus store? I want to ride one to work.

dragonflyy · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:34

HEADRAT said:
Indeed it's quite disturbing !

HEADRAT

As above

robmiller · 8 Mar 2006 at 15:34

Heh, that's strangely cute in its own awkward little way

G-MAN2004 · 8 Mar 2006 at 16:38

Omg that freaked me out. Right at the beginning. The weird legs :eek:

FeFiDoh · 8 Mar 2006 at 16:55

am i the only 1 that thought it was a joke? looks like a pantomine horse type thing with two guys in leggins!

Berserker · 8 Mar 2006 at 17:03

ElRazur said:
Man, US military is definitly upthere! Any country out can beat that?

Japan probably. Qrio (Sony) can do some pretty fancy stuff. It's a small robot though so can't rebalance as well as that big thing. Honda might have something too.

PS - Does anyone remember Orac from Blakes Seven? Reckon the military pinched the sound effect?

fatiain · 8 Mar 2006 at 17:07

R5Rich said:
am i the only 1 that thought it was a joke? looks like a pantomine horse type thing with two guys in leggins!

Nope. Posts 3 and 4

fatiain said:
Fake, it's 2 men and a cornflakes crate.

Raymond Lin said:
For the first 10 seconds i thought there were 2 really skinny women in tights in that thing !

Eliot · 8 Mar 2006 at 17:09

Berserker said:
Japan probably. Qrio (Sony) can do some pretty fancy stuff (including rebalancing itself), and Honda might have something too.

sadly sony announced theve quit robots, which means qrio will be binnned as well as the dog, same cos qrio was the coolest thing ever

Berserker · 8 Mar 2006 at 17:10

I'm not really surprised given the financial mess Sony got themselves in. It was always going to be a niche market for them. It's a real shame though as they got really good at it.