Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning
It's Spooky (Gizmodo March 17, 2008)
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With $10 million funding from DARPA, Boston
Dynamics keeps working on their BigDog quadruped
robot. It looks like an actual biological
quadruped. Seeing it climb through rubble, snow,
jumping over obstacles like a wild goat, and
saving a near-fall on iced ground at the last
second (fast forward to the middle of the video)
defies belief. The new version of the robot can
carry 340 pounds, which is almost triple the
previous weight.
