• PETMAN – BigDog’s Big Bipedal Brother

  26.01.10 :: No comments yet, leave your own!

  Down at Boston Dynamics they have finally accomplished one of their long-term goals – they have created a robot THAT CAN WEAR SHOES! OMFG and stuff. Actually, what they have done is create a bipedal robot that is similar to BigDog but with two legs. It is essentially going to be the first anthropomorphic robot that can move dynamically just like a real person. Its initial use will be to test that chemical hazard suits do their job of allowing freedom of movement without falling apart, whilst being sprayed with various chemical warfare agents. PETMAN will be able to mimic e a big, hot, perspiring human as to give the most accurate test results. Sweaty robot.

  When our future overlords start their rampage (delivery is estimated for 2011), maybe it is worth offering them a can of deodorant in an attempt to appease them before they begin all the skull crushing and general destructions.

  Boston Dynamics PETMAN

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• What’s Big and (kind of) a Dog at the Same Time? BigDog

  20.01.10 :: 2 Comments, leave your own!

  

  well, it's like a big dog

  BigDog is not your standard woof woof (minus head). It is a rough-terrain robot, capable of walking, running, bounding, climbing, carrying heavy loads and is fully house-trained. Okay, I made the last one up but I fully assume it is. Built and tamed by Boston Dynamics, it is about three feet long, two and a half feet tall and controlled by lots of computer gizmos and sensors and stuff – for those of you lacking imagination, that’s like a German Shephard with four Xbox and a Wii stuck to it.

  BigDog gets about the place using a Leopard go-kart engine, various hydraulics, valves, actuators, servos, joints and springs, which all combine to get it to a speed of 4mph (to date). They also allow it to climb up 35 degree slopes, navigate over rubble, go on muddy hikes, bound around in snow and splash about it water. Amazingly, BigDog has managed to walk 12.8 miles without stopping or refueling, which is pretty sweet. BigDog can also carry a 150kg load – that’s two people, fifteen machine guns or about 1300 hamsters.

  Check it out for yourself in the following videos and prepare to laugh as BigDog meets some ice. Oh and when that guy boots BigDog in the side, incredible robot.

  And finally, even robots have to take some time out. I love you BigDog!

  BigDog

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2010: A YEAR IN ROBOTS

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Blimey, it’s 2010 already, the most futuristic year to have ever happened. And what else exists in the future? Robots of course. So, in homage to our new masters (pending imminent takeover) here you will find a new robot each and every day of 2010, whether they be in pictures, art, videos or other forms.

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