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Alphadog - Robot
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Alphadog - Robot
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by akigr8 » Oct 01, 2011 12:03 am
Cool!
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/alphadog-robot/
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/alphadog-robot/
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#2 by JoeB » Oct 01, 2011 11:17 am
Cool video. Here's one I found of 'm in the field (he even slips on ice 
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRsrwumQ[/youtube]
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#3 by akigr8 » Oct 01, 2011 1:53 pm
Impressive. 
Another Bigdog video
The Alphadog can do more tricks, hauls up to 400 pounds, 60 more than the BigDog, on its mighty flat metallic back, and can trot around for 20 miles, while the BigDog tires out at 12.
Another Bigdog video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqMVg5ixhd0[/youtube]
The Alphadog can do more tricks, hauls up to 400 pounds, 60 more than the BigDog, on its mighty flat metallic back, and can trot around for 20 miles, while the BigDog tires out at 12.
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#4 by John P. M. » Oct 01, 2011 2:22 pm
Very cool and impressive; now we're really getting somewhere! 
The way it regains it's balance is really something.
- As one of the YouTube comments said though: "Powered by bees".
I guess it's the Eddie Izzard fan in me that made me chuckle at that one.
The way it regains it's balance is really something.
- As one of the YouTube comments said though: "Powered by bees".
I guess it's the Eddie Izzard fan in me that made me chuckle at that one.
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#5 by akigr8 » Oct 01, 2011 2:32 pm
I read that in the voice of Izzard.
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#6 by akigr8 » Nov 06, 2011 8:04 pm
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#7 by akigr8 » Mar 06, 2012 5:05 pm
Boston Dynamics are at it again
The Cheetah
The Cheetah
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#8 by z8000783 » Mar 06, 2012 5:44 pm
When they get it to drink water out of the toilet then I will be worried.
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#9 by Ironclad » Mar 06, 2012 7:28 pm
akigr8 wrote:Boston Dynamics are at it again
The Cheetah[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nuJWuK3ijo[/youtube]
Was about to post this. Coolest thing evah.. also, a mite scary too. Reminds me of Silent Hill.
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#10 by jaydot » Mar 10, 2012 11:49 pm
they are getting so good so quickly that i might even live long enough to get my powered exo-suit to help me get about in my dotage.
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4 Legged Robot Reaches 30km/h
#11 by Nostalgia » Mar 14, 2012 3:10 pm
A robot named Cheetah has broken the speed record for four-legged robots by hitting almost 30 km/h. The previous record of 22 km/h was set in 1989.
Cheetah is being developed by Waltham, Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics, with funding from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as part of its Maximum Mobility and Manipulation program, which aims to improve the design and mobility of robots.
You might remember Boston Dynamics' previous robots, which include the BigDog, designed as a military pack mule, and the humanoid PETMAN, capable of running on two legs and performing press ups to test the durability of military clothing.
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Re: 4 Legged Robot Reaches 30km/h
#12 by mattthomas » Mar 14, 2012 3:17 pm
It's all very clever and shit... but it looks like it's running backwards 
That upset me because I'm used to things going forwards.
That upset me because I'm used to things going forwards.
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#13 by amkerman » Mar 14, 2012 3:50 pm
It depends on which hemisphere of your brain you are using (I think, if I'm remembering correctly). It is an illusion of the mind. Look again, if the robot were an animal its head would be on the left. If you get good you can switch back and forth between it looking like it's running backwards and it looking like it's running forwards at will.
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Re: 4 Legged Robot Reaches 30km/h
#14 by Scot Dutchy » Mar 14, 2012 3:59 pm
It is not a robot. Just a machine hanging on a rope.
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Re: 4 Legged Robot Reaches 30km/h
#15 by Nostalgia » Mar 14, 2012 4:10 pm
Scot Dutchy wrote:It is not a robot. Just a machine hanging on a rope.
The current version of the robot has only been tested on a laboratory treadmill, where it is held in place to ensure it remains centred, and is powered by a remote hydraulic pump. Boston Dynamics says that it plans to start testing a free-running prototype later this year.
I'm not sure what your definition of a robot is Scot but for me a machine with legs pretty much falls within my own for the term.
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Re: 4 Legged Robot Reaches 30km/h
#16 by mattthomas » Mar 14, 2012 4:19 pm
MacIver wrote:Scot Dutchy wrote:It is not a robot. Just a machine hanging on a rope.The current version of the robot has only been tested on a laboratory treadmill, where it is held in place to ensure it remains centred, and is powered by a remote hydraulic pump. Boston Dynamics says that it plans to start testing a free-running prototype later this year.
I'm not sure what your definition of a robot is Scot but for me a machine with legs pretty much falls within my own for the term.
A backwards running robot... will be great for the future French robot army
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#17 by Nostalgia » Mar 14, 2012 4:20 pm
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Re: 4 Legged Robot Reaches 30km/h
#18 by Scot Dutchy » Mar 14, 2012 4:21 pm
MacIver wrote:Scot Dutchy wrote:It is not a robot. Just a machine hanging on a rope.The current version of the robot has only been tested on a laboratory treadmill, where it is held in place to ensure it remains centred, and is powered by a remote hydraulic pump. Boston Dynamics says that it plans to start testing a free-running prototype later this year.
I'm not sure what your definition of a robot is Scot but for me a machine with legs pretty much falls within my own for the term.
A robot for me is a independent moving and thinking object.
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Re: 4 Legged Robot Reaches 30km/h
#19 by Brunitski » Mar 15, 2012 1:33 am
Scot Dutchy wrote:MacIver wrote:Scot Dutchy wrote:It is not a robot. Just a machine hanging on a rope.The current version of the robot has only been tested on a laboratory treadmill, where it is held in place to ensure it remains centred, and is powered by a remote hydraulic pump. Boston Dynamics says that it plans to start testing a free-running prototype later this year.
I'm not sure what your definition of a robot is Scot but for me a machine with legs pretty much falls within my own for the term.
A robot for me is a independent moving and thinking object.
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Re: Alphadog - Robot
#20 by YoumanBean » Mar 15, 2012 1:39 am
Do you mean 'thinking' like... the processor and programming are on board Scot? Cos otherwise you have a weird definition of robot, can't see why they'd have to have an AI.
I was confused by the 'running backwards' comments for a while and couldn't work out why it was so obvious to me that it was going forwards, until it dawned on me that it reminded me of this:
(from natural selection, a really cool half-life mod I spent ages playing a few years ago)
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