Friday, March 1, 2013

Boston Dynamics unveils brick-hurling robot monster

BigDog handles heavy objects. The goal is to use the strength of the legs and torso to help power motions of the arm. This sort of dynamic, whole-body approach is routinely used by human athletes and animals, and will enhance the performance of advanced robots. The control techniques and actuators needed for dynamic manipulation are being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the Army Research Laboratory’s RCTA program.

[via boingboing]

Posted at 4:54 PM 263 notes Tags: future tech Robots robotics big dog BostonDynamics

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  1. truelionov reblogged this from cnce and added:
    They are here! No need to panic though they’re with us……..for now.
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    So goddamn weird.
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    lmao what
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    You had me at “brick-hurling robot monster.”
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