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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 06:47 PM
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video of quadrapedal robot walking over various terrains. A little spookie.
Edited on Tue May-12-09 06:48 PM by JohnWxy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww


Design and construction of this robot was funded by DARPA.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 06:51 PM
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1. We will see this in the field in a few years, emphasis on few
the noise is a problem... but you can count on it
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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 06:58 PM
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3. (oh, I know - Tora Bora).

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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 06:59 PM
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4. Noise seems related to the power pack
so I'm sure they can compensate for that.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 06:52 PM
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2. Weird and amazing. It looks like a big bug.
It has sort of bug legs. Very impressive the way it recovered its balance when the guy tried to push it over and when it slipped on the ice.
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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:00 PM
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7. a bug, you say. check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIipbi0cAVE&feature=channel


This is an even more impressive one of Big Dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNRtL8exd14&NR=1
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:04 PM
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8. Looks like a cross between a dung beetle and a steam iron.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:00 PM
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5. A little spooky but a lot of amazing
The lifelike movements are fascinating to watch. K&R
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:00 PM
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6. If it had a head of some sort it wouldn't look quite as creepy.
The last bit of it cavorting like a lamb was kinda cute, though.

Still needs a "head"; it's too organic in movement not to have one.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:04 PM
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9. That is incredible!
I only find the buzzing sound creepy, but the way that thing walks is fascinating, because it is very much like the way my Chow walks. Wow!
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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:13 PM
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11. and one that jumps like a frog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgo7RZZqrXM&NR=1
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:07 PM
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10. Annoying, yes. Spooky, no.
That noise it emits is very annoying but I don't see anything spooky about it.
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 08:23 PM
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12. It IS creepy, to me anyway. Even though you know it's just a collection of parts,
put together like that, it looks so alive -- sometimes, almost as if it's thinking about where to put one of its feet down.
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 09:01 PM
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13. Wow that neat..........
and kind of scary at the same time, what really caught me off guard was when the guy kicked it and it recovered even though it was on ice :wow:
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