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Offline croduh

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Big Dog robot
« on: August 24, 2008, 10:51:08 AM »
Amazing piece of technology, but my god does that thing look like it comes from an SF future horror movie.



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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2008, 11:00:12 AM »
Pretty cool.
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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2008, 01:03:46 PM »
Wow.  That's the most advanced walking robot I've seen.
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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2008, 01:05:50 PM »
why are they bothering with walking robots in the first place?

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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2008, 01:15:24 PM »
why are they bothering with walking robots in the first place?

You can't drive up a cliff. If you want to put a packbot armed with a shotgun in a cave entrance, somebody has to carry it up there. If you replicate something like a mountain goat with sensors & servos, then it can hop up there. All it needs then is a frickin' laser beam on its forehead.

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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2008, 01:42:25 PM »
The buzzing would certainly drive me insane.

Looks like fun to play with tho.
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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2008, 01:57:28 PM »
why are they bothering with walking robots in the first place?

Notice the packs? You can send these things in to resupply stranded military without endangering more lives (for one thing).
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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2008, 02:33:57 PM »
You can't drive up a cliff. If you want to put a packbot armed with a shotgun in a cave entrance, somebody has to carry it up there. If you replicate something like a mountain goat with sensors & servos, then it can hop up there. All it needs then is a frickin' laser beam on its forehead.

that makes sense...probably be easier to just have something that can fly up there though.

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Notice the packs? You can send these things in to resupply stranded military without endangering more lives (for one thing)."


unless, as indy said, its needed up a cliff, then it would be much easier and cheaper to use something wheeled.

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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2008, 02:46:43 PM »
that makes sense...probably be easier to just have something that can fly up there though.

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Notice the packs? You can send these things in to resupply stranded military without endangering more lives (for one thing)."


unless, as indy said, its needed up a cliff, then it would be much easier and cheaper to use something wheeled.

It will have quite a few applications' in heavy snow, or swampy terrain, or hilly or mountanous ground.

Then, there' the potential for it to be scaled up for something that will be much larger-perhaps armored, and weapon-carrying. You would be able to 'walk' an IFV or a tank right up to something like-say, a Talliban-mountaintop refuge.

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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2008, 02:48:54 PM »
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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2008, 02:54:34 PM »
unless, as indy said, its needed up a cliff, then it would be much easier and cheaper to use something wheeled.
No... it's more economical to make it walk and it does some things flying can't.  Like Frode says.  Automating a walking chassis is really valuable economicaly, and in terms of engineering, it's in high demand.
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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2008, 03:05:42 PM »
That thing is creepily organic looking :uhoh

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Re: Big Dog robot
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2008, 03:39:04 PM »
They should call it a horse...

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Re: Big Dog robot
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