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Title: Robotic dog
Post by: xbrit on September 12, 2012, 12:08:20 PM
Not sure if this had already been shown but it looks interesting.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19567351
Title: Re: Robotic dog
Post by: gyrene81 on September 12, 2012, 12:14:20 PM
that is not a dog...it can't lick it's own butt.

thing looks like some sort of crippled hog/horse hybrid...with all the government funding they get they can't do better than that? hell the japanese toy makers did a better job...

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0s3WxQSugZw/TCCuwDlGDbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/3KjvALb-U-U/s1600/Robotic-Dog.jpg)
Title: Re: Robotic dog
Post by: xbrit on September 12, 2012, 12:18:01 PM
that is not a dog...it can't lick it's own butt.

thing looks like some sort of crippled hog/horse hybrid...with all the government funding they get they can't do better than that? hell the japanese toy makers did a better job...

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0s3WxQSugZw/TCCuwDlGDbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/3KjvALb-U-U/s1600/Robotic-Dog.jpg)
But can that Japanese version go for 20 miles with a 400lb load?
Title: Re: Robotic dog
Post by: Rob52240 on September 12, 2012, 12:42:42 PM
When I first saw it under development a few years ago they were calling it a robotic mule.

(http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/447825_o.gif)