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Boston Dynamics BigDog

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The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog's legs are articulated like an animal's, and have compliant elements that absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule, measuring 1 meter long, 0.7 meters tall and 75 kg weight. BigDog has an on-board computer that controls locomotion, servos the legs and handles a wide variety of sensors. BigDog's control system manages the dynamics of its behavior to keep it balanced, steer, navigate, and regulate energetics as conditions vary. Sensors for locomotion include joint position, joint force, ground contact, ground load, a laser gyroscope, and a stereo vision system. Other sensors focus on the internal state of BigDog, monitoring the hydraulic pressure, oil temperature, engine temperature, rpm, battery charge and others. So far, BigDog has trotted at 3.3 mph, climbed a 35 degree slope and carried a 120 lb load. BigDog is being developed by Boston Dynamics with help from Foster Miller, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station.Development is funded by the DARPA Defense Sciences Office.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: automatonblog

Length: 02:53
Rating: 4.88
Views: 173007

Tags: bigdog  boston  dynamics  robot  

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dlandbob (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What is this for? Pretty awesome but why is this needed?
Myria83 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Awesome, but in a certain sense... creepy...
cjtkvincent (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It sure isn't stealthy, my first response would be to light it up with something large caliber.
lambrettist2007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Kill it! Dem things might take over... you can borrow my lightsaber
Energermany (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I would hate it, to be the part, that always must move backwards..
Adrenaline552 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
it never shuts up does it
treved15 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
all tht was gd bout tht vid was the runnin part bt gd vid anyway
somethingirreversib (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Everybody can make a smiling robot or something foul like that. Movement orientation and learning the law of gravity is the biggest issue for robots(A.I).This is nearly perfect. Its not the sound you have to hear, its the movement and speed you shoud see.
eebamxela (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
why the hell is it so loud?
IID4RK5T4RII (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
0:35 This is SPARTA!

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