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Four-legged Walking Robot Can’t Be Kicked Over

Posted by Stephen Larson at 9:18 PM EST

New Scientist has the scoop on a state-of-the-art walking robot that navigates uneven terrain, slopes, and significant kicks.

The movie has to be seen to be believed. The robot is called BigDog and it looks like a CGI special effect. But don’t let the film industry desensitize you from the accomplishment here. The robotics engineering required to do this on real terrain is extraordinary. The engineers over at Boston Dynamics really deserve kudos for this.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 3rd, 2006 at 9:18 pm by Stephen Larson and is filed under Artificial intelligence, Motor systems, Robotics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Four-legged Walking Robot Can’t Be Kicked Over”

Eric Says:
March 8th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
That is freaking amazing.
Bayle Says:
March 19th, 2006 at 4:49 am
Oh my that is freaky. And impressive.

I like the noise it makes too.
Dan Dright Says:
April 2nd, 2006 at 8:32 pm
Sooo freaky deaky

want…to…touch…the…robot…
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February 28th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
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May 11th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
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