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Offline woody

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« on: April 13, 2006, 07:58:42 AM »
We need to get one of these. Watch later on when the gay bitch with the cowboy boots kicks the thing in the side trying to knock it off balance.
BigDog_Feb-26-2006(2).wmv
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2006, 08:43:30 AM »
http://www.bostondynamics.com/dist/BigD ... 6-2006.wmv

here is a better link.

Cool stuff, kinda noisy with that gas engine in it but it does look like they are headed in the right direction.

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seems like the link dosent work anymore... here is a link to an article on the Big Dog:

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5305/

and a longer video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... og&pl=true
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« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2006, 08:59:11 AM »
The T-100 series is not to far off  :P

The snow test was not a suffiecient test. In deep snow those legs will sink like a rock with out some form of snow shoes on them. Dont know if they could out fit that thing with them and still work as effective.
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2006, 09:15:21 AM »
That's pretty amazing.

Thanks, Woody (and David).
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2006, 10:19:57 AM »
Thats pretty damn cool, though at first I thought it was just two people with their legs sticking out... :roll:
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2006, 11:13:57 AM »
If you want to talk robotics, this is one of my favorites. Team terramax with their robotic 7ton MTVR. They didnt finish first in the darpa competition but they did finish and I think rather valiantly with such a huge vehicle, check out this and other websites for videos and such.

http://www.ece.osu.edu/terramax/
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2006, 12:12:26 PM »
I want one.

Of each.
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2006, 12:24:35 PM »
Perfect! Can it hold me?
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« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2006, 01:27:01 PM »
Okay, I'm filing that under Goddamn weird.

Cool, though.

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« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2006, 01:36:18 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2006, 03:18:11 PM »
Yea, they do need those in South Africa. I could use one to go to class for me.
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« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2006, 04:09:40 PM »
Quote from: "Raith"
Okay, I'm filing that under Goddamn weird.

Cool, though.


That was my first thought when I saw the thing.....
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« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2006, 04:55:54 PM »
That Tatra Vaal Robot.  Everything is possible, but I think a thing like that would require a huge power source for any useful amount of runtime. And for more power, size becomes an issue.
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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2006, 01:44:36 PM »
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I could use one to go to class for me.


Yeah that's what I was thinkin...walking all over campus gets pretty annoying.
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