Robotic Combat Felines
My favourite roboticist firm, Boston Dynamics, has found a new way to bring on our terrifying future.
BigDog’s makers are working on a new quadruped that moves faster than any human and is agile enough to “chase and evade.”
Boston Dynamics, maker of the Army’s robotic mule BigDog announced today that Darpa has awarded it a contract to build a much faster and more fearsome animal-like robot, Cheetah. – Danger Room
As a reminder, here’s BD’s lastest youtube video of Big Dog – from a year ago.
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This project is definitely worth keeping an eye on, although the image at top leaves me thinking in terms of the old Transformers character, Ravage.
