I think if I was in the woods and saw that thing lumbering through the brush towards me making that noise, I'd be a little more than freaked out. O.o
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:50 pm
by Duper
Pretty amazing robotics.
the noise can be fixed. I'm sure it's low on the priority list of the project. I mean really. an unmuffled 2 stoke engine? They just needed something quick and dirty to make it go.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:50 pm
by mistercool2
That is the most amazing and disturbing thing I've ever seen!
Kinda reminds me of the ending in \"The Fly\".
(the 2nd one with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis)
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:55 pm
by MetalBeast
mistercool2 wrote:That is the most amazing and disturbing thing I've ever seen!
Kinda reminds me of the ending in "The Fly".
(the 2nd one with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis)
Yes, it moves very natural, like living creature.
Really deranged
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:57 pm
by Dakatsu
That looks strangely familiar...
Shiii......
(Only AT-AT image worthwile )
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:26 pm
by Sirius
And, sadly, it's poorly rendered. Perspective on the US flags is all wrong. (Actually, the lighting on the AT-ATs is a bit wrong too, but anyway.)
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:00 pm
by Spidey
Actually the flag is correct, in the US military they only wear 1 flag, and “that” view is the “other side”.
On a uniform you will usually see 2 images of a flag…the view from the front, (worn on the left arm) and the view of the “same” flag from the other side (worn on the right arm)
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:18 pm
by Topher
I think he means whoever did this sucks at Photoshop.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:49 pm
by Spidey
I know that…I just feel the need to correct people who are too picky…
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:54 pm
by Wings
JMEaT wrote:I think if I was in the woods and saw that thing lumbering through the brush towards me making that noise, I'd be a little more than freaked out. O.o
Haha.
I wonder if technologies like this will be of any use sometime soon.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:19 pm
by Drakona
Hah! I don't care if it sounds like a whole army of those things, that's the coolest robot ever. I'm amazed it didn't fall down. I sure would have.
Funny, isn't it? Robots in sci-fi are supersentient, and we can barely get AI to handle things as well-constrained as chess. On the other hand, sci-fi robots regularly have problems with things like stairs . . .
And then there's this video from reality. Sweet.
DARPA for the win.
Coming soon to a battlefield near you: scary robot dogs with guns and unbelievable balance!
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:45 pm
by Ferno
Drakona wrote:Hah! I don't care if it sounds like a whole army of those things, that's the coolest robot ever. I'm amazed it didn't fall down. I sure would have.
someone pushed it with their foot with what looked like all the effort he could muster, and it slipped on ice.. and both times it stayed upright!
it was so close to behaving like an actual animal I had to make sure it was a robot.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:28 am
by Foil
Awesome robot stability...
... but I'm with roid, the sound was just hilarious, especially the slo-mo section, where it went from \"EEEEEEEEEEEE\" to \"e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e\".
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:01 am
by Money!
I fuckin' hate that thing. It really freaks me out
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:35 am
by roid
i laugh everytime i watch this thing slip on the ice.
i would LOVE to see someone superimpose an AT-AT over the BigDog on this video as it prances around.
Look i'm an AT-AT, look at mee! I'm so Fabulous!
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:00 am
by Sirius
Spidey wrote:I know that…I just feel the need to correct people who are too picky…
...you weren't correcting me. I didn't notice they were reversed, and don't mind that so much; regardless the perspective is still wrong.
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:13 am
by TIGERassault
Drakona wrote:On the other hand, sci-fi robots regularly have problems with things like stairs . . .
Umm...
...what 'sci-fi' movies were you watching?
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:03 am
by Wheeze87
Wow that thing is awesome! next i want to see it walk up a sand dune...
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:04 am
by Gekko71
TIGERassault wrote:
Drakona wrote:On the other hand, sci-fi robots regularly have problems with things like stairs . . .
Umm...
...what 'sci-fi' movies were you watching?
anything with a Darlek in it
EDIT: For those who dont know, this is a Darlek:
...god I miss Spike Milligan!
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:07 am
by Wheeze87
Also theres this little beasty which can perform some rather nice aqua areobics as well!
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:31 pm
by DigiJo
absolute amazing robot. what a walk mechanism, guess they worked ages to get the software running to control that beast in such a perfect manner.
wont like to meet that robot in the forrest either thou, that is scary like hell
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:53 pm
by Money!
The jump at the end is pretty impressive as well.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:31 pm
by Tunnelcat
Impressive but REALLY CREEPY! They really need to get a better power source though. That whine is nasty sounding. Maybe a small Wankel rotary engine like in the Mazda Rx sports car. It would just hummmm then.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:42 pm
by TheCope
This is funded by the department of defense? I mean thats all fine and dandy - but couldn't you just blow its leg off?
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:46 pm
by Tunnelcat
Hey! That would be fun to watch to see what it would do to compensate. Hee hee! Did they even think of that senario?
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:04 pm
by Krom
TheCope wrote:This is funded by the department of defense? I mean thats all fine and dandy - but couldn't you just blow its leg off?
The same is true for any human soldier (or mexican ), but they are harder to fix or replace and far more expensive on average.
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:42 pm
by Spidey
TheCope wrote:This is funded by the department of defense? I mean thats all fine and dandy - but couldn't you just blow its leg off?
Not if it blows yours off first...
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:57 pm
by roid
Money! wrote:The jump at the end is pretty impressive as well.
take a close look at the painted section it jumps over.
it's been digitally added into the video afterwards. The thing probably just jumped, and then they added in that painted section to show how far it jumped. It kinda implies it has targeted jumping, but i doubt that's the case - they just added in the target afterwards to show the distance it jumped after the fact.
It does act a lot like a skittish horse though hey.
TheCope wrote:This is funded by the department of defense? I mean thats all fine and dandy - but couldn't you just blow its leg off?
it's primarily being designed as an artificial pack-mule, it's just ment to carry stuff for the soldier. so it's "support", probabaly not ment to get into firefights
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:46 am
by []V[]essenjah
It looks like a berzerker with an giant headcrab problem.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:24 am
by roid
i bet this thing could give you a good hind leg kick too. BAM right in the Kisser
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:16 am
by WillyP
Dude you could ride that thing!
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:47 am
by Wheeze87
roid wrote:BAM right in the Kisser
If im thinking about the rght thing... i beleive its
"POW.. right in the kisser" :p
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:11 pm
by roid
new video
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:32 pm
by Krom
roid wrote:new video
HAHAHAHA! Thats great.
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:43 pm
by Foil
Oh, man... that's the funniest YouTube vid I've seen in a while.
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), but they are harder to fix or replace and far more expensive on average.