Walking Robot, Next Generation.

The Next Step

from Elemental Forums

I put this in the "Personal Computing" Section because, well, it's got a lot to do with "Computing". Anyway, the next generation of intelligent walking machines has arrived. Check this out. Now This is Impressive. It won't be long before we'll be seeing viable models and military applications. Not too mention space exploration.

 How sweet is that? See Frogboy, when you get old and are ready for the big Frog-pond in the sky, you can just have your brain popped into one of these bad boys instead :) (it does kinda look like a little robotic Frog )

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

wow..been a while since anything like that came out
amazing just how fluid all the movement is, not to mention how it almost hits the uncanny valley with just how precise the placement of it's feet are.
thanks for sharing that:)

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

How old is that video? Because Boston Dynamics, the company that made that LittleDog (the robot in that video), also has a much larger version, BigDog, that is designed for military use, specifically carrying heavy stuff over difficult terrain. http://www.youtube.com/BostonDynamics (How do you embed video, by the way?) 

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting kyogre12, reply 2
How old is that video? Because Boston Dynamics, the company that made that LittleDog (the robot in that video), also has a much larger version, BigDog, that is designed for military use, specifically carrying heavy stuff over difficult terrain. http://www.youtube.com/BostonDynamics (How do you embed video, by the way?) 
End of kyogre12's quote

Grab the embed code and then edit out all the parts before AND after the word <embed> . Not too sure how old the one I posted is. I just caught it on College Humor and thought it was cool as hell. A lot of mathematics and technology went into that little thing. Hopefully Mechs and Gundams aren't far behind ;) . Though if we use Mechs and Asians use Gundams....we're F'Kin toast if we go to war...lol.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quite impressive. I bet that robocops will kick some asses in 50-60 years. :D

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Tormy-, reply 5
Quite impressive. I bet that robocops will kick some asses in 50-60 years.
End of Tormy-'s quote
Oh yeah, I can see it already....and we think the laws are bad now...wait till they are enforced by machines.

"Stop Citizen, You have been caught going 1 mile a hour Over the Speed Limit. Please present your Credit Chip for scanning and verification. *scanning* You have 0.00 credits available. Since you can not pay the fines for your speeding transgression, the punishment is Death. *blam blam blam*"

Think that sounds a little "harsh" ? That's what would happen if we let Jafo program the damn things...LoL

J/K Jafo :P

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Raven, reply 6



Quoting Tormy-,
reply 5
Quite impressive. I bet that robocops will kick some asses in 50-60 years.
Oh yeah, I can see it already....and we think the laws are bad now...wait till they are enforced by machines.


"Stop Citizen, You have been caught going 1 mile a hour Over the Speed Limit. Please present your Credit Chip for scanning and verification. *scanning* You have 0.00 credits available. Since you can not pay the fines for your speeding transgression, the punishment is Death. *blam blam blam*"

Think that sounds a little "harsh" ? That's what would happen if we let Jafo program the damn things...LoL

J/K Jafo
End of Raven's quote

By the time we have robocops, self-driving cars had better be standard. Then we won't have that problem:P

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Raven, reply 3
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Hopefully Mechs and Gundams aren't far behind . Though if we use Mechs and Asians use Gundams....we're F'Kin toast if we go to war...lol.

End of Raven's quote

We should be okay since Japan's SDF isn't supposed to be deployed abroad except for peacekeeping missions. 

Besides, our military would be just fine... as long as we train our soldiers to avoid yelling "It's a Gundam!" x_x