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Big Dog Robot, the Early Prototype

By Alex in Science & Tech on Mar 27, 2008 at 11:52 am


Recently, Boston Dynamics released a video of their Big Dog robot. The popular YouTube clip received more than 3 million views.

But it turns out that their earlier prototype was a little bit um, shall we say, strange? Link – Thanks Antonio M!


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  1. Ali S.
    Mar 27th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    Well, as a big fan of the Metal Gear Solid series of games I have to say this thrills me and makes me question the veracity of creepy walking, bounding, jumping robots that will eventually take over us all.

  2. Nastia
    Mar 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    VERY bad idea to watch this during class... but I can't stop its too funny!

  3. jack.wh
    Mar 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    Ooherrr. That's scary!

  4. Tempscire
    Mar 27th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    While it's awesome what they've accomplished so far, that thing is so. damn. creepy.

  5. jamie
    Mar 27th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    That thing and the other products that company makes FREAK ME OUT.

  6. Jacoby87
    Mar 27th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    That second video was hilarious.

    But that's the first I've seen of the bigdog thing, and it's pretty terrifying. It freaks me out how it regains it's balance, it looks too organic. Scary.

  7. ted
    Mar 28th, 2008 at 6:07 am

    I guess if you knew about the robot, the second one might be funny, but I clicked on the second link first, and just thought it was some stupid artsy thing.

  8. Tom
    Mar 28th, 2008 at 11:33 am

    I think it looks creepy because you can't tell which part is the front an which part is the back. Add a head on that thing, and people would probably respond a lot better.

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