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DARPA is at it again - this time developing, with MIT's robotics lab and robotics company Boston Dynamics, a new generation of mil-bots.
MIT robotics (concept image)
Danger Room....
Cheetah: a feline inspired pursuit-bot that sounds a lot like the AIMEE bot in the movie Red Planet. The movie sucked, but AIMEE was way cool....as in the first few seconds of the trailer....
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Atlas: is conceived as a T-800ish human simulation-bot for testing equipment. So far.
MIT robotics (concept image)
Danger Room....
Cheetah: a feline inspired pursuit-bot that sounds a lot like the AIMEE bot in the movie Red Planet. The movie sucked, but AIMEE was way cool....as in the first few seconds of the trailer....
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Darpa’s Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey
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As the name implies, Cheetah is designed to be a four-legged robot with a flexible spine and articulated head (and potentially a tail) that runs faster than the fastest human. In addition to raw speed, Cheetah’s makers promise that it will have the agility to make tight turns so that it can “zigzag to chase and evade†and be able to stop on a dime.
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As the name implies, Cheetah is designed to be a four-legged robot with a flexible spine and articulated head (and potentially a tail) that runs faster than the fastest human. In addition to raw speed, Cheetah’s makers promise that it will have the agility to make tight turns so that it can “zigzag to chase and evade†and be able to stop on a dime.
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Meet Atlas, Cheetah’s humanoid pal. Atlas is supposed to look more or less like the T-800 series of Terminators, minus the head. Its designers say it’ll be able to walk like a human over rough terrain, crawling on its hands and knees when necessary and turning itself sideways to slip through any narrow passages it encounters. Headless, with a torso and two arms, it’s a step up from Boston Dynamics’ other biped, the lower-body-bot Petman.
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Meet Atlas, Cheetah’s humanoid pal. Atlas is supposed to look more or less like the T-800 series of Terminators, minus the head. Its designers say it’ll be able to walk like a human over rough terrain, crawling on its hands and knees when necessary and turning itself sideways to slip through any narrow passages it encounters. Headless, with a torso and two arms, it’s a step up from Boston Dynamics’ other biped, the lower-body-bot Petman.
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