Boston Dynamics Handle: a legged wheelbot with speed

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    Boston Dynamics Handle: a legged wheelbot with speed

    Boston Dynamics is now a Google company

    CNN Money article....
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    • paulw
      Super MURCer
      • Sep 1999
      • 1026
      #2
      They've sure made some advances in the past year. Almost human they way it does things..
      paulw

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        • Dr Mordrid
          Moderator
          • Apr 2001
          • 26592
          #3
          I sure wouldn't want a militarized / weaponized version chasing my ass....
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            • Umfriend
              Crabby Smurf
              • Mar 2001
              • 7308
              #4
              Wow, that is amazing. I wonder how it would descend the stairs while carrying that 100lbs crate and whether it could also climb them with that weight (or at all). But if it can;t, they'll get there.
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                • KRSESQ
                  Super MURCer
                  • Feb 2000
                  • 3224
                  #5
                  Its posture makes it look like it's moving backward much of the time. But it does appear more maneuverable with the "knees" bent backward.

                  Now put a seat and some handlebars on the thing.

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                    • Belwarrior
                      MURCer
                      • Nov 2000
                      • 888
                      #6
                      Some of the jumping movements were very animal like - maybe different mammals for different movements. Bound to have some military version though - pays the bills for the research.
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                        • Dr Mordrid
                          Moderator
                          • Apr 2001
                          • 26592
                          #7
                          The backward knee is very ostrich-like, which explains a lot as regards speed and maneuverability. Whatever, I'd bet a future version will be faster, stronger, and potentially very scary.

                          Just imagine one tooling around the countryside with a mini-gun. grenade launcher or a 50 kW fiber laser. Yeetch....
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                          An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                          I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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