New video of the Big Dog robot: Boston Dynamics has a new video of its DARPA-funded Big Dog robot. In this video, Big Dog, with its quadruped gait, walks across slippery ice and down hill slopes in deep snow. [photo link]Big Dog, the older brother of the Little Dog robot we covered a while back, is meant to be a "pack mule" for soldiers some day. Behind Big Dog is some pretty cool force-controlled technology. With its quadruped gait it can regain balance if it's kicked, handle rough terrain like rocks, and climb inclines up to 35 deg.Click here to watch the video at YouTube.
[via Gizmodo]
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